Pakistani government has been slammed by Amnesty International for its “crude” imposition of a travel ban on Cyril Almeida for reporting the clash between civilian officials and military over covert support for militants. The assistant editor at Dawn, was placed under the country’s “Exit Control List,” and was forbidden from[Read More…]
Chinese experts have said the sealing of the border, announced by the Indian government last week is “irrational” and will set back bilateral ties. The move reflects India’s “Cold War mentality”, one expert said Hu Zhiyong, a research fellow from the official think-tank, Institute of International Relations of the Shanghai[Read More…]
The ‘vitiated’ atmosphere in the wake of the Uri terror attack is said to be stated as one of Bhutan’s primary reasons for pulling out of the Saarc summit, reports PTI. The nation conveyed the decision to the Saarc chair in Nepal, supporting India’s national interest. “We also share concerns[Read More…]
Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif today said India will be “mistaken” if it equates the “freedom struggle” of Kashmiris with terrorism. Sharif added that Kashmiris were fighting for their right of self-determination and Pakistan would continue to support them. “No power in the world can stop us from supporting the freedom[Read More…]
British-born Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom of Finland won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their contributions to contract theory, shedding light on how contracts help people deal with conflicting interests. Their findings on contract theory have implications for corporate governance, bankruptcy legislation and political constitutions, among other[Read More…]
India’s bid to be part of the Nuclear Suppliers Group or NSG is well documented. The major hurdle in the bid remained neighbour China, who has voted against India every time the bid came up for talks. In a move which indicates a softening stand ahead of President Xi Jinping’s[Read More…]
Donald Trump on Sunday attacked former President Bill Clinton for his treatment of women and vowed, if he won the White House, to put Hillary Clinton in jail for operating a private email server while US secretary of state. In a contentious town-hall debate, Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, said[Read More…]
Union Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Kalraj Mishra is in China to attend the China International Small and Medium Enterprises Fair (CISMEF). Mishra reached Guangzho on Saturday with delegation of 124 Indian Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). India is partnering with Bureau of China International[Read More…]
US presidential nominee Donald Trump vowed on Saturday to remain in the race even as his campaign was thrown into crisis as both his wife and running mate criticized him and more than a dozen prominent Republicans withdrew support and urged him to drop out following news of a recording[Read More…]
Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is hunting a replacement for its chief Lt Gen Rizwan Akhtar within the next few weeks, a media report said on Saturday. Akhtar was appointed the director general of ISI in September 2014 and took office in November 2014, when he replaced the retiring Lt Gen[Read More…]
A video has surfaced that threatens to disrupt Donald Trump’s electoral campaign. The US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Saturday had to apologise for making lewd and sexist comments about a married woman in a video from 2005. in the audio of the video, Trump talked about trying to[Read More…]
The president of Colombia has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The Nobel committee has said that the prestigious award is given to him for pursuing a deal to end 52 years of conflict with a leftist rebel group. The President has dedicated the prize to his fellow[Read More…]
Hurricane Matthew closed in on Florida after killing at least 339 people in Haiti on its destructive march north through the Caribbean. Carrying extremely dangerous winds of 215 km per hour (kmph), the storm pounded the northwestern part of the Bahamas en route Florida’s Atlantic coast, the US National Hurricane[Read More…]
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has warned the powerful military not to shield banned militant groups after facing international isolation. He has also directed authorities to conclude the investigation in both the recent Pathankot terror attack probe and the 2008 Mumbai attack. As reported by a leading Pakistani daily Dawn,[Read More…]
Mushahid Hussain Syed, special Kashmir envoy of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was quoted as saying, “The US is no longer a world power. It is a declining power. Forget about it.” He was speaking after the conclusion of an interaction at the Atlantic Council, one of the top American[Read More…]
A 7-year-old girl in McKeesport, Pannsylvania told her bus driver on Monday afternoon that she hadn’t been able to wake up her parents that morning. When police responded to the scene, they found both her parents dead of a suspected drug overdose. The girl had been trying to rouse her[Read More…]
A recent study has confirmed the link between hormonal contraceptives and depression. Published in the University of Copenhagen, this study was conducted on one million Danish women aged between the ages of 15 and 34 and spanned a period of 13 years. Extremely relevant for women who have faced the[Read More…]
Brooke Blair, a 5-year-old British girl’s video message for UK Prime Minister Theresa May has gone viral and the kid has already won millions for hearts. Brooke in a video message could be seen urging Theresa May to build houses and deliver biscuits and hot chocolate to the homeless people[Read More…]
A 4-year-old girl in rebel-held east Aleppo died from injuries inflicted by picking up an unexploded cluster munition she thought was a toy. Four-year-old Emam Muhammad was hurt on Monday when she was playing outside and taken to the children’s trauma ward at M2, one of east Aleppo’s last hospitals[Read More…]
Apple Inc. which was founded by Steve Jobs in partnership with Steve Wozniak, pioneered a series of revolutionary technologies, including the iPhone and iPad. Jobs experimented with different pursuits before starting Apple Computer with Steve Wozniak in 1976. After battling pancreatic cancer for nearly a decade, on October 5, 2011 Steve Jobs[Read More…]
The UN’s highest court has, on Wednesday, ruled to dismiss the case brought by the Marshall Islands against India, Pakistan and Britain for allegedly failing to halt the nuclear arms race, reports AFP. The country of 55,000 was taking on the trio in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), arguing[Read More…]
In what could be a breakthrough discovery, a 44-year-old British man is actually the first person in the history to be cured of HIV. Scientists told The Sunday Times that presently the virus is completely undetectable in the man’s blood and if it remains that way it will be the[Read More…]
Ten countries – which account for just 2.5% of the global economy – are hosting more than half the world’s refugees, a rights group has said, accusing wealthy countries of leaving poorer nations to bear the brunt of a worsening crisis. In a report published on Tuesday, Amnesty International said[Read More…]
According to the latest update, ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s condition is ‘critical’ after his food was poisoned by an assassin. Meals prepared for Baghdadi and three other commanders of the terrorist organisation were allegedly poisoned in Nineveh’s Be’aaj district, the Daily Mail reported on Monday. All four senior militants[Read More…]
A married couple from London have admitted providing funding for their nephew who was fighting in Syria with militants from the Islamic State. Mohammed and Nazimabee Golamaully pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey court to transferring 219 pounds to Zafirr Golamaully, who had travelled from his home in Mauritius to[Read More…]