17 killed in series of blasts in Iraq
WEB DESK At least 17 people were killed and more than 60 others injured when a series of five bombs struck Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad. A parked car bomb hit…
Obama celebrates Diwali at Oval Office
web desk / US President Barack Obama celebrated Diwali by lighting the first-ever diya in the Oval Office of the White House and hoped that his successors would continue the…
Turkey sacks 10,000 civil servants, shuts media in latest crackdown
Turkey said it had dismissed a further 10,000 civil servants and closed 15 more media outlets over suspected links with terrorist organisations and US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Ankara…
United Nations celebrates Diwali for first time
United Nations commemorated festival of lights Diwali for the first time. The facade of the UN headquarters was lit in bright hues and the words ‘Happy Diwali’, along with the…
Spain’s Parliament votes conservative PM Mariano Rajoy back to power
Spain’s Parliament voted conservative Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy back into power ending a rollercoaster, 10-month political crisis. 170 lawmakers voted for Rajoy, 111 voted against him, and 68 abstained from…
Bangladesh bans catching Hilsa Fish
More than 900 fishermen have been arrested and Army deployed to patrol its waterways after Bangladesh introducing a temporary ban on catching Hilsa in an effort to save the hugely…
IS militants using thousands of civilians as human shields:UN
UN says, Islamic State (IS) militants have abducted tens of thousands of civilians from around the Iraqi city of Mosul to use as human shields. UN spokeswoman, Ravina Shamdasani said…
US: FBI reopens investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private e-mail server
In the United States, FBI has re-opened investigations into Democrat Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s use of private email server when she was Secretary of State due to likelihood of new…
PM Modi to visit Japan on Nov. 11 -12
AMN INDIA’S Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Japan on November 11 and 12 for the annual Indo Japan Summit. Apart from the thrust on civil nuclear cooperation, the two…
UN committee calls for outlawing nuclear weapons
A UN General Assembly committee has approved a resolution calling for a treaty to ban nuclear weapons, despite strong opposition from nuclear-armed nations and their allies. The resolution was adopted…