Beijing: A man on Thursday set off a small explosive device close to the US embassy in Beijing, officials have confirmed. Apart from the attacker, there were no injuries reported and officials say police responded immediately, said a BBC News report. Video and images posted on social media show smoke rising from the vicinity of […]
Athens: Three-day national mourning has been declared in Greece, as emergency services search for survivors of the wildfires that have killed at least 74 people, said a BBC News report on Wednesday. Winds of up to 100km/h 60mph have been fanning the flames near the capital Athens. On Tuesday, the bodies of 26 adults and […]
United Nations: The UN human rights chief sharply criticized Israel on Monday, calling recent killings by its soldiers during Palestinian demonstrations along the Gaza border fence “shocking.” Recent months have seen an uptick in violence on Israel’s border with Gaza and violent clashes at weekly protests. Friday saw the killing of an IDF soldier by […]
Greeek: The worst Greek forest fires in a decade burned at least seven people to death near Athens on Monday as they attempted to flee in their cars or on foot. Reports said that four dead on a road in the community of Mati about 29 km (18 miles) east of Athens. The popular tourist […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave for a five-day visit to three African nations – Rwanda,Uganda and South Africa on Monday. The visit of the Prime Minister to these three countries is a reflection of the intensity of India’s engagement with Africa and the priority New Delhi attaches to its relations with African […]
At least 10 people, including a child, were shot in Toronto on Sunday and the gunman was dead, Canadian news agencies reported. Reports of gunfire in the city’s Greektown neighborhood began at 10 p.m. local time (0200 GMT Monday), CityNews.com reported. Witnesses said they heard 25 gunshots, the news website reported. The shooter was dead, […]
United Nations: Voicing deep concern over the latest flare-up of violence around Gaza, the United Nations chief has urged all sides to “step back from the brink of another devastating conflict”. “I am gravely concerned over the dangerous escalation of violence in Gaza and southern Israel,” said Secretary-General António Guterres in a statement on Saturday. […]
The US State Department has expressed concern over the participation of Lashkar-e-Taiba-affiliated (LeT) individuals in the upcoming elections in Pakistan, media reports said on Saturday. However, the department has noted with satisfaction that the Pakistan Election Commission had rejected the registration of Milli Muslim League (MML) in June, citing its linkages to LeT, Dawn News […]
KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 (Reuters) Malaysia will release on July 30 a long-awaited report into the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the transport minister said on Friday. In May, Malaysia called off a privately-funded underwater search for the aircraft, which became one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries when it vanished with 239 aboard en route to […]
Jerusalem: Knesset, Israel’s parliament has defined themselves as ‘nation state of Jewish people’ and ‘they have an exclusive right to national self-determination on it’. The law was adopted on Thursday, Aljazeera reported. The adoption of law has provoked fears that it will lead to blatant discrimination against its Palestinian citizens. The legislation was adopted by […]
