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 –…
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…