Key IS leader killed in US raid
Washington, March 26 (IANS) The Pentagon announced on Friday a senior Islamic State commander in Syria believed to be in line to lead the extremist group had been killed by the US. Abd al-Rahman Mustafa…
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Trump, Clinton lead nationally amid Trump-Cruz feud
By Arun Kumar Washington, March 25 (IANS) Republican and Democratic presidential frontrunners Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton hold leads in nationwide polls amid an escalating feud between the brash billionaire and rival Ted Cruz over…
Lawmakers urge Obama to allow CIA target-killing of IS leaders
US President Barack Obama. (File Photo: Xinhua/Bao Dandan/IANS) Washington, March 25 (IAND) Leaders of the US Senate intelligence committee were secretly pushing President Barack Obama to allow the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to carry out…
Bosnian Serb leader Karadzic convicted, gets 40 years in jail
The Hague, March 24 (IANS) Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was on Thursday convicted and sentenced to 40 years imprisonment by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague. According…
Trump brands Clinton incompetent over ‘Christmas for Kremlin’ jab
By Arun Kumar Washington, March 24 (IANS) Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton suggested a Donald Trump presidency would be ‘Christmas for the Kremlin’ only to have her billionaire rival hit back branding her incompetent. “If…
Brussels airport attackers identified as El Bakraoui brothers
Brussels, March 23 (IANS) Two suicide bombers who carried out the Brussels airport attacks on Tuesday have been identified as brothers Khalid and Brahim El Bakraoui, the media reported on Wednesday. The brothers were Brussels…
Brussels airport attackers identified as El Bakraoui brothers
Brussels, March 23 (IANS) The two suicide bombers who carried out the Brussels airport attacks on Tuesday have been identified as brothers Khalid and Brahim El Bakraoui, the media reported on Wednesday. The brothers were…
34 killed in Brussels as terror strikes Europe
A picture of Zaventem airport in Brussels after two massive explosions devastated the departure area of the airport triggering panic in the Belgian capital on March 22, 2016. Photo shared by Arab News on twitter….
23 killed as terror strikes Brussels
A picture of Zaventem airport in Brussels after two massive explosions devastated the departure area of the airport triggering panic in the Belgian capital on March 22, 2016. Photo shared by Arab News on twitter….
Obama and Raul Castro meet in pivotal moment in US-Cuba thaw
Havana, March 21 (IANS) US President Brack Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro appeared together on Monday, kicking off the first official talks between their two governments after decades of Cold War hostility. The discussions,…
Obama in Cuba on historic visit, to meet Raul Castro
HAVANA, March 20, 2016 (Xinhua) — Image provided by Cubadebate shows U.S. President Barack Obama (R, front) shaking hands with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez (L, front) upon his arrival at Jose Marti Airport in…
Nationalism is our strength, needs to be spread: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that “nationalism is our strength” and needs to be spread while the BJP stressed the ideology of…
India maul Pakistan at Eden to extend World Cup hegemony
Kolkata: Indian batsmen Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni celebrates after winning the ICC WT20 2016 match against Pakistan at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on March 19, 2016. (Photo: IANS) By Debdoot Das Kolkata, March 20…
61 killed in Russia plane crash
Moscow, March 19 (IANS) At least 61 people were killed on Saturday when a passenger jet crashed in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, media reports said. Flydubai flight FZ981 was en route from Dubai…
Why Donald Trump is unlikely to win the US presidential poll
(Photo: IANS) New York, March 18 (IANS) Even if Donald Trump goes on to win the Republican nomination despite a dump Trump campaign within his own party reportedly getting stronger, the chances of the billionaire…
Clinton gets Obama backing? Dump Trump move grows
US President Barack Obama. (File Photo: Xinhua/Bao Dandan/IANS) (150412) — NEW YORK, April 14, 2015 (Xinhua) — File photo taken on March 10, 2015 shows former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addresses the press…
Donald Trump speaks like a sixth grader: Study
American Businessman Donald J Trump during a press conference regarding `Trump Tower` in Mumbai on Aug 12, 2014. (Photo: Sandeep Mahankal/IANS) New York, March 17 (IANS) Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump may have mesmerised his…
Next Republican debate canceled after Trump boycott
(Photo: IANS) Washington, Mar 16 (AFP) US network Fox News today called off a Republican debate next week after frontrunner Donald Trump announced he wasn’t taking part. The debate — being organized in partnership with…
Obama picks Merrick Garland as apex court nominee
By Arun Kumar Washington, March 16 (IANS) US President Barack Obama chose a white judge over Indian American Sri Srinivasan as his nominee to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, setting up a dramatic political fight…
Trump, Clinton move closer to Presidential face-off
From Lalit K Jha Washington, Mar 16 (PTI) Real estate mogul Donald Trump has swept the crucial Republican presidential primary in Florida taking away with all the 99 delegates from the State which will provide…