London (IANS) Russia's consistent shelling of Kharkiv, the second largest city in Ukraine, is probably aimed at keeping significant troop numbers there, "to prevent them from being employed as a counter-attack force elsewhere", according to the…
Washington (IANS) A new survey has found an extraordinarily high level of self-confidence among Indians about being Indians.
Similar national self-belief is called "American Exceptionalism" in the US, which appears to have been overtaken by…
Islamabad (IANS) The Pakistan government has made currency declaration by all international passengers mandatory, as part of the measures taken to curb money laundering to fulfil the condition of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), according to…
Tehran (IANS) Iran has denied any involvement in the attack on Indian-born writer Salman Rushdie in the US last week.
"There is no connection between Iran and the perpetrator," Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said on Monday.
"Rushdie…
Jakarta (IANS) A 5.9-magnitude quake rocked Indonesia's eastern province of North Maluku (Maluku Utara) on Sunday.
The quake hit at 9:47 Jakarta time (0247 GMT), with the epicentre at 139 km northwest of Halmahera Barat (West Halmahera)…
New York (IANS) Author Salman Rushdie, who was stabbed at a literary event in New York state, is currently on a ventilator and unable to speak, according to his agent.
In a statement late Friday night, Rushdie's agent Andrew Wylie said:…
Washington (IANS) The Taiwan visit last week by US lawmakers led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was intended to make sure what happened in Ukraine - invaded by Russia - was not repeated with China invading Taiwan, says Raja Krishnamoorthi, a member…
Istanbul (IANS) The first grain ship that left Ukraine after a deal was signed between Kiev and Moscow in July, docked at a southern Turkish port following the rejection of the cargo by the buyer in Lebanon.
The Sierra Leone-flagged ship Razoni…
United Nations (IANS) India has expressed concern over the shelling near Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant, the biggest in Europe and among the world's largest, as Moscow and Kiev traded charges over the incidents and the international…
London (IANS) Johnson & Johnson is to stop selling and making talc-based baby powder globally, two years after it ended sales in the US and Canada, the media reported.
The healthcare firm has faced tens of thousands of lawsuits from consumers…