Refugee women, children face risk of sexual violence on Greek islands: UNHCR

6 years ago

GENEVA - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said Friday it is very concerned by reports from asylum seekers of sexual harassment and violence in sub-standard reception centers on the Greek...

Top Pakistani rights advocate Asma Jahangir dies: family

6 years ago

LAHORE, Pakistan, Leading Pakistani human rights advocate Asma Jahangir has died, a family member said Sunday, in a stinging blow to the country's embattled rights community. She was 66.  The...

1 killed, 12 injured in knife attack in Beijing shopping mall

6 years ago

BEIJING One person was killed and 12 injured in a knife attack at a shopping mall in downtown Beijing Sunday.  The attack occurred around 1 p.m. at Joy City in the...

Sudan's Bashir replaces intelligence chief: state media

6 years ago

KHARTOUM - Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir Sunday replaced powerful intelligence chief Mohammed Atta, the official news agency SUNA reported, amid a security crackdown on opposition protests against rising food prices.  Bash...

Israeli strikes were 'heavy blow' to Iranian, Syrian forces: Netanyahu

6 years ago

JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israeli air strikes in Syria the previous day were a "heavy blow" to Iranian and Syrian forces in the war-torn country.  ...

Russian, Israeli leaders discuss Israel-Syria border incident over phone

6 years ago

MOSCOW,  Russian and Israeli leaders discussed the Israel-Syria border incident in a phone conversation, the Kremlin has said in a statement.On Saturday, Israel conducted airstrikes against Iranian facilities in Syria,...

Israel says attacks 12 Syrian and Iranian targets in Syria

6 years ago

JERUSALEM - Israel's military attacked 12 Syrian and Iranian targets in Syria on Saturday in what it described as "large-scale" raids following an exchange of fire earlier in the day.  ...

Seven decades of tensions between the two Koreas

6 years ago

PARIS - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has invited the South's President Moon Jae-in for a summit in Pyongyang, stirring hopes of a tentative rapprochement between the bitterly divided neighbours.  ...

Over 20 mln new companies registered in China in past 5 years

6 years ago

BEIJING -Some 21.6 million companies were registered in the past five years in China, thanks to the government's push for entrepreneurship and innovation to bolster growth.  Since China introduced mass...

Israel strikes "Iranian targets" in Syria in response to Iranian UAV, F-16 jet shot down

6 years ago

JERUSALEM - Israel aircrafts attacked Saturday Iranian targets in Syria after intercepting an Iranian Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), and an Israeli fighter jet was shot downed by Syria afterwards.  The Israeli...

India to sack 13,000 railway employees

6 years ago

NEW DELHI - India has for the first time decided to sack in one go some 13,000 railway employees who are on "unauthorized" leave for a long time.  The state-owned...

Car bomb hits military checkpoint near Libya's Sirte

6 years ago

TRIPOLI - A car bomb explosion on Saturday hit a military checkpoint of the eastern-based army, some 90 km east of the Libyan city of Sirte, destroying military vehicles and injuring...

Kim Jong Un invites S. Korea's Moon to Pyongyang

6 years ago

SEOUL,  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un invited the South's President Moon Jae-in for a summit in Pyongyang Saturday, Seoul said, even as the US warned against falling for Pyongyang's...

Israel launches large scale attack against Syria

6 years ago

JERUSALEM-  The Israeli army launched a large-scale attack against the Syrian aerial defense system and Iranian targets in Syria in response to an Israeli F-16 fighter shot down by missiles...

Lawmaker Panthi provides Rs 1.5 million to college

6 years ago

Jitpur, Kapilvastu - Province-5 provincial assembly member Bishnu Panthi provided Rs 1.51 million to the Siddhartha Campus at local Bunchi of Banganga Municipality-4 in Kapilvastu district.  The province lawmaker provided this...