Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| Prince William, Kate to visit Pakistan | London, June 30 (TIWN) The UK's Prince William and his wife Kate will visit Pakistan laster this year at the request of Britains Foreign Office, the Kensington Palace has confirmed. | 30-Jun-2019 |
| G20: Putin stresses on need to further R | Osaka (Japan), June 30 (TIWN) Russian President Vladimir Putin has emphasised on the need of close bilateral ties between Russia and Japan. | 29-Jun-2019 |
| Trump, Xi agree to restart US-China trad | Osaka, June 29 (TIWN) US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Saturday agreed to resume trade negotiations in an effort to end the impasse between the world's two largest economies, with Beijing saying that now Washington will not impose any new tariffs on its goods. | 29-Jun-2019 |
| Indian women tricked into working at Dub | Dubai, June 30 (TIWN) Four Indian women who were tricked into working as bar dancers in Dubai were rescued by the police following a tip-off from the Indian consulate, the media reported. | 30-Jun-2019 |
| 10 injured in Afghanistan mosque blast | Aybak (Afghanistan), June 30 (TIWN) At least 10 people were injured in an explosion at a mosque in Afghanistan's Samangan province on Friday, officials said. | 30-Jun-2019 |
| Don't meddle in 2020 polls: Trump jokes | Osaka, June 29 (TIWN) US President Donald Trump met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin here on Friday and appeared to make light of the alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential polls by telling the latter not to meddle in the 2020 elections. | 29-Jun-2019 |
| Russia-India-China meet: PM highlights g | Osaka (Japan), June 29 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday highlighted the global challenge posed by terrorism and pressed for an international conference on the issue, as he met Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin under the trilateral Russia-India-China (RIC) forum here. | 29-Jun-2019 |
| Vatican asks China to end intimidation o | Vatican City, June 28 (TIWN) The Vatican issued an appeal to Chinese authorities on Friday to make the process of registering clergy "more respectful of Catholic doctrine, and thus of the consciences of those involved". | 28-Jun-2019 |
| G20 members discuss economy, trade in Os | Tokyo, June 28 (TIWN) Leaders from the Group of 20 major economies weighed the risk of a slowing global economy on Friday amid growing trade and geopolitical tensions as a two-day summit began in Osaka under Japan's presidency. | 28-Jun-2019 |
| US Senate approves additional $4.5 bn fo | Washington, June 27 (TIWN) The Republican-controlled US Senate has passed a bill authorizing an additional $4.5 billion for operations on the US-Mexico border, but the measure differs on key points with the funding bill approved earlier by the House of Representatives. | 26-Jun-2019 |
| US crude oil inventories decrease last w | Houston, June 26 (TIWN) The American Petroleum Institute (API) on Tuesday reported a sharp decrease of 7.55 million barrels in the US crude oil inventories for the week ending June 21. | 26-Jun-2019 |
| US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets | New Delhi, June 26 (TIWN) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Wednesday morning in his country's first high-level engagement with India after Modi returned to power with a thumping election victory. | 26-Jun-2019 |
| US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets | New Delhi, June 26 (TIWN) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Wednesday morning in his country's first high-level engagement with India after Modi returned to power with a thumping election victory. | 26-Jun-2019 |
| 6.3-magnitude earthquake hits Panama | Panama City, June 26 (TIWN) An earthquake of 6.3 magnitude jolted La Esperanza area in western Panama on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said. | 26-Jun-2019 |
| Melania Trump's spokeswoman to be White | WASHINGTON (AP), June 26 (TIWN) — Stephanie Grisham, longtime spokeswoman and confidante to Melania Trump, will succeed Sarah Sanders as White House press secretary, the first lady announced Tuesday. Grisham is jumping into her new role by accompanying President Donald Trump on a trip to Asia starting Wednesday. | 25-Jun-2019 |
| Sexual assault accuser 'not my type', sa | New York, June 25 (TIWN): Mr Trump said E. Jean Carroll was "totally lying" about the alleged attack in a New York department store. | 25-Jun-2019 |
