Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| Trump compares US-Mexico border wall wit | Washington, Dec 31 (TIWN / IANS) President Donald Trump compared the wall he wants to build along the US-Mexico border with the protection at the Washington DC home of his predecessor, Barack Obama. | 30-Dec-2018 |
| Confident about election victory: Sheikh | Dhaka, Dec 30 (TIWN / IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister and Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said she is confident about winning the 11th parliamentary election. | 30-Dec-2018 |
| British woman alleges rape in Chandigarh | Chandigarh, Dec 29 (TIWN / IANS) The Chandigarh Police on Saturday registered a case after a woman of British nationality alleged that she had been raped by a staff member of the spa of a leading hotel where she was staying. | 30-Dec-2018 |
| Trump touts advances in trade talks with | Washington, Dec 30 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Saturday said that great progress has been made in trade negotiations between the US and China, though he gave no specific details. | 30-Dec-2018 |
| Bangladesh elections: Security on high a | Dhaka, Dec 30 (TIWN / IANS) Bangladesh is voting on Sunday in a general election, with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina seeking her third consecutive term in office. | 30-Dec-2018 |
| Doctor to be monitored in US after possi | New York, Dec 30 (TIWN / IANS) An American citizen will be transported privately to Nebraska Medical Center for monitoring after possible exposure to the Ebola virus while providing medical assistance in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Public Health (UNMC) announced on Saturday. | 30-Dec-2018 |
| Pakistan sends recommendations on Kartar | Islamabad, Dec 29 (TIWN / IANS) Pakistan has issued 14 key recommendations to India on the Kartarpur Corridor to facilitate visa free pilgrimage by Indian Sikhs to Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara, where Sikhism's founder Guru Nanak Dev spent the last 18 years of his life. | 29-Dec-2018 |
| India commits Rs 4,500 crore to Bhutan's | New Delhi, Dec 29 (TIWN / IANS) India on Friday announced that it will contribute Rs 4,500 crore to Bhutan's 12th Five-Year Plan, following delegation-level talks headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bhutanese counterpart Lotay Tshering here. The two sides also reviewed the progress of various hydro-power projects in the Himalayan kingdom. | 28-Dec-2018 |
| Bangladesh readies to vote after violent | Dhaka, Dec 28 (TIWN / IANS) The countdown to the national election began in Bangladesh on Friday as campaigning ended amid complaints of clashes and inequality in the parliamentary contest to be held on Sunday. | 28-Dec-2018 |
| US shutdown impasse over Trump's border | Washington, Dec 28 (TIWN / IANS) The partial shutdown of the US federal government is set to drag into next week after lawmakers made little progress in resolving a budgetary stalemate over funding for the border wall proposed by President Donald Trump. | 28-Dec-2018 |
| Senate fails to reach budget accord, par | Washington, Dec 28 (TIWN / IANS) The US Senate on Thursday failed to reach an agreement to fully reopen the federal government, about 25 per cent of which has been shut down due to lack of funding for six days, and it reported that its members will not meet again until January 2. | 28-Dec-2018 |
| Trump did not meet with Iraqi PM for sec | Washington, Dec 28 (TIWN / IANS) US President Donald Trump could not meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdelmahdi on his recent surprise trip to the Middle Eastern country because for "security reasons" the premier was only informed of the president's visit two hours earlier, the White House said on Thursday. | 28-Dec-2018 |
| No Indian engagement with Pakistan till | New Delhi, Dec 27 (TIWN / IANS) After Pakistan was kept out of the radar of India's Neighbourhood First Policy throughout 2018 because of its continued support to cross-border terrorism, it is now learnt that New Delhi will not at all engage with Islamabad at least till the conclusion of the 2019 general elections in India. | 27-Dec-2018 |
| US drone strike kills Islamic State spok | Kabul, Dec 27 (TIWN / IANS) The spokesperson for the Islamic State militant group in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region has been killed in an airstrike by the US forces, the Afghan Defence Ministry said on Thursday. | 27-Dec-2018 |
| China's former spy chief jailed for life | Shenyang (China), Dec 27 (TIWN / IANS) China's former intelligence chief Ma Jian was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for crimes, including taking bribes and insider trading. | 27-Dec-2018 |
| Pakistan government to put Zardari's nam | Islamabad, Dec 27 (TIWN / IANS) The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government on Thursday decided to put former President and PPP co-Chairperson Asif Ali Zardari on the Exit Control List (ECL) over the ongoing money laundering probe against him. | 27-Dec-2018 |
| Pak to launch anti-terrorism campaign in | Islamabad, Dec 27 (TIWN / IANS) The Pakistani government on Wednesday announced to launch a wide-ranging comprehensive operation to counter-terrorism and target killing across the country in March 2019. | 26-Dec-2018 |
| Trump defends Syria pullout, says US can | Washington, Dec 27 (TIWN / IANS) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday confirmed his decision to withdraw US troops from Syria and said that his country cannot be the world's policeman in a surprise visit to troops deployed in Iraq. | 26-Dec-2018 |
