New York, A senior US senator has welcomed the World Trade Organisation’s ruling against India’s “unfounded” ban on American poultry products, saying the decision is an important step in ensuring a “level playing field” for the country’s agriculture. US Senator Ben Cardin from Maryland, a senior member of the SenateRead More

Washington, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced on that social networking site that he and his wife, Priscilla, have donated $25 million to the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention for the fight against the Ebola virus disease. “We need to get Ebola under control in the near term soRead More

Kathmandu, An Indian was among 12 trekkers killed while 85 others remained missing after being hit by one of the worst snow storms in western Nepal today. “Eight people including an Indian national was killed in Manang district while four foreigners were killed in Mustang district near Thorang Pass,” accordingRead More

Hong Kong, Hong Kong police officers involved in an apparent assault on a protester have been “removed” from their positions, the city’s security chief said today, after video emerged of a handcuffed man being beaten and kicked. The footage aired by television network TVB after overnight clashes between police andRead More

Islamabad, A team of UN military observers has visited the villages along the International Border with india to get first-hand information on the situation, Pakistani officials said today. The UN Military Observers Group in india and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) team visited areas in Charwah, Chaprar and Pukhlian sectors on the InternationalRead More

Vienna: US Secretary of State John Kerry was due back in Vienna today for a fresh push with his Iranian counterpart to jumpstart stalled talks over Tehran’s nuclear programme. Iran and six world powers have six weeks, before a November 24 deadline, to strike a historic deal meant to preventRead More

Islamabad, Two helicopter gunships of US-led NATO forces today allegedly violated Pakistan’s airspace and stayed there for about 10 minutes before returning to Afghanistan, media reports said. At least five NATO helicopter gunships were seen flying near the Pak-Afghan border and two of them entered Pakistani territory in Torkham andRead More

Beijing, China Wednesday called on India and Pakistan to show restraint, stop trading fire along the Line of Control (LoC) and resolve their issues through dialogue. “China is highly attentive to the situation,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said while replying to a question on the exchange for fireRead More

Nigeria,Nine teenage girls died and three were listed missing after a passenger boat capsized on a river in northern Nigeria, an emergency services official said on Wednesday. “We have recovered nine bodies of thegirls and we are still searching for the remaining three,” Usman Ado of Kano State Emergency Service Agency toldAFP. HeRead More

Kuala lumpur, Thirteen Malaysians, including women, who were allegedly planning to join the Islamic State terror group in Syria have been arrested during a raid here, police announced today. The men and women suspects were nabbed by a team of Special Branch’s Counter-Terrorism Division operatives at a restaurant in ShahRead More