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April 11, 2017 7:01 AM

India keen on boosting ties with UAE to meet global challenges

Minister of State for External Affairs MJ Akbar has said that India is keen on bolstering its strong ties with the UAE to meet global challenges. Addressing the 11th forum of UAE ambassadors and heads of representative missions in Abu Dhabi yesterday, Mr Akbar asserted that increased bilateral coord...

April 11, 2017 7:01 AM

Colson Whitehead's "Underground Railroad" wins Pulitzer

Colson Whitehead's celebrated novel The Underground Railroad has won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. The novel had last year received the National Book Award of the US. This is for the first time in more than 20 years that the same work won the Pulitzer and National Book Award for fiction. The ...

April 11, 2017 7:00 AM

UN chief urges new bid to end Western Sahara dispute

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is proposing a new diplomatic push to end the decades-old dispute over Western Sahara, possibly by holding a referendum on Morocco's rule over the territory. Guterres said in the report to the United Nations Security Council that he wants a new dynamic and ...

April 11, 2017 6:59 AM

US finally scores a win against Russian hacking

US authorities have moved to take down a global computer botnet behind the massive theft of personal data and unwanted spam emails, as Spain arrested the notorious Russian hacker who operated it. US authorities said the Russian, Piotr or Peter Levashov, had operated the Kelihos network of tens of th...

April 11, 2017 6:59 AM

Gunman slays teacher, wounds two students, kills self in California classroom

In the United States, a man opened fire with a pistol in a classroom at a Southern California elementary school last night fatally shooting the teacher and wounding two students before killing himself. San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said the two children were believed to have been caught...

April 10, 2017 8:02 PM

Two Russians, one American land back on Earth from ISS

Two Russian cosmonauts and a US astronaut touched down safely in central Kazakhstan today, following a 173-day mission aboard the International Space Station. <br/><br/><br/>Of the trio that blasted off towards the ISS together in October, only Ryzhikov completed a first mission. F...

April 10, 2017 7:26 PM

Gunmen ambush near Lagos kills 6 people

Gunmen have shot dead four policemen, an army captain and a civilian in an attack on a community outside Nigeria's commercial hub of Lagos. Police said today that the gunmen invaded Owutu-Ishawo in Ikorodu yesterday and kidnapped residents after looting their homes and shops.<br/><br/&...

April 10, 2017 7:25 PM

Pope Francis to visit Egypt

Pope Francis will visit Egypt as planned this month despite the weekend bombings of two Coptic Christian churches that killed 44 people. A Vatican official said, Pope will maintain his offer to go to Egypt on April 28 and 29. <br/><br/>Sunday's bombings in churches in the Mediterran...

April 10, 2017 7:08 PM

Paul Oakenfold reaches Mount Everest base camp

British DJ Paul Oakenfold has reached Mount Everest's base camp where he plans to host the 'highest party on earth', performing at 5,380 metres. <br/><br/>As climbing season in Nepal kicks into gear, few of the mountaineers heading to the world's highest peak were lik...

April 10, 2017 7:07 PM

Japanese FM, US Secretary to work together to stop spread of chemical weapons

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida says, he and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson have reaffirmed that they will work together to stop the spread of chemical weapons. The two leaders held talks today on the sidelines of a meeting of the Group of 7 Foreign Affairs Chiefs in Italy. <br/>&...

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