Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| Death toll in Brazil mining disaster rea | Rio de Janeiro, Jan 30 (TIWN / IANS) Nineteen more bodies have been found amid the sludge of mine waste, mud and water that buried homes and vehicles in the Brazilian town of Brumadinho when a tailings dam failed last week, raising the death toll from the tragedy to 84, authorities said. | 30-Jan-2019 |
| India suggests looking for alternatives | United Nations, Jan 30 (TIWN / IANS) Frustrated by decades of delays, India has raised the possibility of looking for alternatives to the current negotiating process for Security Council reforms if it continues to fail to make progress. | 30-Jan-2019 |
| Warming oceans can increase frequency of | Washington, Jan 30 (TIWN / IANS) Rapid climate change, that is causing warming of the tropical oceans, could lead to a substantial increase in the frequency of extreme rain storms by the end of the century, say scientists from NASA. | 30-Jan-2019 |
| China reveals Chang'e-5 probe details: R | Beijing, Jan 30 (IANS) China's Chang'e-5 probe, to be launched by 2019-end, will undergo multiple flight phases before the mission is completed, the media reported. | 30-Jan-2019 |
| Mueller probe close to being completed: | Washington, Jan 29 (TIWN / IANS) Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election is "close to being completed", acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker has said. | 29-Jan-2019 |
| 10 kidnapped children found dead, mutila | Dar es Salaam, Jan 29 (TIWN / IANS) Ten children kidnapped in Tanzania have been found dead with their body parts mutilated, an official told CNN. | 29-Jan-2019 |
| Chinese human rights website founder jai | Beijing, Jan 29 (IANS) A Chinese court sentenced the founder of a human rights news website to five years in prison on Tuesday for "inciting subversion of state power. | 29-Jan-2019 |
| Engage in direct talks or be used as 'to | Kabul, Jan 28 (IANS) Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani on Monday called on the Taliban to engage in direct talks with the government or be used a "tool" by other countries. | 28-Jan-2019 |
| Pakistan willing to resume talks with In | Dubai, Jan 28 (TIWN / IANS) Pakistan is willing to resume peace talks with New Delhi after the 2019 general election in India with whoever takes power, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has said. | 28-Jan-2019 |
| Pro-Khalistani group demonstration flops | Washington/New Delhi, Jan 28 (TIWN / IANS) Twitter has suspended the account of the pro-Khalistan Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), whose demonstration outside the Indian Embassy in Washington on Republic Day turned out to be a flop show with tricolour-waving Indian Americans outnumbering members of the fringe group. | 27-Jan-2019 |
| 5 killed in US shooting | Washington, Jan 27 (IANS) At least five people were killed in in two shooting incidents in the US state of Louisiana, police said, adding a manhunt was underway to nab the suspect. | 27-Jan-2019 |
| Cyber attacks outpacing physical terror | New York, Jan 27 (IANS) With increasing cases of data breaches and information loss happening on the Internet, cyber attacks are outpacing physical attacks among far-left groups and can cause greater destruction, researchers say. | 27-Jan-2019 |
| Social media propagating negative inform | London, Jan 27 (TIWN / IANS) Negative messages about vaccines propagated on the social media are acting as the main barrier to vaccinations, a report from the UK-based charity Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) has revealed. | 27-Jan-2019 |
| Venezuela crisis: European leaders oppos | Madrid, Jan 27 (TIWN / IANS) The Prime Minister of Spain announced his government would officially recognize the legitimacy of the speaker of Venezuela's National Assembly who recently proclaimed himself president of the South American nation unless the current government calls a new election within the next eight days. | 26-Jan-2019 |
| 6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Fiji is | Sydney, Jan 27 (TIWN / IANS) A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit near the Pacific island nation of Fiji just before 8:00 local time (2:30 am IST) on Sunday, the US Geological Survey said. | 26-Jan-2019 |
| 7 dead in air collision over Italian Alp | Rome, Jan 26 (TIWN / IANS) At least seven people have died in a helicopter and a small plane collision above a glacier in the Italian Alps, officials said on Saturday. | 26-Jan-2019 |
| Trump signs bill to end longest US shutd | Washington, Jan 26 (TIWN / IANS) US President Donald Trump has agreed to temporarily reopen the federal government without getting any new money for his US-Mexico border wall, retreating from the central promise of his presidency, for now, in the face of intense public anger. | 25-Jan-2019 |
