Benghazi, May 29 (IANS) Warplanes belonging to Libya’s “coup” general Khalifa Haftar Wednesday launched an air strike on Jihadist militia bases in Benghazi city, military officials said. Two fighters bombed the February 17 Brigade militia compound and the Ansar al-Sharia militant base in Libya’s second largest city Benghazi, witnesses said. The two militia groups under attack […]
Jerusalem, May 29 (IANS) Cash-strapped Israeli military announced Wednesday that it was halting air force training flights and cancelling a large-scale aerial drill due to budget constraints. Weekly training flights for reservist pilots serving in fighter squadrons will be halted beginning next Sunday, while flight hours allotted to career pilots and drone squadrons will be gradually […]
Kigali, May 29 (IANS) The federal court of Canada has decided to deport one of the key Rwandan genocide suspect Jean Berchmans Habinshuti after he failed to gain asylum status in Canada, a source said here Wednesday. It said that Canada’s federal court reached its decision to decline the suspect’s appeal and deport him back to […]
Male, May 28 (IANS) Maldives accepts India’s leadership role in the international arena and feels this would benefit the SAARC countries, President Abdulla Yameen has said. Yameen was among the SAARC leaders who had attended the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi as India’s 15th prime minister. During their meeting in New Delhi Tuesday, both leaders agreed […]
New York, May 28 (IANS) This may not go down well with some but high-status women from affluent families define themselves as classy compared to other women whom they view as trashy or slutty, a significant study has revealed. “High-status female college students employ `slut discourse’ to assert class advantage and put themselves in a position […]
Islamabad, May 27 (IANS) A Sikh organisation in Pakistan has threatened to launch a countrywide protest if those who desecrated their holy book, Guru Granth Sahib, are not arrested by May 31. Speaking at a press conference at Karachi Press Club Monday, the Pakistan Sikh Council’s chief patron, Sardar Ramesh Singh demanded that a judicial commission […]
Washington, May 27 (IANS) The White House inadvertently revealed the name of the Central Intelligence Agency’s top officer in Kabul during President Barack Obama’s weekend trip to the Afghan capital. A list of 15 senior US officials, first provided to journalists traveling with Obama and then forwarded to other reporters on the White House mailing list, […]
Rome, May 27 (IANS) Italy’s former environment minister Corrado Clini Monday was put under house arrest on embezzlement charges, the media reported. Clini, 67, allegedly misappropriated 3.4 million euros (or $4.6 million) in public money for a water treatment project in Iraq, Xinhua quoted the ANSA news agency as saying, quoting police sources. The sources said […]
Johannesburg, May 27 (IANS) South Africa’s new cabinet was sworn in Monday amid criticism for being bloated. The proceedings got underway with President Jacob Zuma swearing in his deputy Cyril Ramaphosa in the presidential guest house in Pretoria, Xinhua reported. Then Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng administered the oath of office to the 35 cabinet ministers who […]
Lisbon, May 27 (IANS) The Eurozone is at risk of a “negative spiral”, European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi said Monday. Draghi was speaking at a conference in Sintra, near Portugal’s capital Lisbon, during the ECB forum that ends Tuesday, Xinhua reported. The ECB forum is expected to come up with answers on how to […]