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Minister says Pakistan sent Hubble to sp | Islamabad, May 6 (IANS) Pakistan's Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry was mercilessly trolled by Twitterati after he claimed that the Hubble Space Telescope was sent into space by the country's aeronautics and aerospace research agency Suparco, instead of its US counterpart NASA. | 06-May-2019 |
41 killed as Russian plane crash lands i | Moscow, May 6 (IANS) At least 41 people, including two children, on board a Russian Aeroflot plane were killed after it burst into flames while making an emergency landing at a Moscow airport. | 06-May-2019 |
Maduro can't be part of Venezuela's futu | Washington/Caracas, May 6 (IANS) Amid political unrest in Venezuela, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that embattled President Nicolas Maduro is "ruling for the moment", but cannot be part of the country's future. | 06-May-2019 |
US deploys carrier, bombers in Middle Ea | Washington, May 6 (IANS) The White House has announced that the US was sending an aircraft carrier strike group and Air Force bombers to the Middle East because of "troubling and escalatory indications and warnings" related to Iran. | 06-May-2019 |
Thailand's King grants titles to royal f | Bangkok, May 5 (IANS) Newly-coronated Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn on Sunday granted titles to members of the royal family during the second day of the three-day coronation ceremonies marking the third year of his reign. | 05-May-2019 |
Trump defends far-right personalities, a | Washington, May 5 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has once again come out in support of right-wing personalities deemed "dangerous" by Facebook who have been banned on social media platforms, including conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and long-time Trump adviser Roger Stone. | 05-May-2019 |
How YouTube engineers plotted to kill In | San Francisco, May 5 (IANS) A former Google employee has revealed how a group of engineers plotted to kill Microsoft's Internet Explorer 6 on its YouTube platform nearly 10 years ago. | 05-May-2019 |
250 rockets fired from Gaza at Israel | Tel Aviv, May 5 (IANS) Approximately 250 rockets were fired by Gaza militants towards Israel, which has responded with airstrikes on over 100 targets across the coastal enclave, to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Sunday. | 05-May-2019 |
UK's May urges Corbyn to agree on Brexit | London, May 5 (IANS) British Prime Minister Theresa May has urged Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the main opposition Labour Party, to "put differences aside" and agree on a Brexit deal, the media reported on Sunday. | 05-May-2019 |
Cyclone Fani kills four in Bangladesh | Dhaka, May 4 (IANS) At least four people were killed and 63 others injured as cyclone Fani on Saturday hit Bangladesh coast after striking the Indian states of Odisha and West Bengal, a Minister said. | 04-May-2019 |
'No evidence of Lanka bombers getting tr | Srinagar, May 4 (IANS) Reacting sharply to Sri Lankan Army chief Mahesh Senanayake's statement that some of the 12 suicide bombers who carried out the Easter Sunday bombings were trained in Kashmir, a top intelligence officer here said that there was no input to prove the claim.Reacting sharply to Sri Lankan Army chief Mahesh Senanayake’s statement that some of the 12 suicide bombers who carried out the Easter Sunday bombings could have trained in Kashmir, a top intelligence officer here said that there was no input to prove the claim. | 04-May-2019 |
Boeing 737 crashing into river reminisce | Washington, May 4 (IANS) The Boeing 737 charter jet that was seen floating on the St. Johns River in Florida after crashing, was reminiscent of the January 2009 emergency landing of a now-defunct US Airways jet in New York's freezing Hudson River. | 04-May-2019 |
No negative impact of move against Azhar | Washington, May 4 (IANS) Pakistan Ambassador to the US Asad Majeed Khan has said that there will be no negative repercussions of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar's designation as it only "reinforces" Islamabad's commitment with the international community to fight terrorism. | 04-May-2019 |
Thai King marries general days before hi | Bangkok, Thailand (CNN)Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun has wed his royal consort, Gen. Suthida Vajiralongkorn Na Ayudhya, and declared her queen just days before his coronation. | 04-May-2019 |
Trump seeking to get money to Venezuela' | Washington, May 3 (IANS) US President Donald Trump's administration is looking for ways to financially bolster Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, who has been recognised by Washington as the country's interim president, with an influx of cash, which could involve freeing up frozen assets or loans. | 03-May-2019 |
Useable gold toilet to be installed at B | London, May 3 (IANS) A solid-gold toilet is set to be installed in one of the UKs grandest palaces, while allowing the general public to use it, the media reported on Friday. | 03-May-2019 |
Singapore jails Indian for bribing pest | Singapore, May 3 (IANS) An Indian construction site manager in Singapore has been jailed for six weeks for bribing two pest control company workers to notify him in advance of mosquito breeding inspections at his working place. | 03-May-2019 |
Myanmar Army kills 6 unarmed prisoners | Mayanmar, May 3 (TIWN): The Myanmar Army has shot dead six detainees in a village school in Rakhine state 'for trying to grab soldiers' weapons'. | 03-May-2019 |
SL orders deportation of all visa-violat | Colombo, May 3 (IANS) The Sri Lankan government has ordered the deportation of all foreigners who are currently in the island nation without visas and also those who over-staying their visas, the media reported on Friday. | 03-May-2019 |
Azhar resolution: MEA plays down omissio | New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Responding to the deletion of 'Pulwama' from United Nations Security Council's resolution recounting Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar's role in terror activities, the Ministry of External Affairs, here on Thursday, said the objective was to get JeM chief Masood Azhar classified as a terrorist. | 02-May-2019 |
Omar frowns upon ally Congress over camp | Srinagar, May 2 (IANS) National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Thursday frowned up his party's ally Congress, saying its "leadership" has not held even a single election meeting in Jammu and Kashmir and had given a "walkover" to BJP as far as the "optics of the campaign" were concerned. | 02-May-2019 |
9 key takeaways from William Barr's test | New York, May 2 (CNN) : In the wake of a bombshell revelation that special counsel Robert Mueller took issuewith the way William Barr described his Russia probe's findings, the attorney general came to Capitol Hill to testify about his handling of the 448-page Mueller report in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Graham, the chairman of the Judiciary committee, has stood out over the first two-plus years of Donald Trump's time in the White House for his drastic about-face on the President. The South Carolina senator went from calling Trump a "kook" who was unfit for office during the 2016 GOP primary to being one of the President's biggest advocates and allies in Congress. | 02-May-2019 |
Comey says Trump officials like Barr mak | New York, May 2 (CNN) : Former FBI Director James Comey penned an op-ed in The New York Timessaying President Donald Trump's appointees sometimes make "compromises" to survive their boss. | 02-May-2019 |
Be ready to tackle Baghdadi's threat: La | Colombo, May 1 (IANS) The whole world should be vigilant following the threat by the Islamic State terror group leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said. | 01-May-2019 |
2020 'Triennial of Asia' to celebrate As | New York, May 1 (IANS) 'Triennial of Asia', the pioneering festival celebrating top artists and innovators of Asia on a global platform, will kick off next Spring at several venues across New York, Asia Society has announced. | 01-May-2019 |
Pakistan Coast Guards seize narcotics ov | Islamabad, May 1 (IANS) The Pakistan Coast Guards have recovered narcotics worth over $24 million during an operation near Jiwani town of Balochistan province, officials said. | 01-May-2019 |
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