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The Saudi public prosecutor’s office said on 12 feb it will recruit women as investigators for the first time, as the kingdom seeks to boost fem

Prime Minister Modi and Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed al Nahyan held bilateral talks after a ceremonial welcome at the Presidential Palace in

Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on 6 Feb that there was a plan to reduce U.S. forces in the country gradually, but that they were neede

Saudi Arabia has temporarily banned imports of live birds, hatching eggs and chicks from India after a form of bird flu that is highly lethal for poul

As Frank Sinatra asks Lady Luck to stick around, the neon red lights of one of Las Vegas' most famous towering signs appear to dance under the nig

An estimated 60,000 children face potential starvation in North Korea, where international sanctions are exacerbating the situation by slowing aid del

India and Sri Lanka signed four agreements for collaboration in the Information and communication technology (ICT) sector, setting up of an e-office s

The Indo-US joint military exercise ‘Vajra Prahar’ will be held at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) in Seattle in the third week of January

US President Donald Trump's recent outburst on Pakistan will further boost economic and defence ties between Beijing and Islamabad, including Chin

 They say bigger is better, but in the succulent world of cherry tomatoes, one Israeli company is going smaller than ever before. The "drop

 Newly-released videos give a glimpse into the dramatic and severe weather recorded at the peak of New Hampshire's Mount Washington over the

Saudi Arabia's attorney general confirmed that 11 princes had been arrested after protesting the kingdom's austerity measures and would face t

The United States of America placed Pakistan along with ten other nations in the list of countries designated as the worst offenders against

The Union Cabinet approved the signing of MoU between India and Israel on cooperation in the Oil and Gas Sector. The cooperation envisaged under the a

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) introduced value-added tax (VAT). These are the first two countries in the Gulf which have introduced

Nepal banned solo climbers from scaling its mountains, including Mount Everest, in a bid to reduce accidents. The new safety regulations also prohibit

Israel filed notice to withdraw from the UNESCO alongside the United States. Israel has blasted UNESCO in recent years over the organization's cri

A loan agreement has been signed between India and Germany for providing additional funding of EUR 20 million for the Pare Hydroelectric Plant project

The United Kingdom topped Forbes' rankings of best countries in the world for business in 2018 for the first time, up from fifth last year. The li

  India and Myanmar signed MoU on Rakhine State Development Programme and on Government to Government agreement on long-term socio-economic deve

The World Bank committed $125 million (around Rs800 crore) loan to India for the STRIVE project for skill development. The main objective of the opera

France's parliament has approved a law banning all exploration and production of oil and natural gas by 2040 within the country and its overseas t

The International Migrants Day is organized across the world on 18th December. The theme for IMD 2017 is 'Safe Migration in a World on the Move.&#

When the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un celebrated the launch of a powerful new missile recently, he was surrounded by a group of top scientists and

Advanced technologies have made the newly-constructed subway Yanfang (YF) line smart, which had a trial run without passengers in the Fangshan Distric

Saudi Arabian women will be able to drive trucks and motorcycles, officials have said three months after the kingdom announced a historic decision to

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) said on Friday that it is concerned about a Russian missile system that could carry nuclear warheads, and wh

Prime Minister Theresa May's government was defeated on 13dec when lawmakers forced through changes to its Brexit blueprint that ministers said co

India and Morocco signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for enhanced cooperation in the health sector in New Delhi. Union Minister of Health &am

Scientists say they've figured out why an Austrian who became the first skydiver to break the speed of sound fell faster than the drag of his body

Kim Jong-Un has vowed to make North Korea the "world's strongest nuclear power," state media reported today, as the reclusive nation sho

US President Donald Trump on 11 Dec signed a new space policy which directs NASA to send Americans to the Moon for the first time in decades, a step h

Transgender recruits will be allowed to enlist in the military beginning Jan. 1, the Pentagon said 11 Dec, as President Donald Trump's ordered ban

Saudi Arabia said on 11Dec that public cinemas would be allowed in the conservative kingdom and the first cinemas were likely to open early next year.