| Countries to finally refine greenhouse g | Geneva, Jan 26 (TIWN / IANS) UN body Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will open the final draft of its new methodology report for review next week that will help countries enhance national inventory reports of emissions and removals under the 2015 Paris Agreement, if they agree to use it. | 25-Jan-2019 |
| UNSC debates impact of climate change on | United Nations, Jan 26 (TIWN / IANS) The United Nations Security Council held an open debate to discuss the impact of climate change on peace and security, while calling for action to diminish the effects of global warming. | 25-Jan-2019 |
| Italy-EU Brexit officials meet in Rome | Rome, Jan 26 (IANS/AKI) A Brexit taskforce meeting of Italian and European Union officials took place at the Prime Minister's office in Rome Friday to discuss preparation of emergency measures should Britain leave the EU in March without a deal. | 25-Jan-2019 |
| US shutdown ends temporarily | Washington, Jan 26 (TIWN / IANS) US President Donald Trump has conceded to temporarily end shutdown -- without wall funding to mounting pressure that he reopen the federal government, media reports said on Saturday. | 25-Jan-2019 |
| Death toll in Indonesia floods reaches 5 | Jakarta, Jan 25 (IANS) The death toll due to floods in Indonesia has increased to 59 while search and rescue continue to locate 25 missing people, a disaster management official said here on Friday. | 25-Jan-2019 |
| Sultan Abdullah named new Malaysian King | Kuala Lumpur, Jan 24 (TIWN / IANS) Malaysia on Thursday named Sultan Abdullah Ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah as the country's 16th King. | 24-Jan-2019 |
| Maldives President to be chief guest at | Colombo, Jan 24 (TIWN / IANS) Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih will be the chief guest at Sri Lanka's 71st Independence Day celebrations on February 4, authorities said on Thursday. | 24-Jan-2019 |
| Trump recognises opposition leader as Ve | Washington, Jan 24 (TIWN / IANS) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he officially recognises the new speaker of Venezuela's National Assembly as that nation's interim president, a move aimed at ratcheting up pressure on leftist head of state Nicolas Maduro. | 23-Jan-2019 |
| 5 killed in shooting at Florida bank | Washington, Jan 24 (TIWN / IANS) At least five people were killed on Wednesday after a shooter opened fire in a bank in the US state of Florida, according to local police. | 23-Jan-2019 |
| Pelosi tells Trump: No state of union sp | Washington, Jan 24 (TIWN / IANS) The US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday said that she would not host US President Donald Trump to deliver a state of union speech before government reopens, all but rejecting Trump's intent to deliver the speech on January 29. | 23-Jan-2019 |
| North Korea names new interlocutor for t | Seoul, Jan 23 (TIWN / IANS) North Korea's former Ambassador to Spain Kim Hyok-chol has been named the new interlocutor to lead negotiations with Washington ahead of the second summit between US President Donald Trump and Pyongyang leader Kim Jong-un, the media reported. | 23-Jan-2019 |
| US Senate to vote on duelling government | Washington, Jan 23 (IANS) The US Senate leadership has struck an agreement to vote on duelling proposals -- one on President Donald Trump's demand to spend $5.7 billion on a border wall and another on a Democratic bill that would fund the government through February 8 without a wall. | 23-Jan-2019 |
| Trump should resign: US former Secretary | Davos, Jan 23 (TIWN / IANS) US former Secretary of State John Kerry has said if he can speak to President Donald Trump directly, he would tell him to "resign". | 23-Jan-2019 |
| Imran Khan meets Qatari Emir in Doha | Doha, Jan 22 (TIWN / IANS) Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan met Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani here on Tuesday, the second and last day of his visit to the conuntry. | 22-Jan-2019 |
| Bangladesh's 'tree man' back in hospital | Dhaka, Jan 22 (IANS) Abul Bajandar, better known as Bangladesh's "tree man" for the large bark-like warts on his body because of a rare genetic disorder, was back in hospital here on Tuesday months after skipping his treatment last year. | 22-Jan-2019 |
| 14 die as ships with Indian crew catch f | Moscow, Jan 22 (TIWN / IANS) At least 14 people have been killed in a fire that broke out on two Tanzanian-flagged ships, both carrying Indian crew, near the Kerch Strait that separates Crimea and Russia, Crimea Prime Minister Sergei Aksyonov said on Tuesday. The victims have not been identified yet. | 22-Jan-2019 |
