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January 14, 2017 6:59 AM
US author and filmmaker William Peter Blatty, best known for writing The Exorcist, has died at the age of 89 on Thursday at a hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. The Exorcist was published as a novel in 1971, with the hugely successful big screen adaptation, also written by Blatty, following two years l...
January 14, 2017 6:59 AM
Much of Europe continues to be hit by icy weather with strong winds and powerful storms causing traffic chaos, power cuts and travel delays. Electricity supplies to nearly 350,000 homes in France were temporarily cut, while severe flood warnings are in place on England's east coast.<br/>&...
January 13, 2017 7:36 PM
Human Rights Watch has charged Nepal of failing to ensure accountability for human rights abuses during the brutal decade-long Maoist insurgency. In the recently published World Report 2017, the global rights watchdog blamed the Nepal government and political parties of sacrificing victims' nee...
January 13, 2017 6:22 PM
US Vice President Joe Biden has singled out Pakistan along with Russia and North Korea and others for making counterproductive moves that only heightened the risk that nuclear weapons could be used in a regional conflict. <br/><br/>In his remarks on nuclear security, Mr. Biden said not j...
January 13, 2017 5:30 PM
An icy storm has been lashing parts of western Europe, causing power cuts in many homes, felling trees and disrupting some rail services. In France power cuts affected more than 237,000 homes as the storm swept across Normandy and regions north of Paris. In Dieppe, on the coast, the wind speed reach...
January 13, 2017 1:33 PM
United States has expressed concern over the disappearance of five Pakistani anti-Taliban activists and bloggers who mysteriously went missing last week. State Department spokesman Mark Toner in his press briefing yesterday said, US is very much concerned about the reported missing and Washington wi...
January 13, 2017 1:25 PM
Thailand's Parliament today voted overwhelmingly to make amendments to the constitution as suggested by the new King's office. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has said that the office of King, Maha Vajiralongkorn had asked for several changes to clauses related to royal power in the draft...
January 13, 2017 1:11 PM
In Turkey, Parliament has approved key Articles of a constitutional reform which would allow the President to be a member of a political party and issue decrees. The three approved articles set out Parliament's supervisory role, enables President to retain ties with a political party and detail...
January 13, 2017 11:26 AM
Sri Lanka Freedom Party, SLFP led by President Maithripala Sirisena has said it is in favour of constitutional changes which do not require the people's approval at a referendum.<br/><br/>Party spokesman and State Minister Dilan Perera told a press conference today that President Ma...
January 13, 2017 11:10 AM
Outgoing US Defence Secretary, Ashton Carter has said that India is destined to be a strategic partner of the United States. Addressing an audience at Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, Carter said, US have a number of programmes that is a link to India's 'Make i...
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