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Sri Lanka urged to fulfil call for justice
New York, Jan 25: The Sri Lankan government should fulfil its commitments to the UN Human Rights Council by ensuring that foreign judges and prosecutors play a significant role in the mandated accountability mechanism for wartime abuses,…
Pakistan declines joint grilling of JeM chief with India
Islamabad, Jan 25: Pakistan has turned down India's proposal to jointly interrogate Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar and other suspects linked with Pathankot airbase attack, official sources said.
Authorities in Pakistan have detained…
In India to strengthen cooperation against Terror: Francois Hollande
New Delhi, Jan 25: French President Francois Hollande on Monday said his visit to India was aimed at strengthening and reinforcing "the cooperation against terrorism between our two countries".
"Today, there are all kind of terrorist…
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa wins Portuguese presidential election
Lisbon, Jan 25: Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, a centre-right candidate of the Portuguese Social Democratic Party (SDP), won presidential elections on Sunday, preliminary results showed.
According to the ministry of internal affairs election…
US space firm successfully relaunches rocket
Washington, Jan 23: The US space firm Blue Origin said it has again successfully launched its suborbital rocket New Shepard, the very same space vehicle that flew outside the special boundary of 100-km altitude and safely landed back on…
Research agency warns of flu epidemic in Russia
Moscow, Jan 23: Russia is facing the start of a flu epidemic and most cases proved to be of swine flu, the country's Research Institute of Influenza warned.
High growth rates of influenza and other acute respiratory viral diseases…
Ending poverty unfulfilled business of UN: Modi
New Delhi, Jan 23: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said eradication of poverty remains the greatest unfinished business of the 20th century and the most important unfulfilled objective of the United Nations.
Addressing the 70th…
Francois Hollande to prolong state of emergency by three months
Paris, Jan 23: French President Francois Hollande was seeking the parliament's approval to prolong by another three months the state of emergency declared in the wake of the deadly November 13 Paris attacks, the Elysee has said.
"The…
Russia strikes Syrian rebels near Turkey borders
Damascus, Jan 23: Russian airstrikes targeted rebel-bound weapon shipment entering Syria from Turkey as the Syrian military was making progress against the militant groups close to the Turkish borders. The Russian warplanes on Friday struck…
Five killed in Canada school shooting
Vancouver, Jan 23: Shooting at a school in Canada's Saskatchewan province has left five people dead and two others seriously injured, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. A suspect was in custody after the shooting erupted on Friday in the…