Pyongyang, July 7 (IANS) North Korea has called for ending confrontation on the Korean Peninsula and improving north-south ties, the official KCNA news agency reported Monday. North Korea made a four-point proposal clarifying its principles and stances on easing tensions on the peninsula and achieving “independent reunification” of the nation, a day before the 20th anniversary […]
Gaza, July 7 (IANS) Two Palestinians were killed and one was moderately injured Sunday as the Israeli fighter jets launched air raids targeting central Gaza Strip, authorities said. The two Palestinians were killed right on spot in the strike in the central Gaza Strip refugee camp of al-Maghazi, Xinhua quoted a Palestinian health ministry spokesperson as […]
Kiev, July 7 (IANS) Thousands of pro-Russian separatists Sunday gathered at a rally in regional capital Donetsk after government forces retook some of their main strongholds in eastern Ukraine, media reports said. There were signs that rebels from Slovyansk were falling back on Donetsk to continue the resistance. Igor Girkin, the military commander of Slavyansk, told […]
Damascus, July 7 (IANS) At least nine people were killed by radical rebels in Syria’s southern province of Daraa, media reports said Sunday. The Nusra Front, an Al Qaeda subgroup operating in the war-torn country, killed nine people of the same family after kidnapping them in Daraa province, Xinhua quoted the pro-government Sham FM radio as […]
Abu Dhabi, July 4 (IANS/WAM) A fossilised monkey specimen, believed to be 6.5 to 8 million years old, has been discovered by scientists on Shuwaihat Island in Abu Dhabi’s western region, Al Gharbia, in the United Arab Emirates. An international team of scientists from Hunter College, City University of New York, the Museum for Naturkunde (Natural […]
Tokyo, July 4 (IANS) The Japanese cabinet Friday gave the green light to ease some of its sanctions imposed on North Korea, media reported. The final decision was made after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s comments Thursday that Japan would lift some sanctions related to the issue of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea, Xinhua reported citing […]
Washington, July 4 (IANS) The US has opposed a call for a referendum on independence for Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region. The call from Massud Barzani, president of the Kurdish region in northern Iraq, came as Sunni militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) are continuing their offensive after seizing a large part […]
Kabul, July 4 (IANS) About 44 Taliban militants have been killed in a series of military operations in Afghanistan since early Thursday, said the country’s interior ministry Friday morning. “Over the past 24 hours, the Afghan police, army and intelligence agency carried out clean-up operations in Nangarhar, Kunduz, Logar, Paktiya and Helmand provinces, killing 44 armed […]
Washington, July 4 (IANS) The leaders of the US and Germany have voiced support for a “sustainable” ceasefire in eastern Ukraine through diplomatic means, and threatened additional sanctions should Russia fail to take immediate deescalation steps. In a phone conversation Thursday, US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel “expressed their support for diplomatic efforts […]
Kathmandu, July 4 (IANS) The 11th meeting of the Nepal-India Bilateral Consultative Group on Security Issues will be held in Kathmandu July 6-7 when the two sides will take a call on the Nepal Army’s request for the supply of military stores and equipment by India and other issues. Amrit Rai, joint secretary in Nepal’s foreign […]