Theresa May tours UK on Brexit Day anniversary

6 years ago

London, Mar 29 (PTI) Prime Minister Theresa May is touring in different parts of the UK today to mark the one-year anniversary of the Brexit Day, the...

AU-EU-UN taskforce endeavoring to support stranded African migrants in Libya

6 years ago

    ADDIS ABABA –The tripartite taskforce of the African Union (AU), the European Union (EU), and the United Nations (UN) is endeavoring to support stranded African migrants...

Oracle's win over Google in Android copyright case can see sea change in global software industry

6 years ago

    SAN FRANCISCO –Google could owe Oracle billions of dollars for using the latter's open-source Java programming code while developing its Android mobile platform, a U.S. appeals...

Malala makes first trip to Pakistan since Taliban attack

6 years ago

    ISLAMABAD –Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai returned to Pakistan on Thursday, officials said, in her first visit since she was shot in the head by a...

Two Koreas in high-level talks ahead of summit

6 years ago

    SEOUL – Senior officials of the two Koreas met Thursday to prepare for a rare inter-Korean summit, days after the nuclear-armed North's leader Kim Jong Un made...

68 people killed in riot, fire at Venezuela police station: officials

6 years ago

    CARACAS – A prison riot and fire has broken out at a Venezuelan police station in the central city of Valencia and at least 68 people...

20 Taliban militants killed in eastern Afghanistan

6 years ago

    KABUL – As many as 20 Taliban militants have been killed and 13 others wounded following government forces operations in Afghanistan eastern province of Ghazni, an...

U.S. hails on Korean Peninsula issue after Kim Jong Un's China visit

6 years ago

    WASHINGTON– The United States on Wednesday hailed the positive developments on the Korean Peninsula issue, after the just-concluded visit to China by the Democratic People's Republic...

Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un hold talks in Beijing

6 years ago

    BEIJING, March 28 (Xinhua) -- At the invitation of Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chinese...

Making the Business Case for Gender Equality (Achim Steiner and Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka)

6 years ago

    New York –Project Syndicate): Around the world, gender bias is attracting renewed attention. Through protest marches and viral social-media campaigns, women everywhere are demanding an end...

U Win Myint elected as Myanmar's new president: parliament

6 years ago

    NAY PYI TAW – U Win Myint, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, was elected as Myanmar's new president in the presidential run on Wednesday,...

NATO to announce 'measures' over UK poisoning: statement

6 years ago

    BRUSSELS – NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg will on Tuesday unveil "measures" in response to the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Britain, the alliance said,...

UK MPs demand Zuckerberg testify on data row after he offers deputy

6 years ago

    LONDON – British MPs renewed a demand on Tuesday to interview Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg personally over a data privacy row, after he responded to an earlier...

North Korean leader Kim visits China: Reports

6 years ago

Beijing – Speculation is rife that Kim Jong Un made a surprise visit to China after media reports that a special train believed to be...

Egyptians cast ballots on 2nd day of presidential election

6 years ago

    CAIRO – Polls opened Tuesday for the second day of Egypt's presidential election, in which incumbent President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi is expected to score a landslide victory.  ...