Kabul, Feb 12 (IANS) The Afghan Taliban on Tuesday announced a 14-member team of negotiators, comprising some new faces including a jailed leader of the Haqqani Network, to continue peace talks with the US. In…
Beijing, Feb 12 (IANS) Researchers have developed a humanised mouse model to study liver cirrhosis development induced by hepatitis B virus infection. Developing an ideal animal model of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is difficult…
Washington, Feb 12 (IANS) Neomi Rao, US President Donald Trump’s Indian American nominee for the District of Columbia Court of Appeals judgeship has apologised for her controversial college writings about date-rape victims, which had come…
By Nishant Arora Sydney, Feb 12 (IANS) It was an apt moment for the Indian Tricolour to fly high as the student team from Faridabad-based Manav Rachna Institute of Research and Studies won the Microsoft…
Washington, Feb 12 (IANS) A supporter of US President Donald Trump attacked a BBC cameraman at a campaign rally in Texas, the news network said on Tuesday. Sporting a “Make America Great Again” cap, the…
San Francisco, Feb 12 (IANS) Revamping Gmail, Google has added options like easy label adding, moving, muting and snooze emails to the right-click context menu of its emailing platform. The options would enable users to…
Damascus, Feb 12 (IANS) A total of 70 civilians were killed or wounded by a US-led airstrike in eastern Syria, state agency SANA reported on Tuesday. The airstrike targeted a camp for displaced people in…
Tokyo, Feb 12 (IANS) A rare 400-year-old bonsai tree and seven other tiny trees worth 13 million yen ($118,000) have been stolen from a garden space in Saitama prefecture near Tokyo. The rare 400-year-old shimpaku…
Washington, Feb 12 (IANS) A former White House staffer who wrote a tell-all book, is suing President Donald Trump over non-disclosure agreements, the media reported on Tuesday. Cliff Sims is bringing the suit against Trump…
New York, Feb 12 (IANS) US Senator Kamala Harris, who is of Indian and Jamaican descent, has directly confronted critics who questioned her black heritage, her record of incarcerating minorities as a prosecutor and her…
San Francisco, Feb 12 (IANS) Dating apps Tinder and Grindr were being questioned over their age verification requirements after several child abuse cases came into light. “Lax controls on apps used by millions, such as…
London, Feb 12 (IANS) UK Defence Minister Gavin Williamson has revealed that the country will send its largest and most powerful aircraft carrier to the Pacific on its first operational mission. In a speech to…
Washington, Feb 12 (IANS) US House and Senate legislators have reached an agreement “in principle” to provide $1.375 billion for barriers at the Mexico border, a figure far lower than the $5.7 billion that President…
By Arul Louis United Nations, Feb 12 (IANS) India has asked the UN to take special measures to protect peacekeepers from improvised explosive devices (IEDs) that are a major hazard for the Blue Helmets. “We…
Rome, Feb 12 (IANS/AKI) United Nations World Food Programme in Bangladesh said it welcomed a new contribution of $50,000 from Vietnam to support operations in Coxs Bazar – home to nearly one million Rohingya Muslim…
Ramallah, Feb 11 (IANS) Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki on Monday said that the US was exerting pressure on Arab states to stop financial aid to Palestine. In a statement released by the official Palestinian…
Beijing, Feb 11 (IANS) China on Monday trashed Turkey’s allegations that nearly one million Uighur Muslims were subjected to torture and political brainwashing at concentration camps and prisons in the Xinjiang region. Foreign Ministry spokesperson…
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The government on Monday said the Ministry of Home Affairs has designated Dera Baba Nanak land checkpost in Punjab’s Gurdaspur as an authorised immigration point to facilitate pilgrims passing through…
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 11 (IANS) A Malaysian court on Monday postponed the first trial of former Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is facing multiples charges of corruption involving state development fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB)….
Kabul, Feb 11 (IANS) There have been no orders from the Donald Trump administration to reduce the US military presence in Afghanistan, acting US Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Monday as he arrived in…