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April 8, 2017 8:19 AM

Malala to become youngest United Nations Messenger of Peace

Malala Yousafzai, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is to become the youngest United Nations Messenger of Peace. The United Nations said, the 19-year Pakistani education activist will be appointed by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday and it will help promote girl education aro...

April 8, 2017 7:35 AM

Russian UN envoy accuses US of violating international law in Syria

Russia's United Nations envoy has accused the US of violating international law by carrying out military strikes in Syria. Deputy Ambassador Vladimir Safronkov told the UN Security Council that Washington attacked the territory of sovereign Syria, describing the attack a flagrant violation of i...

April 8, 2017 7:33 AM

Greece agrees to fresh bailout reforms with eurozone creditors

Greece has agreed on a fresh set of reforms with its eurozone creditors, boosting hopes Athens can unlock fresh bailout cash in time to avert a debt default this summer. <br/><br/>Greece, European Union and International Monetary Fund have been deadlocked over reforms for months amid dis...

April 8, 2017 7:31 AM

India rejects Canada view on anti-Sikh riots

India has rejected the Private Members' Motion in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada that described the 1984 anti-Sikh riots as genocide in India. <br/><br/>External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Gopal Baglay said, the motion is misguided and based on a limited understandin...

April 8, 2017 7:28 AM

4 dead, man arrested in Sweden truck attack

In Sweden, four people were killed and 15 injured when a truck ploughed into a crowd of people outside a busy department store in central Stockholm yesterday. <br/><br/>Police said, one man has been arrested in this connection. It said, the attack was the latest in a string of similar at...

April 8, 2017 7:27 AM

Malala to become youngest United Nations Messenger of Peace

Malala Yousafzai, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is to become the youngest United Nations Messenger of Peace. The United Nations said, the 19-year Pakistani education activist will be appointed by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday and it will help promote girl education aro...

April 7, 2017 8:55 PM

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urges political solution in Syria

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today urged restraint and the search for a political solution in Syria after the US struck an air base in the country in retaliation for a chemical attack.<br/><br/>He said, in a statement that there is no other way to solve the conflict than through...

April 7, 2017 8:49 PM

3 people killed in Stockholm when lorry driven into store

A lorry has smashed into a store in central Stockholm, Sweden, killing at least three people. Swedish police says, several people were also injured in the incident on Drottninggatan-Queen Street, one of the city's major pedestrian streets. Shots have also reportedly been fired in another part o...

April 7, 2017 8:48 PM

UNSC to meet to discuss US missile strikes on Syria

The UN Security Council will meet today to discuss the US missile strikes on Syria. Russia demanded an emergency meeting after angrily denouncing the military action as an aggression against a sovereign state. The air strike, the first direct US action against President Bashar al-Assad and Trump&#03...

April 7, 2017 8:48 PM

US unemployment rate falls to 4.5%; lowest in nearly 10 years

The US unemployment rate fell in the last month to 4.5 per cent, its lowest level in nearly 10 years, but job creation tumbled unexpectedly. The Labour Department reported today, that after months of pumping out new jobs at a steady clip, the world's largest economy added only 98,000 net new po...

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