India cancels anti-tank missile deal with Israel
New Delhi, Jan. 3 (TNS): India cancelled a $ 500 million deal to buy 1,600 Spike anti-tank guided missiles from Israel, the state-owned defence contractor Rafael...
Sonya Jehan says Indian society being Westernized
New Delhi, Jan. 17 (TNS): Settled in New Delhi after marrying an Indian man, Pakistan-born actor Sonya Jehan feels while India is progressing in many...
Around Four million refugee children are out of school: UN report
Ankara, August 29 (TNS): Four million refugee children are out of school, an increase of half a million from a year earlier, a UN...
Domestic issues caused Imran’s ouster: Russian envoy
ISLAMABAD: Russian Ambassador to Pakistan Danila Ganich has said the US could be a factor, not “the cause” of the removal of Imran Khan...
India boat capsize: Search underway for missing children
NEW DELHI Jan 15 (TNS): A boat with 40 school children on board on Saturday capsized near Maharashtra's Dahanu.
Two bodies were recovered from the...
Japan conveys concern over Rohingya to Myanmar’s Suu Kyi-Kyodo
TOKYO Jan 12 (TNS): Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono conveyed serious concern over Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims to the country’s leader, Aung San Suu Kyi,...
Syrian refugees in Lebanon become poorer, more vulnerable: UN
UNITED NATIONS Jan 10 (TNS): The UN says Syrian refugees in Lebanon are more vulnerable than ever, with more than half now living in...
Abbas calls Trump’s peace efforts ‘slap of the century’
RAMALLAH Jan 15 (TNS): Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas has denounced US President Donald Trump's peace efforts describing them as the "slap of the century".
Speaking...
Monster planet found orbiting dwarf star: ‘surprised’ astronomers
LONDON Nov 01 (TNS): A "monster" planet, which should in theory not exist, has been discovered orbiting a faint dwarf star far, far away,...
Survivors plucked from rooftops as New Zealand cyclone kills four
Military helicopters winched stranded storm survivors to safety in New Zealand on Wednesday, after Cyclone Gabrielle killed four people and displaced 10,500 more.
With the...
