UNFPA regrets U.S. Decision to Withhold Funding
UNITED NATIONS / New York UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, today regreted the decision by the United States to deny any future funding for its life-saving work the world…
Syria: 58 killed, 60 injured in suspected chemical attack
WEB DESK / At least 58 people were killed and more than sixty injured in a suspected chemical attack by government warplanes on Khan Sheikhoun town of Idlib province today.…
UK visas set to get more tough, expensive
web desk / Tougher and more expensive visa rules announced by the UK last year are set to take effect from Thursday, affecting Indians and other nationals from outside the…
US withdraws funding for United Nations Population Fund
WEB DESK The United States says, it is withdrawing funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), an agency that promotes family planning in more than 150 countries. The state…
Computer programmer not to qualify as specialist for US H-1B visa
The US has ruled that being a simple computer programmer would no longer qualify as a specialist profession, which is a must for the issue of a H-1B work visa.…
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to address Canadaian Parliament
AMN / Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai will address the Canadian Parliament and would receive the honorary citizenship of the country bestowed upon her in 2014. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau…
Canada, Ukraine formalize defense pact
Canada and Ukraine have formalised a defense pact that would see Canada continue to offer military training and share combat expertise. Canadian Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan met his Ukrainian counterpart…
7 charged over suspected hate crime in London
WEB DESK / British police has said, it had charged seven people over a suspected hate-crime attack against a 17-year-old Kurdish-Iranian asylum seeker in London. 20 and 30 people were…
World leaders condemn Russia terror attack
AMN / World leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, have condemned the attack in the subway of Russia’s second city of Saint Petersburg yesterday. 11 people were killed and 45…
Trump meets Egypt’s president to talk ISIS
US President Donald Trump welcomed his Egyptian counterpart, President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, to the White House today for talks ranging from ways to collaborate in the fight against Islamic extremism to…