Jakarta, Dec 24 Heavy floods in Indonesia's West Nusa Tenggara province has forced evacuation of more than 100,000 people and closure of a main airport, officials said on Saturday. Nearly 20,000 houses, over 60 health facilities and two bridges were damaged by the flood, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman of the national disaster management agency, told Xi...
The US has issued travel warnings for Egypt and Jordan over the risk of terror attacks against American interests, tourists and personnel. The US State Department on Friday warned US citizens to consider the risk of travelling to these countries and to avoid certain areas where the threat is greater, Efe news reported. In Egypt, the US diplomatic mi...
A Libhyan jetliner hijack drama ended peacefully at Malta International Airport on Friday and all 118 persons aboard were safely rescued, Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat confirmed in a series of tweets....
A day after his nuclear weapons tweet sent jitters across the world, US President-elect Donald Trump further suggested that he was open to an arms race....
Days after Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of taking Rs 40 crore in kickbacks from Sahara as the Chief Minister of Gujarat, on Friday his party inadvertently also showed its Uttar Pradesh chief ministerial candidate Sheila Dikshit as a recipient of Rs 1 crore as the Delhi CM. ...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday wrote to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh demanding immediate revocation of the decision to deploy the CRPF for providing security to Income Tax officials and staff deputed for search operations in the state....
US President Barack Obama has taken steps to prevent President-elect Donald Trump from establishing a registry of American Muslims and banning people from Muslim nations entering the US, the media reported. ...
Hours after his removal as an Independent Director of Tata Motors, eminent industrialist Nusli N. Wadia on Friday filed a criminal defamation suit against Tata Sons, Ratan Tata and its directors. ...
The Congress on Friday performed a token 'bhoomi pooja' of the proposed Pune Metro Railway project, a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled for the formal function here. ...
A Libhyan jetliner hijack drama ended peacefully at Malta International Airport on Friday and all 118 persons aboard were safely rescued, Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat confirmed in a series of tweets....