Category: World News

Police shooting of Apple manager in Uttar Pradesh sparks call for reform

open view web desk LUCKNOW/NEW DELHI – The deadly shooting of an Apple manager by police in Uttar Pradesh prompted human rights activists and opposition parties to demand reform, saying it was only the latest in a series of extrajudicial killings by local police. The government of Uttar […]

India’s sanitation summit overshadows problems that persist

open view web desk NEW DELHI— The United Nations is celebrating an Indian government program officials say can be a model for other low-income and developing countries at a summit this week in New Delhi. But in Taimoor Nagar, a slum just outside one of the city’s poshest […]

US, Japan duo win Nobel Medicine Prize for cancer therapy

open view web desk Two immunologists, James Allison of the US and Tasuku Honjo of Japan, won the 2018 Nobel Medicine Prize for research into how the body’s natural defences can fight cancer, the jury said on Monday. Unlike more traditional forms of cancer treatment that directly target […]

Russia’s Putin to discuss military cooperation on India visit – Kremlin

open view web desk MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin will discuss military cooperation with India when he visits the country this week, the Kremlin said on Monday, without specifying whether the possible sale of S-400 surface-to-air missiles was on the agenda. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, when asked whether […]

Iran fires missiles at Syria ‘terrorists’ after deadly attack

open view web desk Iran said Monday it struck jihadists in Syria with ballistic missiles in retaliation for a deadly attack on an Iranian military parade, warning the “real punishment” was still to come. Last month’s assault in the Iranian city of Ahvaz killed 24 people and was […]

Syria rebels deny withdrawing arms from north under deal

open view web desk Syrian rebels denied on Sunday they had pulled any heavy arms from a major opposition bastion in the north, as the deadline to implement a demilitarisation deal there draws closer. Regime ally Moscow and rebel backer Ankara agreed earlier this month to create a […]

NKorea: US needs to build our trust, and sanctions lower it

open view web desk UNITED NATIONS — North Korea needs more trust in the U.S. and their developing relationship before it will get rid of its nuclear weapons, Pyongyang’s top diplomat said Saturday as an envoy from another of the international community’s biggest worries — Syria — demanded […]

UN, India to step up cooperation in counter-terrorism, terror financing : UN chief

open view web desk United Nations, Sep 30:  India is an “important partner” of the United Nations in countering terrorism and preventing violent extremism, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said, and there are plans to step up cooperation between the two on strengthening capacity in combating terror financing. […]

Death toll in Indonesia quake-tsunami tops 800

open view web desk The death toll from a powerful earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia leapt to 832 Sunday, as stunned people on the stricken island of Sulawesi struggled to find food and water and looting spread. The new toll announced by the national disaster agency was almost […]

India wins Asia Cup final in dramatic style on last ball

open view web desk DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — India successfully defended the Asia Cup title in the most dramatic fashion, beating Bangladesh in a last-ball thriller on Friday. India was chasing a modest target of 223 at Dubai International Stadium, after winning the toss and inviting Bangladesh […]

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