Cyclone Vayu: Amit Shah chairs high-level meeting to review preparedness
New Delhi , June 12: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting to review the preparedness of state and ...
India defends methodology to measure economic growth
NEW DELHI : The Indian government on Tuesday defended its methodology of calculating the country’s economic growth, countering the ...
Egypt, Jordan, Morocco to attend U.S.-led Palestinian conference – officials
Washington: Egypt, Jordan and Morocco have informed the Trump administration they will attend a U.S.-led conference in Bahrain this ...
Quarter of pesticides used in US are banned in EU
More than a quarter of the total volume of pesticides used in US agriculture are banned in the European Union, and 3 percent and 2 ...
Uganda confirms Ebola case as virus spreads from DRCongo
A five-year-old boy is being treated for Ebola in Uganda, the first case since a deadly outbreak in neighbouring Democratic Republic ...
Hong Kong protesters begin night vigil as extradition anger mounts
Tensions rose in Hong Kong late Tuesday as hundreds of protesters began a nighttime vigil outside the city’s parliament, just ...
Russian journalist walks free as drugs charges dropped after outcry
A Russian investigative journalist walked free late Tuesday after authorities in Moscow dropped drug charges against him in a rare ...
Sudan rivals agree to new talks as protest strike ends: mediator
Protest leaders have agreed to end a campaign of civil disobedience launched after a deadly crackdown on demonstrators and to resume ...
Botswana scraps anti-gay laws in landmark decision
Botswana’s High Court ruled Tuesday in favour of decriminalising homosexuality, handing down a landmark verdict greeted with ...
EU should resist US’ economic terrorism against Iran: Rouhani
Tehran [Iran], Jun 11 : Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Monday said that the European Union should resist the “economic ...