As the world continued to react to Donald Trump's fiercely controversial decision to move the US embassy to Israel's Holy City, I received my

The leader of International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), the group that won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, on 11Dec urged nuclear

Iraq has been completely liberated from the ISIS, the Iraqi armed forces claimed in a statement. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has announced the end

Sri Lanka on 9 Dec formally handed over the southern sea port of Hambantota to China on a 99-year lease. Two Chinese firms, namely Hambantota Interna

Researchers from California Institute of Technology in the US developed an inexpensive method by which DNA origami self-assembles into large arrays wi

    With Australia ratifying the treaty it has got the status of inter-governmental organisation. It aims to increase solar energy deploym

Task management app Dunzo has raised $12.3 million in an investment round led by Google. Existing investors Aspada Advisors and Blume Ventures, who h

The Palestinians and the Israelis have contrasting reactions to the possible move by the united states to recognise Jerusalem as the capital city of I

The US Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to fully enforce a ban on travel to the United States by residents of six mostly Muslim coun

The first phase of the strategically located Chabahar port was inaugurated on 3 Dec. by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. India, Iran and Afghanistan

Three bodies and a dilapidated wooden boat believed to have come from North Korea washed ashore in northern Japan on Monday, coast guard officials sai

The world's oldest complete Latin Bible in existence is set to return to the UK after over 1,300 years for display in an exhibition by the British

India has been re-elected to the Council of the International Maritime Organisation under a category that represents nations with the largest interest

The great game in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), where both India and China are jostling for the same strategic space, is unfolding at a rapid clip.

Britain on 28 Nov appointed Karen Pierce as its new Ambassador to the UN, replacing incumbent Matthew Rycroft under whom it suffered a humiliating def

Residents of mountain villages and foothill towns voted on 26Nov in Nepal's first provincial polls, with the hope of bringing government closer to

A Zimbabwe High Court has ruled that the military takeover that led to Robert Mugabe's ousting was legal, raising immediate concerns about judicia

Members of Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) will likely approve a renewed coalition with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives if party lea

Mumbai attack mastermind and Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed on 23 Nov walked from house arrest as a free man and moments after the release he

A museum has restored the longest painting in North America so it can share the story of American whaling with the public. The quarter-mile-long (0.4

Zimbabwe's incoming president Emmerson Mnangagwa was preparing on 23Nov for his new role as president after a triumphant return home following the

India's success in knocking UK off its perch at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) involved probably the most concerted and assiduous diplom

US President Trump's assertion of America First+ and Indian Prime Minister Modi's call to ''Make in India'' are not mutually e

China on 21Nov said Pakistan will be a "priority" in its neighbourhood diplomacy as the two countries are all-weather strategic partners and

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China launched world’s first fully electric cargo ship in Guangzhou, capital city of Guangdong province. It is the first ship in the world to us

A 500-year-old painting believed to be by Leonardo da Vinci sold for $450.3 million in New York on 15 Nov, smashing a new world record for the most

Zimbabwe was on a knife's edge on Thursday after the military seized power+ in what it dubbed a targeted operation against "criminals"

The richest 1 per cent of people in the world now own half of the planet's wealth, according to a new report that highlights breathtaking levels o

India is a natural ally of the US due to their shared commitment to democracy and counter-terrorism, according to a senior White House official who sa

The 'Free Balochistan' campaign has now found its way to London, with more than a 100 buses carrying advertisements that say "Free Baloch

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit was held in Da Nang, Vietnam.  The theme of summit was ‘Creating New Dynamism, Fosterin

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 13 Nov made a strong pitch for greater cooperation between India and the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asia Nations)

Donald Trump shook hands on 13 Nov with a smiling Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, a man who boasts about personally killing people and who is wa

With China's controversial military buildup likely to be a major issue at the ASEAN summit, Premier Li Keqiang on Sunday clearly reiterated Beijin

Vijay Upadhayaya, the first Indian to compose classical western music on Chinese cultural themes, will be presenting his 60-member orchestra at a Beij

President Donald Trump stood before a summit of Asian leaders keen on regional trade pacts and delivered a roaring "America first" message F

Behind a glass door inside Al Madina Mosque, Ashfaq Siddique stands at ramrod attention, his eyes darting. He is the mosque's guiding spirit. He

The first hint that something was amiss came in a letter. On Saturday November 4, guests at Riyadh's are restored." The purge was already un

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to deepen cooperation between the two countries on North Korea, Abe sa

India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi today got an unexpected and huge thumbs up from Donald Trump in his trademark hyperbolic style. China, on the o

Saudi Arabia arrested 11 princes, including a prominent billionaire, and dozens of current and former ministers, reports said, in a sweeping crackdown

US President Donald Trump's official Twitter handle was on 2 Nov.temporarily deactivated for 11 minutes by an employee of the microblogging site,

Scientists have found a full 20 new planets that could support life, suggesting there are more habitable worlds out there than we'd thought. The n

The US will not tolerate Pakistan providing safe havens to terrorists, America's envoy to the UN Nikki Haley has said and backed the creation of a

A US trade advocacy group focused on India has sought a "truly fair and bilateral" trade between the two countries, days after India and the

The amount of carbon dioxide in the earth's atmosphere grew at record rate in 2016 to a level not seen for millions of years, potentially fuelling