New York, March 5 (IANS) The US stocks ended higher on Friday after volatile trading, with all three major indices on a four-day winning streak, as investors sifted through the upbeat jobs report for indications…
Paris, March 5 (IANS) French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday showed united front to handle migration crisis after differences on how to curb migrants flows likely to strain ties between…
Kolkata/Aden, March 4 (IANS) Four nuns of the Missionaries of Charity, including one from India, were killed by unidentified gunmen at a care home for the elderly in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden, a…
Aden/Kolkata/Thiruvananthapuram, March 4 (IANS) Four nuns of the Missionaries of Charity, including one from India, were killed by unidentified gunmen at a care home for the elderly in Yemen’s southern port city of Aden, a…
Kuala Lumpur, March 4 (IANS) The Malaysian government on Friday shrugged off a joint declaration call for the removal of Prime Minister Najib Razak, calling it an opportunistic and desperate move by former prime minister…
Brussels, March 4 (IANS) About 1,255,600 asylum seekers applied for international protection in the European Union (EU) member states in 2015, a number more than double that of the previous year. According to Eurostat, the…
Beijing, March 4 (IANS) China still has ample room to expand its fiscal policy to tackle downward economic pressure and push supply-side structural reforms, Finance Minister Lou Jiwei has said. The country’s deficit-to-GDP ratio is…
Jakarta, March 4 (IANS) Dozen of people were injured as a ferry sank in Indonesia’s Bali strait on Friday. At least 48 people were rescued while search for the remaining passengers continued, Xinhua quoted spokesman…
Copenhagen, March 4 (IANS) The Danish government on Friday announced plans to send Special Forces and F-16 fighter jets into Iraq and Syria to join the fight against the Islamic State (IS). “The government wants…
Moscow, March 4 (IANS) Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Friday expressed concern over North Korea’s statement on a recent sanctions resolution adopted by the UN Security Council. “Obviously, there is serious concern. We are very…
Brasilia, March 4 (IANS) Brazilian police on Friday searched the home of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a probe into a corruption scheme, the media reported. Federal police officer Jose Cyrispiniano said…
Geneva, March 4 (IANS) The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday issued a six-point plan to guide EU member states in solving the refugee crisis which is showing no signs of abating. “We…
Islamabad, March 4 (IANS) Pakistan will assess on ground the security measures in place ahead of the forthcoming World T20 in India before clearing the participation of its team in the cricket tournament later this…
Aden, March 4 (IANS) Unknown gunmen attacked a care home for the elderly in Yemen’s southern port city Aden on Friday, killing 17 people including four Indian nurses, a security official told Xinhua.
Aden, March 4 (IANS) Unknown gunmen attacked a care home for the elderly in Yemen’s southern port city Aden on Friday, killing 17 people including four Indian nurses, a security official said. The home was…
Tokyo, March 4 (IANS) Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday ordered the suspension of construction of a new US military base in Okinawa prefecture. “The government has decided to accept the court-mediated settlement plan,”…
New York, March 4 (IANS) Greenland’s snowy surface has become darker over the past two decades due to high absorption of heat and a rise in snowmelt, finds a new study. The results showed that…
London, March 4 (IANS) Studying chimpanzee behaviour across Africa, researchers have discovered a previously unknown aspect of man’s closest living relatives: they love to throw stones at trees. While the researchers do not yet know…
Johannesburg, March 4 (IANS) High-risk, unprotected sex is more likely for young men than women – even among educated urban populations – reveals a study, suggesting that males are at least 10 times more likely…
New York, March 4 (IANS) Accepting a job below your skill level can be severely penalising, says a study, because of the perception that someone who does this is less committed or less competent. To…