Ankara, March 1 (IANS) The Turkish artillery forces has hit the Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria on Monday. Sixty artillery rounds were reportedly fired by the military on the IS targets in the north…
Rome, Feb 29 (IANS/AKI) A woman died in northwest Italy when a slab of ice and rocks than fell from a roof, bringing to at least six the number of people killed in severe storms…
Tehran, Feb 29 (IANS) Vote counts on Iran’s two key elections – to the parliament and the Assembly of Experts – ended on Monday, Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli announced. “The turnout was around…
Baghdad, Feb 29 (IANS) At least 17 people were killed and 41 others were injured on Monday in a suicide bomb attack in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, a provincial security source told Xinhua. The…
Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) At least one officer was killed as a helicopter of Pakistan army crashed in Haripur district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Monday evening, the military said. A statement from the Inter Services Public…
Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. (File Photo: Xinhua/PID/IANS) Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) A new book has claimed that Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif received money from Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The book “Khalid Khawaja:…
Pope Francis waves upon his arrival to Cathedral in Santiago, Cuba, 22 September 2015. Pope Francis’s first visit to Cuba ended with a mass in Santiago. The pope delivered the last sermon of his Cuban…
New Delhi, Feb 29 (IANS) Japanese nationals visiting India will start getting visa on arrival from March 1, it was announced on Monday. “As announced by Prime Minister (Narendra Modi), the visa on arrival for…
By Arun Kumar Washington, Feb 29 (IANS) Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have forged far ahead of their rivals nationally in the Republican and Democratic parties in the US presidential race before Super Tuesday’s nomination…
Ramallah/Gaza, Feb 29 (IANS) At least 38 Palestinians were arrested by Israeli security forces on Monday in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, sources said. The Palestinian Prisoners Club said that the Israeli army…
Seoul, Feb 29 (IANS) The United States has vowed to use all available defence capabilities in emergency situations on the Korean peninsula to defend South Korea, the media reported on Monday. The pledge was made…
Brussells, Feb 29 (IANS) The inflation in the 19-country Eurozone unexpectedly fell into negative territory in February, official data showed on Monday, suggesting the bloc’s massive stimulus measures by its central bank struggled to inject…
London, Feb 29 (IANS) Around 74,000 shops, employing more than 900,000 workers in Britain’s retail sector, are under threat, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) warned on Monday. The consortium, which represents high street stores, said…
Beijing, Feb 29 (IANS) China plans to conduct more than 20 satellite launch missions in 2016, which positions China to exceed launches by the US, an official from the country’s Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation…
Cairo, Feb 29 (IANS) Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi on Monday expressed the hope that cooperation in the field of education will be strengthened with Japan. In an address to the Japanese House of Representatives,…
Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) Pakistani activist for female education and youngest ever Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai on Monday congratulated Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy for winning second Oscar. Speaking by phone, Malala said the entire nation was…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Feb 29 (IANS) Security Council reforms have gained momentum with a consensus emerging on increasing its size from 15 to the mid-20s despite opposition from Russia and the US at…
Geneva, Feb 29 (IANS) Nurul Izzah Anwar, daughter of imprisoned Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim, said that her father’s relationship with the captain of the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight, Zaharie Ahmad Shah, was coincidental. “The…
Tehran, Feb 29 (IANS) The Iranian companies inked three agreements with India in the fields of auto industry here on Monday. The agreements were signed at the third Iran Automotive Industry International Conference which opened…
Baghdad, Feb 29 (IANS) The toll from twin bombings at a busy marketplace in Baghdad, claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group, has risen to 53, an Iraqi interior ministry source said on Monday. “The…