India says troops had “minor face-off” with China in Sikkim border area Reuters New delhi, Jan 25: Indian and Chinese troops were involved in a face-off last week in a disputed stretch of their shared border in the eastern Himalayas, the Indian army said on Monday. The two sides have been locked in a tense […]Read More
Jerusalem, Jan 25: Israel on Sunday announced it had opened its embassy in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), following a normalization deal signed last year to establish diplomatic ties between the two nations. The embassy “will promote the entire relations between the countries and expand ties with the Emirati government, economic entities and the private […]Read More
Baghdad, Jan 23: Three Katyusha rockets were fired on Baghdad International Airport without causing casualties, the Iraqi military said on Saturday. The attack took place late on Friday night, the rockets landed outside the airport, the media office of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command said in a statement cited by XINHUA news agency. One of […]Read More
Reuters Lisbon, Jan 21: Overwhelmed by record numbers of COVID-19 patients, doctors in Portuguese hospitals say they are exhausted and in despair. The government was preparing to shut all schools, kindergartens and universities from Friday to try to halt the surge in coronavirus cases, state news agency Lusa reported on Thursday. “We do not have […]Read More
AP Baghdad, Jan 21: Twin suicide bombings ripped through a busy market in the Iraqi capital Thursday, killing at least 32 people and wounding dozens, officials said. The rare suicide bombing hit the Bab al-Sharqi commercial area in central Baghdad amid heightened political tensions over planned early elections and a severe economic crisis. Blood was […]Read More
Washington, Jan 21: In a blow to his predecessor Donald Trump’s actions to limit immigration, US President Joe Biden on Wednesday has ended the ‘Muslim travel ban’, which blocked travel to the United States from several predominantly Muslim and African countries. Hours after taking the office, Biden on Wednesday signed 17 executive orders memorandums and proclamations […]Read More
Washington, Jan 20: President-elect Joe Biden was sworn-in as the 46th president of the United States Wednesday shortly before noon, amid a devastating global pandemic and the threat of possible domestic terrorism. In a ceremony that kept with tradition while being unlike any other inauguration in U.S. history, Biden took his oath of office before a small, socially distanced audience in […]Read More
Washington, Jan 20: Donald Trump on Wednesday skipped his successor Joe Biden”s inauguration and exited the White House for the last time as president to board a flight to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, which will be his permanent home after he failed to win his re-election bid. Trump, 74, has already announced that he will […]Read More
Reuters Tehran, Jan 20: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani urged US President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday to return to a 2015 nuclear deal and lift crippling sanctions on the Islamic Republic. Biden, who takes office on Wednesday, has said the United States will rejoin the pact that includes restrictions on Iran’s nuclear work if Tehran resumes strict […]Read More
Agencies Washington, Jan 20: Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States, while Kamala Harris will take oath as the first woman Vice President today (Wednesday), in the midst of growing concerns over the safety of the historic inauguration following the recent violent attack on the Capitol Hill by pro-Trump […]Read More