Archive Detail
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US cutting aid to El Salvador, Guatemala | Washington, March 31 (IANS) The US is cutting off aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, the State Department told CNN, a day after President Donald Trump said the three Central American countries had "set up" migrant caravans for entry into the America. | 30-Mar-2019 |
Mueller report to Congress, public by Ap | Washington, March 30 (IANS) The US Justice Department will release Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on the Russia investigation to Congress and the public by "mid-April, if not sooner", Attorney General Bill Barr has said. | 30-Mar-2019 |
Politician writes Biden kissed her witho | Washington, March 30 (IANS) A one-time Democratic nominee for Nevada states Lieutenant Governor has accused former US Vice President Joe Biden of kissing and touching her without her consent during a November 2014 campaign event that made her feel "uneasy, gross, and confused". | 30-Mar-2019 |
World Piano Day celebrated in New York C | New York, March 30 (IANS) A travelling piano placed in a transparent cargo van voyaged through New York City, making stops at various locations and inviting people to play it as a special way to mark the annual World Piano Day. | 30-Mar-2019 |
'Fully prepared' for no-deal Brexit: EU | Brussels, March 30 (IANS) In wake of Friday's defeat of the Brexit deal in the British House of Commons, the European Commission has said the EU is now "fully prepared" for a no-deal Brexit. | 29-Mar-2019 |
Trump threatens to close US-Mexico borde | Washington, March 30 (IANS) US President Donald Trump threatened to close the nation's southern border with Mexico next week, amid feud over illegal immigration. | 29-Mar-2019 |
Russian hoax is finally dead: Trump tell | Washington, March 29 (IANS) US President Donald Trump told supporters at a rally that he had vanquished a corrupt group of Democrats, the news media and the Washington elite, who tried to "nullify" his "historic" election victory by painting him as an "agent of Russia". | 29-Mar-2019 |
Wrong to say we shelter terrorists, says | Beijing, March 29 (IANS) China on Friday said it was wrong to accuse it of sheltering terrorists because it put a technical hold on the resolution to blacklist Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terror group chief Masood Azhar as its decision was in line with the rules of an anti-terrorism panel at the UN. | 29-Mar-2019 |
American legal residents held in Xinjian | Washington, March 29 (IANS) The US State Department sources have said that they know American residents, either citizens or people with legal status in Washington, were being held in detention camps in Xinjiang, China, the media reported. | 29-Mar-2019 |
New Zealand remembers mosque attack vict | Christchurch, March 29 (IANS) A national remembrance service was held to pay tribute to the victims of Christchurch terror attacks at Hagley Park on Friday morning. | 29-Mar-2019 |
Brexit: Vote only on withdrawal agreemen | London, March 29 (IANS) On Friday, the day the UK was supposed to leave the European Union, the House of Commons members will vote again on Brexit on a part negotiated with the EU, which is only on the withdrawal agreement -- on the Irish "backstop", divorce bill and citizens' rights. | 28-Mar-2019 |
Facebook needs to do lot more, says New | Wellington, March 28 (IANS) New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday that Facebook needed to do a lot more to curb hate propaganda after the social network announced it would ban such content from its platform. | 28-Mar-2019 |
Brexit deadlock: No majority for any opt | London, March 28 (IANS) None of the eight Brexit options proposed by British lawmakers have secured clear backing in a series of votes in the Commons. | 27-Mar-2019 |
British MPs vote to change Brexit date | London, March 28 (IANS) British lawmakers have overwhelmingly voted to change original Brexit departure date in law to April 12 or May 22 as British Prime Minister Theresa May was in an 11-hour appeal to Tory MPs to back her Withdrawal Agreement. | 27-Mar-2019 |
US to offer India alternative to Russian | New York, March 28 (IANS) The US is working with India to offer an alternative to the Russian S-400 Triumf missile defence system, according to Assistant Defence Secretary Randall Schriver, but he left open the possibility that Washington may not punish New Delhi over the $5.4 billion Moscow deal. | 27-Mar-2019 |
Trump tells Russian troops to leave Vene | Washington, March 28 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said that Russia should pull back its presence in Venezuela, a day after Russia defended its position on the issue. | 27-Mar-2019 |
