Category: International

Thousands of refugees abandoned in Bay of Bengal in 2015: UN

United Nations, Feb 24 (IANS) Thousands of refugees and migrants were left abandoned at sea by their smugglers in 2015…

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APEC members for punishing bribery in trade

Lima, Feb 24 (IANS) Members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Forum (APEC) said here that bribery in international trade transactions should…

9 years ago

Ireland sees lowest unemployment figures in seven years

Dublin, Feb 24 (IANS) Ireland has seen the lowest unemployment figures in seven years, with 142,300 people back to work…

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European court raps Italy over CIA abduction

Strasbourg, Feb 24 (IANS/AKI) The Italian government abused state secrecy in the CIA's kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric who was…

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Ceasefire coordination centre set up in Syria: Russia

Moscow, Feb 24 (IANS) A coordination centre began operations at Syria's Hmeimim airbase in order to implement the ceasefire, the…

9 years ago

Aircraft with 23 aboard goes missing in Nepal, feared crashed

Kathmandu, Feb 24 (IANS) An aircraft carrying 23 people on board which went missing on Wednesday morning and is now…

9 years ago

UN official holds talks with Maldives government, opposition

United Nations, Feb 24 (IANS) UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Miroslav Jenca has held two days of talks in…

9 years ago

US fines French firm for doing business with Cuba

Havana, Feb 24 (IANS) The US Treasury Department has fined a French firm for doing business in US equipment with…

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Plane with 21 aboard missing in Nepal

Kathmandu, Feb 24 (IANS) An aircraft with 21 people, including two foreigners, on board went missing in Nepal on Wednesday,…

9 years ago

Plane with 21 aboard missing in Nepal

Kathmandu, Feb 24 (IANS) An aircraft with 21 people on board went missing in Nepal on Wednesday, an official said.…

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UN human rights chief welcomes Obama’s plan to close Guantanamo

Geneva, Feb 24 (IANS) The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein welcomed the just announced plan…

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UN chief hopes number of internally displaced cut by half

United Nations, Feb 24 (IANS) The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed hope that the head of the countries will commit…

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War on terror shouldn’t be affected by ceasefire: Syria

Damascus, Feb 24 (IANS) The recently declared cessation of hostilities must not affect the war on terror, Syrian Minister of…

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Singapore’s GDP growth eases in 2015

Singapore, Feb 24 (IANS) The Singapore economy grew 1.8 percent on a year-on-year basis in the fourth quarter of 2015,…

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Australia to increase defence spending

Canberra, Feb 24 (IANS) Australia will raise defence spending to two percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) over the…

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Wikileaks reveals NSA spying on world leaders

Washington, Feb 23 (IANS) Wikileaks has published new documents revealing that the US National Security Agency (NSA) has spied on…

9 years ago

Pakistani man, family in Italy arrested for enslaving wife

Busto Arsizio (Italy), Feb 23 (IANS/AKI) Police in northern Italy on Tuesday arrested a Pakistani Muslim and five members of…

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Pakistan’s parliament first in world to go totally green

Islamabad, Feb 23 (IANS) Pakistan's parliament on Tuesday became the first in the world to totally switch to green energy…

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Italy summons US envoy over alleged spying on Berlusconi

Rome, Feb 23 (IANS/AKI) Italy's foreign ministry on Tuesday summoned US Ambassador John Phillips after local media reports cited new…

9 years ago

Nepal PM’s studies quake rehab in Kutch

By Darshan Desai Bhuj (Gujarat), Feb 23 (IANS) Nepalese Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, on a six-day visit to India,…

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