World’s first humanitarian summit to start in Istanbul
WEB DESK / First of its kind World Humanitarian Summit is being held in Isanbul, Turkey on May 23-24. The Summit comes as the Syrian civil war enters its sixth…
Turkey deserves more help for refugees: UN chief
WEB DESK / U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said that Turkey should receive more help for the assistance it is providing to refugees fleeing the Syrian war. “Turkey and…
U.S. has bigger problems than Assad: Trump
WEB DESK / US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has pledged to go along with anti Daesh group, if he wins the election in November, and would refrain from attacking…
UN honours over 100 peacekeepers who lost lives while serving
The United Nations has honoured peacekeepers, who lost their lives while serving under the UN flag around the globe. A wreath-laying ceremony in honour of all men and women who…
26/11 case: Lakhvi, others to be charged for abetment to murder
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Pakistan, has ruled that LeT operations commander Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi and six others accused in the 2008 Mumbai attack case will be individually charged for…
Binali Yildirim to be new Prime Minister of Turkey
Turkey, Transport Minister, Binali Yildirim has emerged as the country’s new Prime Minister after the ruling party formally tapped him as its candidate to lead the party. Yildirim, a close…
France extends state of emergency ahead of sports events
France parliament is extending a state of emergency for two months to cover two upcoming major sports events. The state of emergency has been in effect since 130 people were…
EgyptAir crash: Wreckage found, search underway for bodies
Egyptian military today found the wreckage of the crashed EgyptAir aircraft in the Mediteranean Sea. The ill-fated plane flying to Cairo from Paris went down with 66 people on board…
Chinese jets intercept US spy plane over South China Sea: Pentagon
The Pentagon says, two Chinese fighters have carried out an unsafe intercept of a US military aircraft over the South China Sea. It said, the incident happened in international airspace…
92 children poisoned by weed-killer in Peru: reports
Ninety-two, 92 children and three teachers were poisoned when a plane fumigating nearby fields sprayed a weed-killer too close to their school on Tuesday in Peru,. A health official in…