Archive for the January 6, 2019
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Six children were killed alongside their driver and 12 more were injured after their bus fell into a gorge in northern India on Saturday, police said. The driver of the bus also died in the
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Twin arson and bomb attacks rocked southern India Saturday, continuing a violent backlash that followed the entry of two women into a Hindu temple that forbids female devotees. The Sabarimala temple in Kerala state has
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A deal between Damascus and Syria's Kurds over their autonomous region in the country's north is "inevitable", a senior Kurdish military official said on Saturday, insisting that Kurdish forces should remain in the area. Marginalised
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The UN envoy for Yemen arrived in the capital Sanaa on Saturday for talks to shore up a ceasefire in the country's lifeline port city of Hodeida, an AFP photographer said. Martin Griffiths is scheduled
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Mexico's austerity-crusader President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Friday his official declaration contained virtually no assets, showing his nearly empty wallet to reporters as evidence. Lopez Obrador, an anti-establishment leftist who took office last month,
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Iran is to deploy its newest warship to the Atlantic Ocean on a five-month mission - the navy's longest in a decade, the conservative Fars news agency reported on Saturday. "The navy has had a
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Floods and blackouts caused by Tropical Storm Pabuk left nearly 30,000 people in evacuation shelters across southern Thailand Saturday, as relieved tourists stranded on islands further north were spared the worst and began to plot
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Prices of essential kitchen items witnessed a further increase during this week past as compared to the preceding week, a survey conducted by Business Recorder revealed here on Saturday. The survey observed that during the
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Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has revealed that user data "throughput" of 3G/4G services is higher than the benchmark set in cellular mobile operators' licences. The PTA has conducted quarterly Quality of Service (QoS) survey in
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The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has projected enhancement of petroleum products storage capacity in the country to 600,000 metric tons in the next two to three years. In order to attract investment in
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