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Nobel Peace Prize goes to Congolese doctor, former IS hostage

Nobel Peace Prize goes to Congolese doctor, former IS hostage

05-10-2018  comments

Stockholm (IANS): The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday awarded the Peace Prize to Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and former Islamic State (IS) hostage and human rights activist Nadia Murad for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as…

Sydney-bound flight lands safely after mayday call

Sydney-bound flight lands safely after mayday call

04-10-2018  comments

Sydney (IANS) A United Airlines flight landed safely at Sydney Airport on Thursday after issuing a mayday call due to low fuel reserves, authorities said.

Flight UA839, carrying 194 people, had been on a 15-hour flight to the…

Ease sanctions on Iran, UN court tells US

Ease sanctions on Iran, UN court tells US

03-10-2018  comments

The Hague (IANS): The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Wednesday ordered the US to ease sanctions it re-imposed on Iran after pulling out the 2015 nuclear deal.

Siding with Tehran, the ICJ said exports of "humanitarian" goods,…

Israeli PM thanks US for record military aid deal

Israeli PM thanks US for record military aid deal

03-10-2018  comments

Jerusalem (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday thanked the US for a record military aid package deal that has just come into effect.

On Monday, US State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert confirmed…

Maldives diplomat tells UN country going through peaceful transfer of power

Maldives diplomat tells UN country going through peaceful transfer of power

02-10-2018  comments

United Nations(IANS): Maldives is currently going through a peaceful transfer of power to opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, who was elected president last month, the nation's Permanent Representative Ali Naseer Mohamed has assured…

6-magnitude quake strikes Indonesian island

6-magnitude quake strikes Indonesian island

02-10-2018  comments

Jakarta (IANS): An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale rocked Sumba island of Indonesia on Tuesday, barely four days after a 7.5 magnitude quake hit its Sulawesi island triggering a tsunami and killing nearly 900 people.

No tsunami…

Death toll reaches to 1,234 in Indonesia quake, tsunami

Death toll reaches to 1,234 in Indonesia quake, tsunami

02-10-2018  comments

Palu (Indonesia)  (IANS) Indonesian authorities on Tuesday raised the death toll to 1,234 in the 7.5-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Sulawesi island last week.

The twin disasters on Friday…

13 killed in Afghan poll rally suicide bombing

13 killed in Afghan poll rally suicide bombing

02-10-2018  comments

Jalalabad (Afghanistan) (IANS): At least 13 people were killed and 30 others were wounded after a suicide bombing ripped through an election rally in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province on Tuesday, officials said.

The bombing occurred…

IAF embarks on relief mission to tsunami-hit Indonesia

IAF embarks on relief mission to tsunami-hit Indonesia

02-10-2018  comments

New Delhi (IANS): The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Tuesday embarked on a humanitarian relief mission to help Indonesia that has been hit by an earthquake and tsunami in which more than 1,200 lives were lost.

IAF's C-130J and C-17 aircraft…

US warship sails past contested South China Sea islands

US warship sails past contested South China Sea islands

01-10-2018  comments

Washington (IANS): A US warship sailed close to disputed islands in the South China Sea, a move that is bound to draw the ire of Beijing and came amid heightened tensions between the two nations.

Two defence officials told CNN that the guided-missile…

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