Defence Ministry approves Army proposal to induct women as jawans
In a historic decision, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday gave a nod for induction of women as jawans in the Army’s ...
This interim budget is to be more than a vote on account, says Jaitley
New Delhi, Jan 19: The Narendra Modi government would break the convention about the interim budget and make the February 1 exercise ...
Former Afghan security adviser enters race for president
Kabul: A former national security adviser entered Afghanistan’s presidential race on Friday, seeking to unseat his former boss ...
Colombia blames deadly Bogota car bombing on ELN rebels
The Colombian government on Friday blamed leftist ELN rebels for the bombing of a police academy in Bogota that killed 20 people as ...
DR Congo slaps down AU call to suspend final vote result
DR Congo rebuked the African Union on Friday over its calls to suspend the announcement of final results from presidential ...
Butterflies, the unlikely victims of Trump’s border wall
In Mission, Texas, the construction of part of a long-promised wall on the border with Mexico to stem the tide of undocumented ...
Japan satellite blasts into space to deliver artificial meteors
A rocket carrying a satellite on a mission to deliver the world’s first artificial meteor shower blasted into space on Friday, ...
Swedish centre-left PM wins second term after months of wrangling
Sweden ended a four-month political vacuum Friday when lawmakers elected Prime Minister Stefan Lofven to a second term, after he ...
US officials to ask Ecuador embassy staff about Assange visitors
US investigators will on Friday begin to question diplomatic staff who were stationed at the Ecuadorian embassy in London during ...
Norway PM Solberg succeeds in forming majority government
OSLO: Norway’s minority centre-right government has struck a deal with the small Christian Democratic Party to form a ...