Category: International News

Pakistan won’t take sides in Iran-U.S. confrontation – foreign minister

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan will not take sides in the escalating confrontation between neighbouring Iran and the United States, its foreign minister said on Monday, following the killing of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in a U.S. drone strike. The killing puts Pakistan, which is majority Sunni Muslim but […]

Trump rules out US troop withdrawal from Iraq, threatens ‘very big’ sanctions

Washington, Jan 6: President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to impose “very big” sanctions on Iraq after its Parliament called on the US military to leave the country for assassinating top Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in a drone attack in Baghdad. The Iraqi Parliament on Sunday voted to expel […]

‘Crazy idea’ fetches Stefan Bell the Nobel Prize

Bengaluru, Jan 3: What German physicist Stefan Hell initially thought was a crazy idea of working on breaking the diffraction barrier in microscopy later fetched him the Nobel Prize in 2014. The Nobel laureates work is significant as it could prove significant in finding remedies to incurable diseases like […]

Pompeo postpones Ukraine trip after attack on US embassy in Iraq

Washington, Jan 1: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday postponed a trip to Ukraine, the country at the heart of impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, after an attack on the American embassy in Iraq, the State Department announced. Pompeo had been due to travel at week’s […]

India, Pakistan exchange list of nuclear installations

New Delhi, Jan 1: Continuing a 29-year unbroken practice, India and Pakistan on Wednesday exchanged a list of their nuclear installations under a bilateral arrangement that prohibits them from attacking each other’s atomic facilities. The two countries exchanged the list of nuclear installations and facilities covered under the Agreement […]

New UK government raises minimum wage

London, Dec 31: Britain’s minimum wage is to increase by more than four times the rate of UK inflation from next year, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government announced Tuesday. A 6.2-percent increase from April takes the so-called national living wage for workers aged 25 and over from 8.21 pounds […]

Ireland PM Varadkar arrives in Goa to celebrate New Year

Panaji, Dec 30:  Ireland Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, who has his roots in India, arrived on Monday in Goa where he would ring in the New Year, an official said. Varadkar, who is currently on a private visit to India, would be staying at a plush resort in […]

Pak rolls out first batch of dual-seat fighter jets manufactured in collaboration with China

Islamabad, Dec 28: Pakistan has rolled out the first batch of its indigenous dual-seat fighter jets, manufactured in collaboration with its all-weather ally China. To mark the occasion, a grand ceremony was held at the Aircraft Manufacturing Factory in Kamra near Islamabad on Friday, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) […]

Singapore police probe Indian for alleged Modi citizenship law protest

SINGAPORE – Singapore police are investigating an Indian national for allegedly being involved in a public protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s controversial citizenship law. Unauthorised public assemblies and protests over political situations in other countries are banned in Singapore. Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to […]

German exchange student says he’s told to leave India after joining protests

BENGALURU – A German exchange student said on Tuesday that Indian authorities had ordered him to leave the country after he took part in protests against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new citizenship law. Jakob Lindenthal, a 24-year-old pursuing a master’s degree in physics, said he took part in […]

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