Islamabad, July 11 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has called for collective efforts to end terrorism and intensify the on-going military operations in North Waziristan. At a meeting in Karachi Thursday, Sharif was given a detailed briefing about the overall law and order situation in Sindh province, Daily Times reported. The Pakistani Army launched a […]
Gaza/Jerusalem, July 10 (IANS) At least 81 Palestinians have died and more than 500 have been injured since Israel launched Operation Protective Edge two days ago to prevent rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials said Thursday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ruled out any ceasefire. The number of injured was put at 567, […]
Berlin, July 10 (IANS) The German government Thursday decided to deport a representative of the US intelligence agencies in Berlin in view of the emerging US spy row. The German government took US espionage cases “very seriously”, Xinhua cited German government spokesman Steffen Seibert as saying Thursday in a statement. The representative of the US intelligence […]
Washington, July 7 (IANS) Citing resource constraints, the New York Times has dropped its special “India Ink” section providing in-depth coverage of “The World’s largest Democracy at a Crossroads” after a three year run. The Times though painted it only as a ‘change of address” saying “that kind of specificity is no longer the way The […]
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 […]