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April 5, 2017 12:54 AM

Indian Navy sends ships to help cargo vessel

The Indian Navy tonight sent two ships to help a cargo vessel which had caught fire off the coast of Colombo. <br/><br/>Fire broke out on merchant ship MV-Daniela, which was traced at Eleven nautical miles off the Sri Lankan coast. The cause of the blaze was not yet known. <br/>&lt...

April 5, 2017 12:53 AM

Obama aide denies using intel to spy on Trump advisers

Susan Rice, the top national security adviser to former President Barack Obama, says it is absolutely false that she and other Obama administration officials used intelligence reports to spy on Trump associates for political purposes.&apos;<br/>&apos;<br/>Rice, in an interview with MSNBC...

April 4, 2017 11:57 PM

U.N. council to meet on suspected Syria toxic gas attack

The United Nations Security Council will meet tomorrow to be briefed on the suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria that killed dozens of people, including 11 children, in the northwestern province of Idlib today.<br/>&apos;<br/>US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley told rep...

April 4, 2017 11:54 PM

Syria attack believed to be chemical, from the air: UN envoy

UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said today that a "horrific" attack on a rebel-held town in the country that killed at least 58 people was believed to be chemical and launched from the air. <br/><br/>De Mistura told reporters in Brussels that there should be a "clear ide...

April 4, 2017 9:08 PM

UK visas set to get more tough, expensive from Thursday

Tougher and more expensive visa rules announced by the UK last year are set to take effect from Thursday, affecting Indians and other nationals from outside the European Union. <br/><br/>The Tier 2 category of visas, a route used by many Indians and other nationals from outside the EU, w...

April 4, 2017 9:08 PM

Syria: 58 killed, 60 injured in suspected chemical attack

In Syria, fifty-eight people were killed and more than sixty injured in a suspected chemical attack by government warplanes on Khan Sheikhoun town of Idlib province today. Syrian military denied the allegations of using chemical weapons, terming it rebel propaganda. <br/><br/>Meanwhile, ...

April 4, 2017 9:08 PM

US withdraws funding for United Nations Population Fund

The United States says, it is withdrawing funding for the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), an agency that promotes family planning in more than 150 countries. <br/><br/>The state department says, the agency supports or participates in a programme of coercive abortion or involuntar...

April 4, 2017 9:08 PM

Russia, France and Germany agree to intensify cooperation against terrorism

Russia, France and Germany have agreed to intensify cooperation against terrorism by improving intelligence sharing. The agreement came during Russian President Vladimir Putin's telephonic conversation with his French counterpart Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.<br/>...

April 4, 2017 9:00 PM

Nigeria: 336 children died of meningitis epidemic during last 3 months

In Nigeria, three hundred thirty six children have died of meningitis epidemic during the last three months. Nigerian and UN health officials said in a statement today that around three thousand cases have been reported since the disease surfaced in December. <br/><br/>They expressed the...

April 4, 2017 8:56 PM

South Korea People's Party choose Cheol-soo as President candidate

South Korea's centrist People's Party has chosen former co-leader Ahn Cheol-soo as its candidate for the presidential election to be held next month. Ahn won 75 percent of the vote in the 7th and final primary round in the central city of Daejeon today. He had won all the previous rounds. ...

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