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UN Urges Probe into Mexico Prison Riot

Mexico City, Feb 16 (IANS) United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Juan E. Mendez on Monday called on Mexican authorities to carry out a thorough and impartial investigation into last week’s deadly prison riot. The…



S-300 Missile System Being Shipped to Iran

Tehran, Feb 15 (IANS) Russia is shipping S-300 air defence missile systems to Iran, the country’s foreign ministry spokesman Hossein Jaber Ansari said on Monday. “The agreement for the delivery of S-300 systems has been…






China Launches Gravitational Wave Research Project

Beijing, Feb 14 (IANS) Tianqin, China’s domestic gravitational wave research project initiated by the Sun Yat-sen University in July 2015, is awaiting governmental approval. The US-based Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) announced its ground-breaking discovery…




350 Couples Marry in Manila Mass Wedding

Manila, Feb 12 (IANS) Some 350 Filipino couples were married in a mass civil wedding on Friday in Manila’s commercial district of Malate, two days ahead of the Valentine’s Day. One septuagenarian couple, each aged…


52 Dead in Mexico Prison Riot

Mexico City, Feb 11 (IANS) A riot in a prison in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon on Thursday left at least 52 prisoners dead, officials said. At a press conference in state capital…