Kabul, Aug 24 (IANS) As many as 80 Taliban militants were killed and 47 others injured in military operations across Afghanistan, the country’s interior ministry Sunday. “Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) carried out cleanup operations in Kunar, Faryab, Kandahar, Wardak, Logar and Helmand province, killing 80 armed Taliban militants and wounding 47 others” since Saturday, Xinhua […]
Islamabad, Aug 24 (IANS) As many as 11 disgruntled Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Members of National Assembly (MNA) have decided to form their own group after developing serious differences with the party leadership over the issue of resignations from parliament, media reported Sunday. Gulzar Khan, a PTI MNA from Peshawar, accused the party leadership of not consulting […]
Tokyo, Aug 23 (IANS) Little is known about the universe’s earliest stars but if we believe astronomers, they might have been hundreds of times more massive than the sun. Researchers have found evidence of the existence of the “monster stars” long thought to have populated the early universe. With hundreds of times the mass of the […]
Lahore, Aug 23 (IANS) Former president and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari arrived in Lahore Saturday for a meeting with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The two are expected to discuss the ongoing political stalemate induced by the protests by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) in Islamabad, Dawn online reported. Zardari, […]
Washington, Aug 23 (IANS) Most Americans are not fully aware about the deadly disease Ebola, says a poll conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). Nearly 39 percent adult Americans believe that there will be a large outbreak in the US and 26 percent are concerned that someone in their family may get sick […]
New York, Aug 23 (IANS) A teenaged girl has helped scientists discover that a deadly fungus that generally attacks HIV/AIDS patients grows on trees. As part of her science project, Elan Filler, 13, spent the summer gathering soil and tree samples from areas around Los Angeles. Her father Scott Filler, an infectious disease specialist at University […]
United Nations, Aug 23 (IANS/WAM) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned in the strongest terms the attack on a mosque in eastern Iraq Friday that killed up to 73 people. Ban called on all Iraqi authorities to ensure that the attack is properly investigated and its perpetrators held accountable. “Attacks on places of worship are completely […]
Yangon, Aug 23 (IANS) Myanmar President U Thein Sein has called for continued reform efforts, underlining that three years of the five-year term of the union government have already ended. Addressing a meeting Friday, U Thein Sein said the government is determined to move forward without backtracking, Xinhua reported. During the three years, much progress has […]
Cairo, Aug 22 (IANS/EFE) At least 70 members of the Islamic State (IS) Sunni extremist organisation have been killed in two days of clashes with the Syrian Army over al-Tabaqa military airport, the only bastion still in the hands of the government in al-Raqa province in northern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said […]
New York, Aug 20 (IANS) Parents always suspect that their college going kids prefer weekends to weekdays. Now there is proof that college graduates are more active on weekends compared to non-college goers. A study from the universities of Kansas and Denver has shown that people’s education level influences their level of physical activity both during […]