Ankara, May 14 (IANS) At least 20 miners were killed and around 300 others were trapped underground after a deadly explosion in a coal mine shaft in Turkey’s western province of Manisa Tuesday, the media reported. The accident took place in Manisa’s Soma district, Xinhua quoted the local Dogan news agency as saying. Turkish Energy […]
United Nations, May 14 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday announced resignation of Lakhdar Brahimi as the joint United Nations-Arab League Special Representative on the Syria crisis, terming it a “tragedy for the Syrian people” and a “failure” for the United Nations. Making the announcement personally at a press briefing at the UN Headquarters, Ban […]
Islamabad, May 13 (IANS) At least six people, including two security personnel, were killed in separate incidents of firing in Pakistan’s northwest and southern provinces Tuesday, Xinhua cited a local news report as saying. Two people were killed and one other was injured when unknown gunmen opened fire at a car in Dehli colony area of […]
Brussels, May 13 (IANS) A new policy paper was adopted by the European Commission Tuesday outlining a new strategic framework to ensure that private sector operations in developing countries have a positive impact on society. The policy paper – or communication as it is officially known – proposes 12 concrete steps to improve the regulatory business […]
Damascus, May 13 (IANS) At least four people were killed Tuesday when a suicide car bombing ripped through a pro-government district southwest of the Syrian capital Damascus, Xinhua quoted the official SANA news agency as saying. The explosive-rigged car exploded near a school complex in al-Arin neighbourhood, which is mostly populated by soldiers and security men, […]
Berlin, May 13 (IANS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel has stood by Germany’s foreign policy in the wake of the Ukraine crisis and stressed the importance of a peaceful settlement of the conflict, Xinhua reported Tuesday. “The crisis cannot be solved by military means,” Merkel told German newspaper Westfalenpost, noting that Germany had been pursuing a “triad […]
Riyadh, May 13 (IANS) Three well-known imams in Saudi Arabia have been banned for life from delivering sermons in mosques and religious camps for their Muslim Brotherhood links. The three imams maintained direct contact with the Muslim Brotherhood in a number of Arab countries, the Saudi Gazette reported Monday. The three imams were well-known in […]
Miami, May 13 (IANS/CMC) Continental football governing body CONCACAF has penned an agreement with Interpol aimed at tackling the scourge of match-fixing, it was announced here. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) will see both organisations exchanging resources and experiences in an effort to deal with a problem that has threatened the global integrity of the […]
Washington, May 13 (IANS) Parents, please note that smoking not only puts your health at risk but also that of your kids. The more time a child is exposed to a parent addicted to smoking, the more likely the youth would become a heavy smoker, research says. Kicking the butt early is, therefore, critical to […]
Kabul, May 13 (IANS) At least three people were killed and eight others injured Tuesday in two attacks in Afghanistan, an official said. In one attack, a senior official and two policemen were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) blew up a police vehicle in Zana Khan district in Ghazni province, Xinhua reported. In […]