British-born astronaut Piers Sellers has died of pancreatic cancer, aged 61, Nasa has said. Sellers, a climate scientist and former astronaut gained fame late in life for his eloquent commentary about the earth's fragility. The British-born space scientist, who flew on three space shuttle missions between 2002 and 2010, died on Frida...
Seoul, Dec 24 Pyongyang is preparing for another nuclear test in the coming months, South Korean authorities said on Saturday following the detection of activity in North Korean atomic installations. Seoul's National Intelligence Service (NIS) has observed ongoing movement of humans and vehicles at the Punggye-ri base, where the Kim Jong-un regime carried ...
A bitter cold wave continued unabated in the Kashmir Valley on Saturday and will remain for at least the next 24 hours, the weather office announced. Frost and fog in the valley have been causing hardships to locals who are praying for some respite from the unprecedented dry spell during the ongoing 'Chillai Kalan', the 40-day long period of harsh cold. "...
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. ...
