SL officials failed to act on Indian intel to avert Easter Sunday attacks: SC

Colombo (IANS) While ruling that former Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena had violated the fundamental rights of the victims of the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, the island nation's Supreme Court said on Thursday that top officials failed…

Putin demotes 'General Armageddon' , publicly humiliates deputy PM for 'fooling around'

London (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered yet another shake-up of his war cabinet, demoting the head of his forces in Ukraine after only three months on the job, the media reported.

General Sergei Surovikin, who earned the fearsome…

Warming water inhibits growth of Great Barrier Reef coral: Study

Canberra (IANS) Warm waters inhibit the growth of fast-growing coral species on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, a new study published on Wednesday said.

In the study, scientists from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) found…

Originated from Pakistan, deadly shipment of uranium seized at Heathrow airport

London (IANS) Counter-terror cops and security services in the UK have launched a probe after a deadly shipment of uranium was seized at London's Heathrow airport, a media outlet reported. The undeclared nuclear material can be used in a dirty…

Pakistan secures over $ 10.5 bn in flood pledges

Islamabad (IANS) Pakistan has managed to secure over $ 10.5 billion in flood pledges which would be materialised in three phases -- short-term for up to one year, medium-term for up to three years and long-term for up to five to seven years period…

Japan culls 9.98 mn birds as avian flu rages

Tokyo (IANS) A record high of 9.98 million birds at poultry farms have been culled in Japan this season amid the nationwide surge in cases of avian influenza, the government said on Monday.

Earlier on Monday, a poultry farm in the town of Shirosato…

NC trying to bring down Dahal govt, says KP Sharma Oli

Kathmandu (IANS) CPN-UML Chair KP Sharma Oli on Sunday charged Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba with trying to bring down the government led by CPN-Maoist Centre Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal.

Oli alleged that Deuba was offering the…

India may have role in diplomacy to end Russia-Ukraine war: US State Dept spokesman

New York (IANS) India may be among countries that can have a role in diplomacy to end the ongoing Russia-Ukraine even though New Delhi and Washington may not see eye-to-eye on policy issues, State Department spokesman Ned Price said.

"We do…

Russians demand return of Liaoning - the Soviet aircraft carrier that China bought from Ukraine

New Delhi: A Russian politician has proposed to buy back from China the Soviet aircraft carrier sold to it by Ukraine and name it after the founder of the Liberal Democratic Party Vladimir Zhirinovsky who passed away last year.

Sergey Karginov,…

Ukraine rejects Russia's 'trivial' ceasefire offer

Kiev (IANS) Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has rejected Russia's "trivial" Christmas ceasefire offer, saying it was a cover for Moscow to stop Ukrainian advances in the eastern Donbas region and bring in more conscripts and equipment.