President Mukhrjee leaves for 4-day visit to China
TIA NEWS / President Pranab Mukherjee today left for China on four day visit to that country. He is expected to exchange views on all aspects of India’s ties with…
World Humanitarian Summit: UN Chief urges ‘fixing’ humanitarian gap
ISTANBUL / agencies United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday called upon the world leaders to fix the gap in humanitarian funding and share the burden of helping people…
Daesh bombings kill 120 in Syria
Web Desk More than 120 people were killed and many injured in a series of bomb attacks in Syria today. Seventy-three people were killed in the city of Jableh and…
China warns of geological disasters as heavy rain continues in south
Meteorological Administration in China, has warned of relatively high risks of geological disasters in parts of rain-battered Yunnan and Sichuan provinces over the next 24 hours. The CMA also forecast…
Iraq announces military operation to retake Fallujah from IS
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has announced the start of a military operation to retake Falluja from the Islamic State militants. Falluja was the first city to fall to the…
17 girls dead in Thai private school fire
At least 17 girls died as they slept after a fire swept through a private school dormitory in Vingpatao district in Thailand. Police Commander Prayad Singsin said two girls are…
Obama in Vietnam, seeks to turn old enemy into new partner
WEB DESK/ AMN US President Barack Obama arrived in Vietnam last night ahead of a three day trip aimed at sealing the transformation of an old enemy into a new…
Obama will be first US President to visit Hiroshima
US President Barack Obama has departed on a trip to Vietnam and Japan. In Japan, Mr Obama will attend a G7 summit and make history by becoming the first sitting…
20 killed as cyclone Roanu hits Bangladesh
DHAKA More than 20 people were killed and 100 injured due the tropical cyclone codenamed Roanu which gradually defused after it made a landfall in the coastlines of the bangladesh…
INDIAN WARSHIPS ENTERS MUSCAT (OMAN) WATER
AMN / Indian Naval Ships Delhi, Tarkash and Deepak under the Command of the Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet, Rear Admiral Ravneet Singh, NM are visiting Muscat from 21 –…