North Korea readies nuclear, missile sites for international inspectors
SEOUL/WASHINGTON : South Korea’s spy agency has observed preparations by North Korea for international inspections at several of ...
EU countries back single-use plastics ban
EU countries on Wednesday backed the outlawing of certain single-use plastics, bringing the bloc a step closer to an outright ban on ...
Coloured bird, dinosaur eggs in same evolutionary basket
Birds have more in common with dinosaurs than previously thought as new research showed Wednesday they inherited coloured eggs ...
PM unveils 182-metre tall Statue of Unity in honour of Sardar Patel
Kevadiya (Gujarat), Oct 31 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday dedicated to the nation the much-talked about Statue of Unity ...
Chinese literary giant Louis Cha died in Hong Kong
Renowned Hong Kong author Louis Cha, whose epic martial arts thrillers inspired numerous films and sold some 300 million copies ...
UN chief appoints Norway’s Geir Pedersen as Syria envoy
United Nations, Oct 31 : UN general secretary Antonio Guterres has informed the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) that he ...
Angry Sri Lankans rally to support ousted PM, denounce ‘coup’
COLOMBO : More than 10,000 protesting supporters of Sri Lanka’s ousted prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, brought parts of the ...
NASA retires its planet hunter, the Kepler space telescope
ORLANDO, Fla. : The Kepler space telescope has run out of fuel and will be retired after a 9-1/2-year mission in which it detected ...
Maldives’ top court clears way for ex-leader Nasheed’s return
MALE : The Maldives’ Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed exiled former president Mohamed Nasheed’s 13-year jail sentence on ...
Bangladesh, Myanmar agree to begin Rohingya repatriation by mid-November
DHAKA : Bangladesh and Myanmar agreed on Tuesday to begin by November the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims ...