Kathmandu: A day-long joint secretary-level meeting began here Saturday to set the agenda for the 18th Saarc Summit and give final touches to the Kathmandu Declaration....
Beijing: A heavy fog shrouded many parts of China’s Shandong province Saturday, closing highways and delaying flights, authorities said. The provincial meteorological observatory issued a yellow...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday wished Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav a “long and healthy life” on his 75th birth anniversary. “On Mulayam...
Antananarivo: At least 40 people were killed in an outbreak of plague in Madagascar, a media report said Saturday. The disease may spread rapidly as fleas...
Washington: The world’s major powers and Iran are racing against time to reach a deal over Tehran’s nuclear programme, with another extension of the negotiations not...
Las Vegas: Actor Andy Serkis says his film “Planet of the Apes” left him in “agony”. Serkis played the chimpanzee in the 2011 sci-fi movie and...
Amman: Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood has demanded the release of its detained leader Zaki Bani Rsheid. In a statement Friday, the group said that the security forces...
Las Vegas: Singer Ed Sheeran says since people don’t see underpants thats why he prefers Primark. The 23-year-old doesn’t see any point in splashing out on something...
Lille: Gael Monfils of France stunned Swiss great Roger Federer 6-1, 6-4, 6-3 Friday to even up the Davis Cup final, after Stanislas Wawrinka had beaten...
Manama: Bahrain will hold its first parliamentary elections Saturday, since a failed protest against the monarchy in 2011, though the Shiite opposition has called for a...