| Ex-CIA spy behind 'Argo' dies at 78 | Los Angeles, Jan 21 (IANS) Former CIA agent Tony Mendez, who inspired the Oscar-winning film "Argo", has died at the age of 78, his agent confirmed. | 20-Jan-2019 |
| 10 UN peacekeepers killed in 'jihadist' | Bamako, Jan 21 (IANS) Ten UN peacekeepers from Chad have been killed in an attack by the suspected Islamist militants in Mali, the UN says. | 20-Jan-2019 |
| Trump, Erdogan discuss Syria, bilateral | Washington, Jan 21 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has spoken over phone with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the ongoing tension in Syria, and bilateral ties, said the White House. | 20-Jan-2019 |
| Indian, Pakistan armies clash on LoC | Jammu, Jan 20 (TIWN / IANS) Indian and Pakistani troops traded fire on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district on Sunday. | 20-Jan-2019 |
| Thousands march across US to protest aga | Washington, Jan 20 (TIWN / IANS) Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Washington D.C. and in nearly 300 other US cities in the third annual Women's March to protest against the policies of President Donald Trump and to stand up for women's rights. | 19-Jan-2019 |
| Death toll from Mexico pipeline blast ri | Mexico City, Jan 20 (TIWN / IANS) The death toll from a devastating oil pipeline blast in Mexico has risen to 71, officials said. | 19-Jan-2019 |
| 22 killed in Bolivia road accident | La Paz, Jan 20 (TIWN / IANS) A head-on collision between two buses on the Oruro-Potosi highway in Bolivia has left at least 22 people dead and more than 30 others injured, police said. | 19-Jan-2019 |
| US airstrike kills 52 Al-Shabaab militan | Mogadishu, Jan 20 (TIWN / IANS) The US Army said it has conducted an airstrike against Al-Shabaab terrorists in southern Somalia, killing 52 militants. | 19-Jan-2019 |
| Thousands to protest across US on Saturd | Washington, Jan 19 (TIWN / IANS) Thousands of demonstrators will take to the streets across the US on Saturday to protest against President Donald Trump and stand up for womens rights at the Womens March. | 19-Jan-2019 |
| 21 killed in Mexico pipeline explosion | Mexico City, Jan 19 (TIWN / IANS) At least 21 people have been killed and 71 others injured in an oil pipeline explosion in central Mexico, authorities said. | 19-Jan-2019 |
| China's energy giant inks deal with UK f | Dhaka, Jan 18 (TIWN / IANS) China's energy giant PowerChina has signed an agreement and a contract with GCM Resources, a leading British resource exploration company, for development of a coal-fired power plant in Bangladesh. | 18-Jan-2019 |
| Man plotting to attack White House taken | Washington, Jan 17 (TIWN / IANS) A young man from the southern US state of Georgia was arrested on charges of plotting to attack the White House and several other federal buildings in Washington DC, a US attorney said on Wednesday. | 16-Jan-2019 |
| 5,802 registration for Pravasi Bharatiya | Lucknow, Jan 16 (TIWN / IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday said the number of registration for the 2019 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas has gone up with the tally at 5,802 registrations, attributing it to shifting the dates to January 21, instead of January 9. | 16-Jan-2019 |
| NASA to use Blockchain technology for ai | Washington, Jan 16 (TIWN / IANS) US space agency NASA is planning to advance its technology by adding Blockchain to secure air traffic services and support, the media reported. | 16-Jan-2019 |
| Six killed in terror attack at Nairobi h | Nairobi, Jan 16 (TIWN / IANS) Kenya's government on Tuesday said the situation was under control after six people were killed and some 30 others wounded in a terrorist attack at an upscale hotel and office complex in this capital. | 16-Jan-2019 |
| China grows the first plants on the Moon | Agartala, Jan 16 (TIWN): The greenery you see in the soil above might not look like much, but it represents a big step in space exploration. Cotton seeds brought to the Moon aboard China's Chang'e-4 mission have sprouted, marking the first time plants have grown on the lunar surface. They're not in contact with the lunar surface, as you might imagine. The cotton, potato seeds, yeast and fruit fly eggs are instead tucked inside a sealed, self-sustained biosphere that provides the necessary climate and nourishment. | 16-Jan-2019 |
| BSF officer killed in Pakistani firing | Jammu, Jan 15 (TIWN / IANS) An Assistant Commandant of the Border Security Force (BSF) was killed on Tuesday in Pakistani firing on the international border in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district. | 15-Jan-2019 |