India-EU concerned over violence against Rohingyas in Myanmar
AMN /New Delhi India and European Union EU expressed deep concern at the recent spate of violence in the Rakhine state of Myanmar that has resulted in the outflow of…
BREAKING NEWS: Nobel Peace Prize-2017 goes to ICAN
The 2017 Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN).. The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2017…
Asylum and refugee protection represent humanity at its best: UN official
AMN / United Nations The United Nations refugee agency’s protection chief has stressed the importance of sustained engagement by the international community to keep refugees high on the political agenda.…
UN peacekeeping chief seeks Security Council support
AMN / United Nations The United Nations peacekeeping chief has said that rapid deployment of uniformed personnel to the field was a costly, complex and difficult process that required the…
US, India working to turn big words into pragmatic realities: Jim Mattis
WEB DESK / US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis Thursday said India is a force for stability in South Asia and India-US political ties can be tightened together. During a Congressional…
Nobel Prize in Literature goes to English author Kazuo Ishiguro
AMN The English novelist of Japanese origin Kazuo Ishiguro, known for his spare yet emotionally resonate prose style and his inventive subversion of literary genres, was awarded the Nobel Prize…
US: Pentagon pumping millions more into missile defence
WEB DESK The United States’ Pentagon is seeking 440 million US dollars more into missile defence, including yet another expansion of its fleet of missile interceptors. This is being done…
Pro-independence Catalans defy King Felipe VI’s warning
Pro-independence Catalan leaders are pressing ahead despite an emphatic warning from King Felipe VI. Catalan President Carles Puigdemont said he would declare independence at the end of this week or…
Fukushima operator can restart nuclear reactors at world’s biggest plant
WEB DESK The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant cleared a major regulatory hurdle on Wednesday to restart two reactors in Japan, its first since the 2011 tsunami sparked…
Russia cuts oil production by 346,000 bpd under OPEC deal
Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Wednesday that Russia has decreased oil production in September under the oil output reduction agreement between OPEC and non-OPEC countries by 346,000 barrels…