| 176 kids lost their parents in Easter at | Colombo, June 25 (TIWN) At least 176 children have lost either both or one of their parents in the Easter Sunday terror bombings which killed over 250 people and injured hundreds, Archbishop of Colombo Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has said. | 25-Jun-2019 |
| Cities with racial tweets report more ha | New York, June 25 (TIWN) Researchers have found that cities with a higher incidence of racist tweets reported more actual hate crimes related to race, ethnicity and national origin. | 25-Jun-2019 |
| Trump to meet Saudi, Turkish, German lea | Washington, June 25 (TIWN) US President Donald Trump will meet Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Japan this week, the White House said. | 24-Jun-2019 |
| Visual framing by media in debates affec | New York, June 24 (TIWN) Researchers have found that visual techniques used by the media in debates during elections play a big role in changing public perception. | 24-Jun-2019 |
| 14 killed as vehicle plunges into Pakist | Islamabad, June 24 (IANS) At least 14 people were killed and several others injured when a vehicle plunged into a river in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said on Monday. | 23-Jun-2019 |
| From Tagore to Ayodhya, South Korea shar | Seoul, June 23 (IANS) Back in April 1920 when Korea was under Japanese occupation, one of its oldest newspapers - 'The Dong-A Ilbo' that has a vibrant press museum now - took birth. | 23-Jun-2019 |
| Trump dismisses rape allegation as 'fict | Washington, June 22 (TIWN) US President Donald Trump has dismissed allegations that he raped a woman in a dressing room of an upscale Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s, terming it "fiction". | 22-Jun-2019 |
| Three killed in shootout in Mexico | Guadalajara (Mexico), June 22 (TIWN) A police officer and two suspects were killed in a shootout in the Mexico's Tlajomulco, an official has sid. | 22-Jun-2019 |
| Trump, Saudi crown prince discuss Iran o | Washington, June 22 (TIWN) US President Donald Trump has spoken over phone with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud on Iran. | 22-Jun-2019 |
| Xi returns to China after N. Korea state | Pyongyang, June 21 (TIWN) Chinese President Xi Jinping left North Korea on Friday after a landmark two-day state visit to Pyongyang, highlighting their strong alliance amid trade and nuclear tensions with the US. | 21-Jun-2019 |
| Trump calls off imminent military retali | Washington, June 21 (TIWN) US President Donald Trump has called off an imminent military strike against Iran in retaliation for the downing an American military drone by Tehran. | 21-Jun-2019 |
| International Yoga Day event draws 7,000 | Dhaka, June 21 (TIWN) The Indian High Commission in Dhaka on Friday organised an event here marking the fifth International Yoga Day, which saw the participation of around 7,000 people. | 21-Jun-2019 |
| US bars civilian flights over Iran-contr | Washington, June 21 (TIWN) The US has barred the commercial airlines of the country from flying over the Iran-controlled airspace amid heightened military activities and political tensions in the region. | 21-Jun-2019 |
| US court allows Trump's abortion rules t | San Francisco, June 21 (TIWN) A US federal court of appeal has ruled that US President Donald Trump's government can go ahead with a policy that prohibits American women from receiving abortion operations at federally-funded clinics. | 20-Jun-2019 |
| Clear indication of economy losing tract | Mumbai, June 20 (TIWN) Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das had, in the last Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, said that there is clear evidence of economic activity losing traction while giving the rationale for a rate cut. | 20-Jun-2019 |
| Xiaomi set to capture more online buyers | Bengaluru, June 20 (TIWN) Buoyed by the surge in user base and growing market share of its ecommerce platform Mi.com in India, Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is aiming to launch more products for the online buyers in the country, a top company executive said here on Thursday. | 20-Jun-2019 |
| UK arms sale to Saudis unlawful, court r | London, June 20 (TIWN) The United Kingdoms sale of arms to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen is unlawful, a British court ruled on Thursday. | 20-Jun-2019 |
| China hopes India won't be influenced by | Beijing, June 20 (TIWN) China on Thursday hoped India won't be influenced by the US and take an independent judgment on Huawei after Washington told New Delhi that it would act against Indian firms found supplying American origin products to the Chinese telecom giant. | 20-Jun-2019 |
