Athens, Dec 29 (IANS) Four bodies were found Monday by rescuers in the waters off Corfu island near the Italian ferry Norman Atlantic which has been adrift since early Sunday after it caught fire, Greek Shipping Minister Militiadis Varvitsiotis said. In statements made in parliament in Athens on the sidelines of a vote for the […]
Kiev, Dec 26 (IANS) The Ukrainian military forces are planning a fresh round of prisoner exchange with independence-seeking insurgents soon, a senior security official said here Friday. “The exchange is likely to begin as soon as tomorrow (Saturday),” Vasily Budik, an aide to the head of the Security Service of Ukraine, told reporters, adding that […]
A Russian general, inventor, military engineer and writer, Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919-2013) is best known for inventing the AK-47 assault rifle. Born in a peasant family in Kurya in the Altai region of Russia, Kalashnikov enlisted in the Russian army in 1938. In 1941, during the Second World War, he was injured in the Battle of […]
Washington, Dec 25 (IANS) An Indian American has been charged with causing brain damage and other life-threatening injuries to his four-month-old son, leaving him struggling for life in hospital. Jagsheer Singh, 28, from Queens county faces first-degree assault and child endangerment charges for allegedly inflicting the life-threatening injuries on little Nevin Janduher, the New York […]
Manama, Dec 25 (IANS) India is keen to help the Bahraini coast guard upgrade its skills in containing oil spills and conducting search and rescue operations, a senior Indian Coast Guard official said. Indian Coast Guard ship Vijit arrived in Bahrain Wednesday on a four-day visit as part of efforts to enhance maritime cooperation, the […]
Beijing, Dec 25 (IANS) The Chinese military has developed and will test an Ebola vaccine on humans this month, a defence ministry spokesman said Thursday. Spokesman Yang Yujun said at a regular press briefing that the vaccine has been developed by a research team at the Academy of Military Medical Sciences. “The vaccine has recently […]
Sanaa, Dec 25 (IANS) Gunmen kidnapped a senior Yemeni intelligence officer in the capital Thursday, a security officer told Xinhua. About 20 gunmen raided the house of Maj. Gen. Yehya al-Marani, the head of political security bureau for domestic affairs, at dawn, and then took him to an unknown place, the officer said on condition […]
Madrid, Dec 25 (IANS/EFE) Spain’s King Felipe VI has established the fight against unemployment as Spain’s top priority and said that combatting corruption was an “inescapable objective”. Felipe Wednesday delivered his first Christmas address since assuming the throne June 19 upon the abdication of his father, Juan Carlos, who had announced June 2 he was […]
Kiev, Dec 25 (IANS) The Ukrainian parliament Thursday approved a bill granting more powers to the country’s top security body, the National Security and Defence Council (NSDC), the legislature’s press service said. The bill, which gives the NSDC the right to make decisions independently in emergencies without approval from the head of state or government, […]
Mogadishu, Dec 25 (IANS) Somalia’s new Prime Minister, Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke, took over office from his predecessor Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed in a ceremony held Thursday. Ahmed congratulated Sharmarke and requested that the parliament and the president work with Sharmarke in order to achieve his constitutional duties, Xinhua reported. “I am very pleased that I am […]