Stockholm (IANS) The 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences has been awarded to Indian-origin MIT professor Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer "for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty", it…
Tokyo (IANS) At least 18 people have been killed and 13 were reported missing on Sunday after the powerful super typhoon Hagibis ravaged central and eastern Japan, with torrential rains causing a number of rivers to overflow into residential areas…
Damascus/Ankara (IANS) At least 130,000 people have been displaced as Turkey has intensified its offensive against the Kurdish militias in northern Syria, the UN said in a statement on Sunday.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian…
Washington (IANS) US troops near the northern Syrian border came under artillery fire from Turkish forces, although no injuries were reported, the Department of Defence (DoD) said is a statement here.
The US troops in the vicinity…
United Nations (IANS) The iconic fountains in front of the UN headquarters will be stilled symbolically on Monday as the cash-strapped organisation adopts stricter austerity measures to stave off a crisis.
With 65 countries owing the regular…
Lusaka (IANS) Zambia will host the India-Southern Africa Regional Conclave Summit aimed at bolstering economic ties between India and Africa, a senior government official said on Friday.
According to Christopher Yaluma, minister of Commerce,…
Brussels (IANS) European Council President Donald Tusk on Friday said that he received "promising signals" from Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar that a Brexit deal was still possible.
Tusk's remark comes after British Prime…
Tehran (IANS) An Iranian tanker in the Red Sea near the Saudi Arabian port city of Jeddah was on Friday hit by two explosions, resulting in an oil spill, authorities said, adding that the blasts were possibly missile attacks.
The incident took…
Lahore (IANS) Pakistan's Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) arrested four aides of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed on Thursday, ahead of the Financial Action Task Force's crucial plenary meeting in Paris next week.
The arrested…
Washington (IANS) The US' National Basketball Association's (NBA) crisis with China over a pro-Hong Kong tweet has reached the White House where President Donald Trump accused the coaches of the San Antonio Spurs and Golden State…