Washington, US President Barack Obama has no scheduled meetings with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on the sidelines of the annual UN General Assembly Session, the White House has said. “I don’t know of any planned communication between President Obama and President Rouhani that’s scheduledRead More

Kiev, The Ukrainian government has called for local elections to be held on December 7 in the separatist east under legislation submitted Tuesday offering the area limited self-rule. The elections would be held in certain districts of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions that are currently under the control of pro-RussianRead More

Baghdad, The United States has bombed militants near Baghdad in support of Iraqi forces, striking close to the capital for the first time in its expanded campaign against Islamic State jihadists. But in a sign of their growing strength, a monitoring group said the jihadists had managed to bring downRead More

Paris, The rouble fell about 1% to 38.72 per dollar, the weakest it has been since the currency was restructured in 1998. Last week, the US and Europe introduced further sanctions against Russia for its actions in Ukraine. Former finance minister Alexei Kudrin said on Tuesday sanctions would have aRead More

Angry passengers on board an Islamabad-bound Pakistan International Airways (PIA) flight from Karachi forced two prominent Pakistani politicians off the plane accusing them of holding it for more than two hours. PIA’s flight PK-370 was scheduled to depart from Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport at 7pm on Monday but according toRead More

Washington, Like majority of Americans, former US President Bill Clinton said he ”strongly” supported Barack Obama’s strategy against the Islamic State, that President Barack Obama outlined last week. Speaking to Judy Woodruff of PBS Newshour, the former president voiced his faith in Obama’s game plan against the ISIS, but notRead More

New York, Iran and six powers resume Thursday in New York negotiating a potentially historic deal to ease fears that Tehran might develop nuclear weapons after 12 years of failed diplomacy and rising tensions. The five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (the P5+1) want Iran toRead More

Sydney, Four Australian sailors were allegedly involved in a bizarre “farewell ceremony” in which a colleague was sexually assaulted with a rubber chicken, in the latest scandal to rock the military, reports said Tuesday. The man, who cannot be named, was also allegedly smeared with Deep Heat, a menthol liniment,Read More

Beijing, China will send more medics to Ebola-hit Sierra Leone to help boost laboratory testing for the virus, raising the total number of Chinese medical experts there to 174, the UN said Tuesday. “The most urgent immediate need in the Ebola response is for more medical staff,” World Health OrganizationRead More

New Delhi, The BJP was Tuesday dealt a major blow in the Assembly by-elections in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat, which it had swept in the Lok Sabha polls four months ago, as it lost 13 of the 23 seats held by it. Considered yet another test of popularity ofRead More