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…
Islamabad, April 23 (IANS) Lack of trade information was the major reason behind low Pakistan-Iran trade volumes, Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan Mehdi Honardoost has said. Following Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Pakistan, a new…
By Sujit Chakraborty Agartala, April 23 (IANS) Tripura has agreed to supply an additional 100 MW of electricity to Bangladesh, over the 100 MW of power the northeastern state is supplying to the neighbouring country,…
By Arul Louis United Nations, April 23 (IANS) International support through sharing expertise and experiences and by providing financial assistance is essential for climate change projects to succeed, said Ajay Mathur, director general of The…
By Arul Louis United Nations, April 23 (IANS) Investors and corporate boards can be convinced to make green investments by showing them the value of tangible and intangible future returns, industrialist Mahendra Singhi has said….
By Arul Louis United Nations, April 23 (IANS) The historic Paris Climate Change Agreement signed by India and 174 other countries affords “business a chance to redeem itself from the trust deficit” bedeviling it, according…
United Nations, April 23 (IANS) Representatives from 175 countries met on Friday at the UN to sign the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and made clear the urgency of taking action to stop global warming….
U.S. President Barack Obama (Xinhua/Yin Bogu/IANS) London, April 23 (IANS) Visiting US President Barack Obama set the EU referendum debate alight on Friday with a warning that Britain would “go to the back of the…
Geneva, April 23 (IANS) UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura announced on Friday that he will push on with proximity talks on all possible levels until April 27 in a bid to broker…