Nay Pyi Taw, July 17 (IANS) Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on Sunday held talks on the country’s peace process for the first time with armed groups non-signatory to the Nationwide Ceasefire Accord….
Ankara, July 17 (IANS) The Turkish government has detained around 6,000 persons over Friday’s failed military coup and Wahington rejected Ankara’s claims that it was involved in the failed putsch. Turkey’s Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag…
Brussels, July 17 (IANS) On the second anniversary of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 being shot down in eastern Ukraine, the European Union on Sunday called for prosecution of those responsible for the tragedy. “The…
Yerevan, July 17 (IANS) An armed opposition group seized a police station and held seven police officials hostage on Sunday in the Armenian capital city of Yerevan to back their political demand, the country’s National…
Jerusalem, July 17 (IANS) Israeli police on Sunday arrested a Palestinian man carrying explosives in his backpack as he was about to board a tram in the centre of Jerusalem, police said. The 20-year-old Palestinian,…
Agartala, July 17 (IANS) At least six thieves were arrested as police and ONGC officials jointly busted a big pilferage and averted a major accident in Tripura, officials said here on Sunday. However, the state…
Kolkata/Guwahati, July 17 (IANS) Security forces on Sunday gunned down three top National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-S) rebels during a series of counter-insurgency operations in Assam’s Kokrajhar district, an official said. “Retaliating to heavy…
Ankara, July 17 (IANS) The US has warned Turkey against “public insinuations” of American involvement in a failed military coup, saying such claims were “utterly false and harmful” to their relations. After Turkey’s Labour Minister…
Ankara, July 17 (IANS) Eight Turkish soldiers seeking political asylum in Greece, where they arrived by helicopter hours after the failed coup d’etat in Turkey, on Sunday appeared before the district attorney. Speaking to the…
New York, July 17 (IANS) A team comprising of Indian-origin researchers has found cybersecurity risks in 3D printing by examining two aspects — printing orientation and insertion of fine defects. They found that since Computer-Aided…
Ankara, July 17 (IANS) Fethullah Gulen, a Turkish cleric living in exile in the US, has implied that the failed coup attempt in Turkey could have been orchestrated and staged by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan…
Ankara, July 17 (IANS) Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim on Sunday said that July 15 will be marked as “democracy fest” day for Turkey as the attempted military coup was foiled with the cooperation and…
Paris, July 17 (IANS) French authorities on Sunday arrested a man and a woman in connection with the Bastille Day lorry attack in Nice that killed 84 persons, CNN quoted a prosecutor as saying. The…
Washington, July 17 (IANS) A former US police officer has been charged with the murder of an unarmed African-American man, officials said. James Burns turned himself in to the Fulton county jail in US’s Georgia…
Dhaka, July 17 (IANS) The Bangladesh government on Sunday held a meeting with authorities of all private universities in the country against the backdrop of several of their students being linked to militant outfits. The…
Tokyo, July 17 (IANS) Japan police on Sunday began the interrogation of a man who claimed he jumped from a North Korean ship and swam ashore clinging to a plastic container, the BBC reported. According…
Srinagar, July 17 (IANS) Strict curfew continued for the 10th day on Sunday in the Kashmir Valley, police said. “Curfew shall continue in all the ten districts of the Valley,” a senior police official said….
Kuwait City, July 17 (IANS) A second round of the UN-facilitated peace talks between Yemen’s warring parties resumed in Kuwait after a two-week break, government officials said. The negotiations aimed at ending the civil war,…
Ankara, July 17 (IANS) Three top commanders who were held hostage by the coup attempters were saved on July 16, Defence Minister Fikri Isik announced on Saturday night. “Our commander of air staff, naval staff…
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Anxious about the rise in global terrorism and frequent strikes including in neighbourhood, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged all Chief Ministers to rise above political affiliations and keep…