Abuja, Nov 17 (IANS) Firing shots in the air, gunmen attacked a school in central Nigeria’s Niger state Monday, police told Xinhua but declined to give details of casualties. The gunmen, who are yet to be identified, stormed the premises of Limawa Primary and Secondary School in Minna, the provincial capital, state police spokesman Ibrahim […]
London, Nov 17 (IANS) Part of the British Parliament was evacuated Monday morning after a suspicious package was discovered, media reported. People in the offices of Portcullis House, a building opposite the Houses of Parliament, were turned away Monday after a suspect package was found. However, the Metropolitan Police confirmed that the package “had later […]
Jerusalem, Nov 16 (IANS) Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman Sunday said Israel will never limit its construction activity in Jerusalem and claimed that the construction of Jewish neighbourhood in east Jerusalem did not comprise settlements. Following a meeting with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who is on visit to the region, Lieberman said Israel will […]
Barwala (Haryana), Nov 16 (IANS) While remaining defiant about his arrest, officials of controversial sect leader and self-styled godman Rampal’s Satlok Ashram Sunday evening indicated that he could appear before the Punjab and Haryana High Court Monday. Ashram spokesman Raj Kapoor said doctors will review the sect leader’s health Monday morning and see if he […]
Jerusalem, Nov 14 (IANS/EFE) Israel Friday lifted an age ban prohibiting younger Muslims from accessing the Temple Mount compound and the Al Aqsa mosque. The restrictions, which were applied to men and women under the age 35, were lifted a few hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Amman to hold talks with Jordan’s […]
Washington, Nov 14 (IANS) US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel Friday announced an action plan to reform the country’s military nuclear enterprise. According to a statement released by the US defence department, following a series of events involving the nation’s nuclear forces and their leadership, Hagel directed this February both an internal and external review of […]
London, Nov 13 (IANS) A British woman has been told that she faces up to 12 years in an Italian jail for falsely claiming that she was raped in a toilet on a college trip to Florence. Fashion student Serena Bowes, 21, who has waived her right to anonymity, was on an undergraduate visit to […]
London, Nov 12 (IANS) He was once nicknamed “the poorest president in the world” but Uruguay’s President Jose Mujica has received a $1 million offer for his blue Volkswagen Beetle from an Arab Sheikh, media reports here said. The Sheikh offered $1 million for the 1987 model – that has become a symbol of his […]
Cairo, Nov 12 (IANS/EFE) A man died and another was wounded Wednesday when a bomb they were carrying went off as they rode a motorcycle on a Cairo highway, security sources told Efe news agency. The wounded man, 27, was apprehended when he tried to flee the scene. The incident came six days after three […]
Kiev, Nov 12 (IANS/EFE) A soldier was killed and two others were injured in gunfire in eastern Ukraine, where the exchange of artillery fire continues between the separatists and the Kiev army. The clash, reported by the military on Facebook, occurred near the town of Schastye in the rebel region of Lugansk. The insurgents also […]