Life-threatening bushfire in Australia prompts evacuation order
Life-threatening bushfire in Australia prompts evacuation order
Sydney: Authorities on Thursday morning issued an emergency warning for a life-threatening bushfire burning near the Perth Airport...
Bangladesh: Jamaat’s moderate facade hides radical extremist agenda
Bangladesh: Jamaat’s moderate facade hides radical extremist agenda
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s radical Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami's founding principles contradict its “moderate” narrative as its constitution declares that...
UN confirms support for efforts to stabilise Libya
UN confirms support for efforts to stabilise Libya
Tripoli: Deputy Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya Maria Ribeiro has stressed support of the...
Unrest in Nigeria as anger over shooting grows
Unrest in Nigeria as anger over shooting grows
Abuja: Gunfire has erupted and jailbreaks have been reported in Nigeria, as unrest over the shooting of...
Astronomers expect rare gamma-ray burst
Astronomers expect rare gamma-ray burst
Sydney: In a second only to the Big Bang event, astronomers have identified a "nearby" star system with the potential...
China’s candidate elected FAO head after India backs out
China's candidate elected FAO head after India backs out
United Nations: China's Qu Dongyu has been elected the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation...
US Supreme Court rejects Trump request to enforce asylum ban
US Supreme Court rejects Trump request to enforce asylum ban
Washington; The US Supreme Court has rejected a request from the Donald Trump administration to...
Pakistan, Russian Foreign Ministers discuss Afghan peace
Pakistan, Russian Foreign Ministers discuss Afghan peace
Moscow: Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi met his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov here on Wednesday, on the...
5.3-magnitude quake hits Japan
5.3-magnitude quake hits Japan
Tokyo: An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale struck Japan's Hokkaido prefecture on Friday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
There were...
NASA’s Chandra Observatory back in action
NASA's Chandra Observatory back in action
Washington: NASA's Chandra X-Ray Observatory, observing the universe in high-energy light since 1999, is back in action after suffering...
