Colombo, Nov 18 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to abolish the executive presidency and transfer most of its power to parliament. President Maithripala Sirisena submitted a cabinet paper seeking to abolish…
Berlin, Nov 18 (IANS) No explosives were found in Hanover after the football match between Germany and the Netherlands was cancelled due to threat of attacks involving explosives on Tuesday evening, Interior Minister of German…
Berlin, Nov 18 (IANS) A football match between Germany and the Netherlands to be held in the German city of Hanover on Tuesday evening has been cancelled due to the threat of attacks, German media…
Washington, Nov 17 (IANS) US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said the capability of action of the IS in the US “is not what it is in Europe” while warning of the challenges of dealing with the…
Paris, Nov 17 (IANS) “The terrorists will never destroy the republic because the republic will destroy them,” French President Francois Hollande said in a speech addressed to the two chambers of parliament. “The acts committed on…
Islamabad, Nov 17 (IANS) Everyone wants a share in India with the country being projected as the next global power, said a Pakistani daily which noted that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trip to Britain…
French President Francois Hollande gestures while speaking during a media conference after a G-20 summit in St. Petersburg, Russia on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013. World leaders discussed Syria’s civil war at the summit but looked…
Online Activist and Hacker group Anonymous Declared War On ISIS. “Make no mistake: Anonymous is at war with Daesh,” the enigmatic hacker group wrote on Twitter over the weekend, using an alternative name for ISIS….
Paris, Nov 16 (IANS) Salah Abdeslam, a Belgian-born French national wanted in connection with last week’s terrorist Paris attacks that claimed 129 lives, was on Monday arrested in Brussels, a media report said. The 26-year-old…
New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Syed Akbaruddin, who was the chief coordinator of the India-Africa Forum Summit (IAFS) held here last month, has been appointed as the new permanent representative of India to the United…
Lucknow, Nov 16 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Minister Mohammad Azam Khan seemed to suggest on Monday that Paris terror attacks were a reaction to the West’s aggression against Islamic countries to control their oil resources, but…
Antalya: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the G20 Summit working session on inclusive growth in Antalya, Turkey on Nov 15, 2015. (Photo: IANS/PIB) Antalya (Turkey), Nov 16 (IANS) India has zero tolerance on black money…
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls. (File Photo: Xinhua/Chen Xiaowei/IANS) Paris, Nov 16 (IANS) The deadly attacks across Paris last week that claimed 129 lives were planned and organised from Syria, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls…
Washington, Nov 16 (IANS) The Islamic State has “demonstrated that there is no limit to its reach, and no nation is really safe until they all come together to defeat this scourge”, the New York…
Paris, Nov 16 (IANS) French military jets on Sunday bombarded a stronghold of the Islamic State terrorist group in Raqqa, Syria, French Defence ministry said. The first objective destroyed included a command post, recruitment centre…
PARIS, Nov. 14, 2015 (Xinhua) — Police officers stand guard at a road leading to the Bataclan concert hall in Paris Nov. 14, 2015. Over 100 people were killed in a mass hostage-taking at the…
Nay Pyi Taw, Nov 15 (IANS) Myanmar President U Thein Sein on Sunday promised to systematically transfer power to the new government after the recent general elections. U Thein Sein made the remarks when meeting…
Antalya (Turkey), Nov 15 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that all humanity must stand united against terrorism as BRICS leaders met on the sidelines of the G20 Summit that will get…
(AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) Paris, Nov 14 (IANS) “It’s an act of war committed by a terrorist army, Daech (Islamic State), a jihadist army,” French President Francois Hollande said on Saturday. “It is an act of…
PARIS, Nov. 14, 2015 (Xinhua) — Police officers stand guard at a road leading to the Bataclan concert hall in Paris Nov. 14, 2015. Over 100 people were killed in a mass hostage-taking at the…