President-elect of USA, Donald Trump has said in his first press conference after the victory, that alliance with Russia and its President Vladimir Putin would be assets in fighting the Islamic State terror organization. He also called ISIS the “number one” issue of concern for the state. Blaming the former[Read More…]
US president-elect Donald Trump unleashed his ire on the two media outlets that first published details of a dossier on Tuesday that claimed he was being blackmailed by the Russian government after they obtained video of him committing a sex act with prostitutes in a Moscow hotel room. In his[Read More…]
Clare Hollingworth, British war correspondent who broke the news that the World War II had started, died in Hong Kong at the age of 105. Hollingworth, who was born in Leicester in 1911, was the first to break the story of Nazi invasion of Poland that triggered the World War[Read More…]
US President Barack Obama began his farewell address amid deafening chants of “four more years.” The President in his departure speech, warned against everything from anti-immigrant, anti-Muslim, anti-women, anti-gay, pro-Russian to pro-rich sentiments that President-elect Donald Trump has publicly backed. Obama took up the stage in Chicago as the crowds[Read More…]
Bomb blast across three Afghan cities including Kabul killed around 50 people on Tuesday. The bloodshed shattered a comparative pause in violence as Taliban insurgents intensified a deadly winter campaign. About nine people were killed when explosives hidden in a sofa exploded inside the governor’s compound in southern Kandahar during[Read More…]
At least 21 people were reportedly killed and nearly 45 others wounded in twin explosions that rocked the Afghan capital of Kabul on Tuesday, officials told media. The attack occurred in a crowded area during the afternoon rush hour as workers were returning home. The first explosion, carried out by[Read More…]
At least eight people were killed and 10 other people were injured Monday in a truck bomb attack on a police checkpoint in al-Arish, a city in northern Sinai in Egypt, medical and security sources told media. Three policemen and three civilians were reportedly among those injured. According to the[Read More…]
In a major blow to India’s national carrier, Air India has been ranked third among the worst airlines across the world. While, Netherlands flag carrier KLM has been adjudged the best international airline in 2016. This was revealed by aviation insights company FlightStats. Every year, the aviation insights company FlightStats[Read More…]
Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra, who made her debut at the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards in glistening in gold, said she is glad that she is soon going to be seen in her first ever Hollywood movie “Baywatch.” “It’s a good time,” added the international diva. Styled by Cristina Ehrlich,[Read More…]
A Palestinian rammed a truck into a crowd of Israeli soldiers who were visiting the famous tourist spot in Jerusalem, killing five and wounding at least 15 people, said authorities. The driver was also killed in an attack at the spot overlooking holy sites in the Old City like the[Read More…]
Michelle Obama on Friday said that being first lady “has been the greatest honour of my life” as she bid an early farewell to the White House. An East Room ceremony honouring the 2017 school counsellor of the year and the work of all school counsellors, marked her final event[Read More…]
A former Chinese diplomat who served in India has sought a change in Chinese effort to block India’s appeal to impose a UN ban on Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar. He argued that Azhar is a terrorist and China should act accordingly. Mao Siwei, previously served as China’s Consul General in[Read More…]
In a shocking incident, an Army veteran who landed at the Fort Lauderdale airport with a pistol in his checked baggage opened fire in the baggage area on Friday, killing five people and wounding at least eight before throwing his weapon down. The accused was identified as 26-year-old Esteban Santiago[Read More…]
A Bangladesh man dubbed the tree man because of the bark-like growth that once covered his body will soon be able to leave hospital after the treatment for one of the world’s rarest diseases, The Guardian reported. Abul Bajandar has undergone 16 surgeries to remove 5 kg of growth from[Read More…]
Researchers have discovered a cosmic one-two punch unlike anything ever seen before. Two of the most powerful phenomena in the Universe, a supermassive black hole, and the collision of giant galaxy clusters, have combined to create a stupendous cosmic particle accelerator about two billion light years from Earth Astronomers using[Read More…]
Apple Inc has removed the New York Times (NYT.N) English- and Chinese-language news applications from its iTunes store in China. The decision was taken following the request from the local authorities, said the company on Thursday. The apps said to be removed on Dec. 23 are the latest Western services[Read More…]
An Indian fisherman, just before he was to be released along with 218 others on Thursday by Pakistan as a ‘goodwill gesture’, died of heart attack in a Karachi jail, according to Gujarat Fishermen Association. Deceased Jeeva Bhagwan (37) hailed from Khan Village in Una tehsil of Gir Somnath district[Read More…]
At least six civilians were killed and 15 others injured in eastern Baghdad on Thursday in a car bomb blast claimed by Islamic State, Iraqi Police officials said. ISIS-linked Amaq news agency said a parked car loaded with explosives in the al-Obeidi area had targeted a gathering of Shi’ite Muslims.[Read More…]
A picture of a 16-month-old Rohingya boy- face down in the mud, washed up dead on the bank of a river- widely circulated in the social media echoed the iconic image of Aylan Kurdi, a Syrian refugee who was found on the Turkish coast after drowning into the Mediterranean Sea.[Read More…]
A city train in New York derailed at a downtown Brooklyn terminal during Wednesday’s morning, injuring over 100 commuters in the metropolitan area. This is second major rail accident since late September. Soon after the incident, emergency crews reached the Atlantic Terminal wherein Long Island Rail Road train went off[Read More…]
A grudge-bearing man stabbed at least 12 children with a curry knife at a kindergarten in China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The attacker “sneaked into” the school in the afternoon and stabbed children in his child’s class while the students were eating, Pingxiang City local police said. Three seriously injured[Read More…]
A new human organ has been recently found by the Irish scientists that have existed in the digestive system for hundreds of years now. Termed as the ‘mesentery’, the organ links the intestine to the abdomen. For hundreds of years, it’s been seen a fragmented structure made up of numerous[Read More…]
Armed men with links to the Philippines’ largest Muslim rebel group have stormed a prison in the south of the country, killing a guard and freeing more than a 150 inmates, authorities said. Initial reports suggested that the gunmen responsible for Wednesday’s jailbreak were a breakaway faction of the Moro[Read More…]
The Turkish authorities on Wednesday identified the gunman responsible for the attack on an elite nightclub that killed 39 people celebrating New Year, the foreign minister said. “The identity of the person responsible for the Istanbul attack has been established,” Mevlut Cavusoglu told Anadolu news agency during a televised interview.[Read More…]
Israeli forces and security guards have killed more Palestinian children in West Bank and East Jerusalem in 2016 than any other year in the last decade, a report by Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCIP) said. According to the report, Israeli forces have killed 32 Palestinian children, making 2016 deadliest year[Read More…]