Tehran, April 25 (IANS) Iran’s First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri said that his country will harness every legal channel to retake the impounded assets subject to a US court ruling, Press TV reported on Sunday….
Dubai, April 24 (IANS/WAM) Hani Rashid Al Hamli, secretary general of the Dubai Economic Council (DEC), has said Dubai considered China, the second largest economy in the world, as the capital of the east and…
Gaza, April 24 (IANS) The Islamic Hamas movement on Sunday said the French initiative to hold an international peace conference to end the decades of conflict between the Palestinians and the Israelis is “a waste…
By Aroonim Bhuyan Shillong, April 24 (IANS) With a new dispensation in place in Myanmar where Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi is effectively in control of state affairs, experts are of the view that…
Vijay Mallya. (File Photo: IANS) New Delhi, April 24 (IANS) Industrialist Vijay Mallya’s passport has been revoked after he failed to turn up for a probe into a Rs.9,000 crore default of loans from Indian…
Stratford-upon-Avon (UK), April 24 (IANS) Shakespeare’s India was rich with pearls and precious stones, its people deeply religious and its veiled women famous for their “dark beauty”. And the country has repaid the Bard “richly”…
By Anasudhin Azeez London, April 24 (IANS) Parliament Speaker John Bercow urged the Indian diaspora in Britain to engage more with mainstream politics and get proper representation in parliament. “The community makes a huge contribution…
Seoul, April 24 (IANS) South Korea on Sunday strongly denounced North Korea’s launch of a ballistic missile from a submarine in what Seoul said was a clear violation of UN Security Council resolutions. Seoul’s foreign…
U.S. President Barack Obama. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu/IANS) London, April 24 (IANS) US President Barack Obama has ruled out deploying US ground troops in Syria and said military efforts alone cannot solve the country’s problems. “It would…
Washington, April 24 (IANS) The US has said that after last week’s massive car bombing in Kabul it has asked Pakistan to take concrete action against the Haqqani Network. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the…
Tokyo, April 24 (IANS) The agriculture ministers of the G7 countries agreed on Sunday to deepen cooperation to combat diseases that affect livestock by creating a system to rapidly exchange information on cases of this…
Kathmandu, April 24 (IANS) Nepalese Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli said the government is distributing eligibility certificates to 319,000 earthquake affected people on Sunday to receive promised grants to rebuild their damaged houses. The…
Seoul, April 24 (IANS) North Korea has fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) in eastern waters, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Saturday. The official told Xinhua on the phone that the projectile,…
Colombo, April 24 (IANS) Sri Lanka aims to strengthen its economy and move the country forward by entering into bilateral agreements with several countries including India and China, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said here on…
New York: Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar and union Power Minister Piyush Goyal during the Paris climate change agreement signing ceremony at the United Nations headquarters in New York on April 22, 2016. (Photo: Mohammed…
Lahore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi being received by the Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, at Lahore, Pakistan on Dec 25, 2015. (Photo: IANS/PIB) By Sheikh Manzoor New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Pakistan must respond…
Seoul, April 23 (IANS) North Korea has fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) in the eastern waters, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Saturday. The projectile, estimated to have been a missile…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Indian and Thai navies are conducting a coordinated patrol in the Andaman Sea to strengthen interoperability and prevent unlawful activities, said an official statement on Saturday. The two navies have…
Tehran, April 23 (IANS) Iran will sell 32 tonnes of heavy water produced in its Arak Reactor to the US, a senior official said on Saturday. Senior Iranian nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi said the Atomic…
Abu Dhabi, April 23 (IANS/WAM) The UAE has reaffirmed its strong commitment to address the global drug problem, confirming its success in reducing drug use within its territories by record levels. In a statement during…