Bangkok: A former Thai navy diver has died while taking part in efforts to rescue 12 boys and their football coach trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand, a BBC News report said on Friday. Petty Officer Saman Gunan lost consciousness on his way out of the Tham Luang cave complex, where he had been […]
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned again that the country’s fight against deeply ingrained corruption is not yet over, and that the ruling Communist Party faces enormous challenges going forward, media reports said. Since coming to power more than six years ago, Xi has overseen a sweeping campaign to root out graft, with dozens […]
Tehran: Asserting that Iran respects the international regulations, including the non-proliferation treaties, oil-rich country’s President Hassan Rouhani said that the Islamic republic has been committed to its nuclear deal obligations over the past years and will remain to do so. Rouhani made the remarks on Tuesday at a conference in Switzerland’s capital Bern, with his […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga here. Mr Odinga is also the Leader of Opposition in Kenya. “Prime Minister Modi fondly recalled their long association, going back over a decade when he had visited Kenya as the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Mr Odinga also warmly recalled […]
California: The Napa Valley Cricket Club (NVCC) will host their seventh annual World Series of Cricket match at the Napa Valley Expo in downtown Napa on Sunday. The match marks the halfway point in the clubs 2018 season and will be played on the Midway Green, on the western side of the Expo. As ever […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday condoled the death of former Navy chief, Admiral J G Nadkarni. A war hero of Goa Liberation and Indo-Pak war, Admiral Nadkarni, 86, breathed his last in Mumbai on Monday. “Anguished by the demise of former Indian Navy chief, Admiral JG Nadkarni. He served the nation with […]
Jalalalbad:The Islamic State on Monday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in eastern Afghanistan that killed at least 19 people, mostly Sikhs and Hindus, Associated Press reported. The bomber targeted a delegation from the minority communities as it was travelling to the governor’s residence in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Sunday for a meeting […]
Jalalabad : An explosion hit the centre of the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad on Sunday, killing at least 20 people, including several members of the small Sikh minority, provincial government officials said, Reuters reported The blast, hours after President Ashraf Ghani had opened a hospital in Jalalabad, damaged shops and buildings around Mukhaberat square […]
JALALABAD : Suspected Islamic state militants on Saturday beheaded three men and torched a boys’ school in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan , Reuters reported “They brutally beheaded three attendants and set fire to the school building,” Mohammad Asif Shinwari, spokesman for the education department was quoted as saying by Reuters, adding that the administrative […]
Rome: Italy has welcomed the deal on immigration reached by European leaders at the Brussels summit. The country is the entry point for thousands of migrants and had threatened to veto the whole agenda if it did not get the cooperation it wanted on the issue. “Italy is not alone anymore,” Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe […]