| Ex-Trump adviser avoids questions on obs | Washington, June 20 (TIWN) Hope Hicks, US President Donald Trump's former communications director, has avoided answering questions put to her by House lawmakers about her time in the White House, her testimony coming as part of the lower chamber's investigation into possible obstruction of justice by the President. | 19-Jun-2019 |
| Chinese worker killed in clashes at Bang | Dhaka, June 19 (IANS) Clashes erupted between hundreds of Chinese and Bangladeshi construction workers at the site of a partly-built China-funded power plant in the country on Wednesday in which a Chinese worker was killed. | 19-Jun-2019 |
| More than 70 mn forcibly displaced world | Geneva, June 19 (TIWN) The number of people fleeing violence, persecution and conflict in 2018 has exceeded 70 million globally - the highest number in the UN refugee agency's almost 70 years of operations. | 19-Jun-2019 |
| Egypt's ex-President Morsi buried after | Cairo, June 18 (TIWN) Former Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi has been buried following his sudden death after he collapsed in a courtroom during an ongoing trial, his son confirmed on Tuesday. | 18-Jun-2019 |
| HK chief issues 'most sincere' apology o | Hong Kong, June 18 (TIWN) Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Tuesday offered her "most sincere" apology over the handling of the now-suspended extradition bill, after thousands of people voiced their dissatisfaction over her and her administration's handling of the controversial legislation. | 18-Jun-2019 |
| US city to deploy 'RoboCop' to monitor p | Washington, June 19 (TIWN) A small US city near Los Angeles has announced that it will introduce a 'RoboCop' or a robot police to monitor public areas. | 19-Jun-2019 |
| 12 killed in China earthquake | Beijing, June 18 (TIWN) At least 12 people were killed and 125 others injured after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit China's Sichuan province, the Ministry of Emergency Management said on Tuesday. | 18-Jun-2019 |
| Trump launching re-election campaign def | New York, June 18 (TIWN) US President Donald Trump will formally launch his re-election campaign on Tuesday, defiantly facing the threats of impeachment but hoping to float to office again on his steadfast voter base, a good economy and an opposition that has yet to coalesce around a challenger. | 18-Jun-2019 |
| Trump to roll out new healthcare plan in | Washington, June 17 (TIWN) US President Donald Trump has announced that he will roll out a new healthcare plan in the next few months. | 17-Jun-2019 |
| India, Myanmar forces coordinate to targ | New Delhi, June 17 (TIWN) In a coordinated operation between the armies of India and Myanmar, several camps of militant groups operating in some north-eastern states have been destroyed inside Myanmar's territory, defence sources said here on Sunday. | 16-Jun-2019 |
| India : Children death toll reaches 77 | New Delhi, June 16 (TIWN): The death toll due to the fever that has gripped Muzaffarpur and the adjoining districts in Bihar has risen to 77. Ten more deaths were reported on Saturday, taking the toll to 77. Most of the casualties are between the age group of 1-10. | 16-Jun-2019 |
| Saudi Arabia wants no war, firm against | Riyadh, June 16 (IANS) Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud said on Sunday that his country wants no war in the region but will not hesitate to deal with any threat. | 16-Jun-2019 |
| 7th round of US-Taliban peace talks next | Kabul, June 16 (IANS) The seventh round of peace talks between US negotiators and Taliban members will take place next week in Doha, sources said, adding that this time, the two sides are likely to agree on one or two of the four key issues under debate, the media reported. | 16-Jun-2019 |
| Zuzana Caputova sworn in as Slovakia's f | Bratislava, June 16 (TIWN) Anti-corruption campaigner Zuzana Caputova has been sworn in as Slovakia's first female President. | 16-Jun-2019 |
| 10 killed, several injured in Mogadishu | Mogadishu, June 16 (TIWN) At least 10 people were killed and 26 others injured in two car bomb blasts in the Somali capital Mogadishu, police said. | 15-Jun-2019 |
| Discovery of minor's body in Arizona she | New York, June 15 (TIWN) The discovery of the body of a seven-year-old Indian girl in a treacherous desert area in the state of Arizona has put the spotlight on rising illegal immigrants from India trying to cross into the US through Mexico. | 15-Jun-2019 |