Pakistan condemns Indian test as militar | Islamabad, March 27 (IANS) Pakistan on Wednesday accused India of destroying a satellite to demonstrate its growing strategic military power. | 27-Mar-2019 |
Imran fears 'another incident' before In | Islamabad, March 27 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that he fears "another security incident" with India ahead of general elections in that country. | 27-Mar-2019 |
Another Hindu girl abducted in Pakistan | Islamabad, March 27 (IANS) Days after two minor Hindu sisters in Pakistan were allegedly kidnapped and forcibly converted to Islam, another Hindu girl has been abducted by armed men in Sindh province, media reports said on Wednesday. | 27-Mar-2019 |
British MPs set out plan to test Brexit | London, March 27 (IANS) MPs have set out details of their plan to consider other Brexit options, as British Prime Minister Theresa May was warned more ministers could quit unless she changes course. | 26-Mar-2019 |
House fails to override Trump veto on so | Washington, March 27 (IANS) US President Donald Trump's declaration of a national emergency at the US-Mexico border survived a critical vote in the House on Tuesday, as Democrats failed to muster the necessary two-thirds majority to override his veto, the media reported. | 26-Mar-2019 |
Democratic campaign to impeach me is ove | Washington, March 27 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that Democratic lawmakers are no longer thinking about initiating impeachment proceedings against him because the preliminary conclusions on the Russia probe indicate that there was no collusion between his 2016 election campaign and Russia. | 26-Mar-2019 |
UK MPs seize control of Brexit process | London, March 26 (IANS) British MPs have inflicted a fresh humiliating defeat on Prime Minister Theresa May, after voting to temporarily seize control of the Brexit process, allowing back-benchers to hold a series of votes on alternatives to her deal. | 26-Mar-2019 |
Sri Lanka to launch Smart City concept | Colombo, March 26 (IANS) A Sri Lankan telecom official said on Tuesday that plans were underway to transform Polonnaruwa district into the country's first "Smart City" following several projects launched to upgrade education, health and transportation. | 26-Mar-2019 |
Bangladesh to temporarily shut coaching | Dhaka, March 25 (IANS) Bangladesh Education Minister Dipu Moni on Monday announced that the government will temporarily shut coaching centres from April ahead of the Higher Secondary Education (HSC) exams to prevent question paper leaks. | 25-Mar-2019 |
Brazil's ex-President Temer released fro | Rio De Janeiro, March 26 (IANS) Brazil's former President Michel Temer and seven of his close aides were ordered to be released from prison on Monday, following their arrest last week on corruption charges. | 25-Mar-2019 |
MPs take over Brexit process from May | London, March 26 (IANS) MPs have temporarily seized control of the Brexit process from the British Prime Minister Theresa May, in a rare move that puts lawmakers in the driving seat, the media reported. | 25-Mar-2019 |
Boeing testing software changes to 737 M | Washington, March 25 (IANS) Pilots from the three American carriers that fly the Boeing 737 MAX planes tested software changes developed by the company to a key stabilisation system, a media report said on Monday. | 25-Mar-2019 |
Democrat Senator calls Trump coward | New York, March 25 (IANS) Democrat Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, speaking outside a Trump-branded high-rise in Manhattan, launched an attack on President Donald Trump, calling him a "coward" and the building bearing his name "a shrine to greed, division and vanity". | 25-Mar-2019 |
Royal Commission to probe Christchurch a | Wellington, March 25 (IANS) New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday announced a Royal Commission of Inquiry to analyse security agencies and look into the sole suspect of the March 15 Christchurch attacks that left 50 people dead in two mosques. | 25-Mar-2019 |
Christchurch attack graffiti on Californ | San Francisco, March 25 (IANS) Graffiti referencing to the March 15 Christchurch attacks that killed 50 Muslim worshippers, was discovered at a California mosque after a possible arson, authorities said. | 25-Mar-2019 |
2nd cyclone lashes Australia with destru | Canberra, March 25 (IANS) A second cyclone, within 48 hours of a first one, on Monday brought destructive winds and torrential rains to the coastal regions of Australia. | 25-Mar-2019 |
Remembrance service slated for Christchu | Wellington, March 24 (IANS) New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Sunday that the country will hold a national remembrance service on March 29 for the 50 victims of the attack in the Christchurch mosques. | 24-Mar-2019 |
