Washington, January 31 A pack of Democratic and Republican presidential aspirants with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump leading have been ‘running’ for months now but the race for the White House really gets going in Iowa on Monday. In India, the nominees are usually picked up by party leaders, butRead More

Beijing, January 31 China today hit out at US’ “irresponsible” move to send a warship near a disputed island in the strategic South China Sea to challenge its sovereignty, warning that America’s deliberate provocations would have “extremely dangerous consequences” to regional stability. The Chinese armed forces will take whatever measuresRead More

Damascus, January 31 At least 60 persons were killed and 110 wounded on Sunday by a car bomb and two suicide bombers in the Sayeda Zeinab district of Damascus, where Syria’s holiest Shia shrine is located, the interior ministry said. Sunni fundamentalist Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks, accordingRead More

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES: The State Department said Friday that material that should have been marked “Top Secret” has been found in seven email chains from former secretary of state Hillary Clinton’s private server. Spokesman John Kirby said the emails, which he described as “22 documents covering 37 pages,” would thereforeRead More

UNITED NATIONS: UN peacekeepers from Bangladesh, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Morocco, Niger and Senegal are accused of sexually abusing minors in the Central African Republic, a UN official said Friday. It was the first time that the United Nations revealed the nationalities of the blue helmets involved in theRead More

HONG KONG, CHINA: Four miners who had been trapped underground for 36 days in a collapsed Chinese gypsum mine have been rescued, state media reported Friday. The operation to save the men trapped more than 200 metres underground took two hours as they were hauled up to the surface oneRead More

LONDON: A 26-year-old mother who took her toddler son to Syria and posted pictures of him next to a weapon has been convicted of belonging to ISIS. Tareena Shakil was found guilty at Birmingham Crown Court on Friday of joining ISIS and encouraging terrorism on social media. The 26-year-old boardedRead More

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES: US President Barack Obama on Thursday announced the establishment of a task force headed by his deputy Joe Biden, to propel the quest to treat and cure cancer. In a presidential memorandum, Obama announced the establishment of the “White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force,” which will issueRead More

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: EU president Donald Tusk will meet British Prime Minister David Cameron in London late Sunday, with proposals by Brussels for a reform deal to keep Britain in the union expected early next week, officials said. Cameron is holding a series of meetings with key European leaders as talksRead More

TOKYO: Japan is always gathering and analysing information on movements concerning North Korea’s missiles with “great interest”, a government spokesman said on Thursday. Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Koichi Hagiuda told a news conference the government would continue to cooperate with nations such as the United States and South Korea toRead More