India seeks details on Hindu girls' abdu | New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday sought details from the Indian High Commission in Islamabad following reports of abduction, forced conversion and underage marriages of two Pakistani Hindu girls in Sindh province. | 24-Mar-2019 |
Cruise ship evacuating 1,300 people off | Copenhagen, March 24 (IANS) Rescuers are scrambling to rescue about 1,300 passengers and crew from a cruise ship off Norway that suffered an engine failure, officials said on Saturday. | 23-Mar-2019 |
Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora hails governmen | New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Global Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora (GKPD) on Saturday welcomed Union government's "positive and pathbreaking" decision to ban separatist organization Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) and holding its founder, Yasin Malik, responsible for the "genocide" of Kashmiri Pandits. | 23-Mar-2019 |
Thailand votes in first post-coup genera | Bangkok, March 24 (IANS) About 50 million voters headed to the polls in Thailand for the first general elections since the 2014 coup. | 23-Mar-2019 |
Mayawati calls Modi greeting Pakistan PM | Lucknow, March 23 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Saturday described Prime Minister Narendra Modi's greeting to his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan on the occasion of their National Day as "cheating" and accused him of double speak for votes. | 23-Mar-2019 |
Petitions call for Nobel Peace Prize to | Wellington, March 23 (IANS) Two petitions were launched calling for New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize for her handling of the March 15 Christchurch mosques carnage, the media reported on Saturday. | 23-Mar-2019 |
India cut 84% TB deaths in AIDS patients | Geneva, March 23 (IANS) India achieved 84 per cent reduction in tuberculosis deaths among people living with HIV by 2017 - three years ahead of the target, said a report by The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). | 23-Mar-2019 |
China chemical blast toll increases to 6 | Beijing, March 23 (IANS) The death toll from an explosion in a chemical plant in China's Jiangsu province increased to 64 on Saturday while 28 people still remain missing, authorities said. | 23-Mar-2019 |
Trump's N.Korea sanctions tweet sparks c | Washington, March 23 (IANS) US President Donald Trump's tweet on withdrawing sanctions against North Korea has sparked confusion among administration officials. | 23-Mar-2019 |
Robert Mueller completes Russia probe | Washington, March 23 (IANS) Special counsel Robert Mueller has submitted a confidential report to Attorney General William Barr, signalling an end to the nearly two-year Russia investigation, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Friday. | 22-Mar-2019 |
Pakistan to receive loan from China by M | Islamabad, March 22 (IANS) Pakistan's Finance Ministry has announced that the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will receive a $2.1 billion loan from China by March 25, the media reported on Friday. | 22-Mar-2019 |
2 US service members killed in Afghanist | Kabul, March 22 (TIWN / IANS) Two US service members were killed in combat operations in Afghanistan on Friday, the NATO-led Resolute Support mission said in a statement. | 22-Mar-2019 |
China chemical blast toll increases to 4 | Beijing, March 22 (IANS) The death toll from a blast that ripped through a chemical plant in China's Jiangsu province has increased to 47, with 90 others seriously injured, authorities said on Friday. | 22-Mar-2019 |
JeM terrorist Sajjad Khan held near Red | New Delhi, March 22 ( IANS) Delhi Police has arrested Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist Sajjad Khan, who is believed to be a close associate of Pulwama attack mastermind Mudassir Ahmed Khan, a police officer said on Friday. | 22-Mar-2019 |
6 die as blasts hit Kabul New Year celeb | Kabul, March 21 (IANS) At least six people were killed and 23 others wounded after three blasts hit New Year celebrations near a shrine in the Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday, officials said. | 21-Mar-2019 |
New Zealand bans assault rifles after te | Wellington, March 21 (IANS) New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday announced a ban on all military-style semi-automatics and assault rifles, six days after a terror attack on two mosques in Christchurch left 50 people dead. | 21-Mar-2019 |
Idai storm kills at least 360 in souther | United Nations, March 21 (IANS) Cyclone Idai may be one of the worst natural disasters to hit southern Africa in living memory, said a UN spokesman of the storm that has killed at least 360 people. | 21-Mar-2019 |