| 6 dead in fire in Poland | Warsaw, Dec 26 (TIWN / IANS) Six persons were killed in a fire in Poland's capital Warsaw, fire officials said on Wednesday. | 26-Dec-2018 |
| Indian enterprises face over 2.8 lakh cy | New Delhi, Dec 26 (TIWN / IANS) Enterprises in India faced more than 2.6 crore cyber threats during the third quarter of 2018 -- translating to over 2.8 lakhs threats every day, according to a new report from Seqrite, the enterprise arm of global IT security firm Quick Heal Technologies. | 26-Dec-2018 |
| Syria's air defences intercept Israeli m | Damascus, Dec 26 (TIWN / IANS) The Syrian air defences were triggered on Tuesday evening to a heavy Israeli missile attack that targeted areas in the countryside of the capital Damascus, media reported. | 25-Dec-2018 |
| Nawaz Sharif moved to jail in Lahore | Lahore, Dec 25 (TIWN / IANS) Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was shifted on Tuesday from a prison in Rawalpindi to the Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore, where he will serve the seven-year prison sentence handed to him for corruption a day earlier. | 25-Dec-2018 |
| 5 killed as hijacked bus crashes into pe | Fuzhou (China), Dec 25 (TIWN / IANS) At least five people were killed and 21 others were injured after a bus which had been hijacked in China's Fujian province crashed into pedestrians on a street on Tuesday, authorities said. | 25-Dec-2018 |
| Indonesia tsunami: Rain hinders search f | Jakarta, Dec 25 (TIWN / IANS) Days of heavy rain on Indonesia's Java coast was making it difficult on Tuesday for search and rescue teams looking for survivors of the Sunda Strait tsunami. | 24-Dec-2018 |
| At least 32 killed in attack on Afghan g | Kabul, Dec 25 (TIWN / IANS) At least 28 civilians, one police officer and three attackers were killed after a deadly explosion and ensuing gun firing rocked a government office near a diplomatic district in Afghan capital on Monday, spokesman of Ministry of Interior Affairs said on Tuesday. | 24-Dec-2018 |
| Nawaz Sharif gets 7-year jail term for c | Islamabad, Dec 24 (TIWN / IANS) An accountability court on Monday sentenced former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to seven years in prison in a fresh corruption conviction. | 24-Dec-2018 |
| Syria conflict: Macron criticises Trump' | Paris, Dec 24 (TIWN / IANS) France's President Emmanuel Macron has said he deeply regrets US President Donald Trump's controversial decision to withdrawal all US troops from Syria. | 23-Dec-2018 |
| UN chief condoles deaths in Indonesia ts | United Nations, Dec 24 (TIWN / IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed grief over the loss of life, injuries and damage caused by a tsunami that hit the coast on Indonesia's Sunda Strait. | 23-Dec-2018 |
| Trump says government shutdown 'could be | Washington, Dec 23 (TIWN / IANS) US President Donald Trump said Saturday that he was negotiating with the Democrats to end a partial government shutdown, but "it could be a long stay" due to continued discrepancy on his long-time demand for a border wall, reported Xinhua. | 23-Dec-2018 |
| 168 dead in Indonesia tsunami | Jakarta, Dec 23 (TIWN / IANS) At least 168 people have been killed and 745 injured after a tsunami hit the coast on Indonesia's Sunda Strait, government officials said on Sunday. | 23-Dec-2018 |
| US envoy Brett McGurk quits over Trump's | Washington, Dec 23 (TIWN / IANS) A top US official in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) militant group has quit over President Donald Trump's decision to pull troops from Syria, reports say. | 22-Dec-2018 |
| UN condemns twin blasts in Somalia | Mogadishu, Dec 23 (TIWN / IANS) The UN top envoy in Somalia has condemned the twin bombings in the Somali capital Mogadishu. | 22-Dec-2018 |
| 5 countries join US in blaming China for | San Francisco, Dec 22 (TIWN / IANS) Five countries - Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the UK - have joined the US in accusing China of stealing trade secrets of major companies around the world through its support of a hacker group known as Advanced Persistent Threat 10, or APT 10, a media report said. | 22-Dec-2018 |
| US Supreme Court rejects Trump request t | Washington, Dec 22 (TIWN / IANS) The US Supreme Court has rejected a request from the Donald Trump administration to begin enforcing a ban on asylum for immigrants who illegally cross the US-Mexico border. | 21-Dec-2018 |
| 13 miners killed in Czech coal mine expl | Karvina (Czech Republic), Dec 21 (TIWN / IANS) A methane gas explosion at a coal mine in the Czech Republic killed 13 miners, officials and the state-run OKD mining company said on Friday. | 21-Dec-2018 |
| US Defence Secretary James Mattis announ | Washington, Dec 21 (TIWN / IANS) US Defence Secretary James Mattis has announced that he would resign at the end of February due to differences with Donald Trump over the withdrawal of troops from Syria and Afghanistan, saying in a parting letter that the President deserves someone atop the Pentagon "better aligned" with his views. | 21-Dec-2018 |
| US considering reduction of troops in Af | Washington, Dec 21 (TIWN / IANS) The Donald Trump-led US administration is considering a substantial reduction of US troops in Afghanistan, the media reported. | 20-Dec-2018 |
| NASA's InSight lander places first instr | Los Angeles, Dec 21 (TIWN / IANS) NASA's InSight lander has deployed its first instrument onto the surface of Mars, marking the first time a seismometer had ever been placed onto the surface of another planet. | 20-Dec-2018 |
| China, Russia to boost military cooperat | Beijing, Dec 21 (TIWN / IANS) Chinese State Councillor and Minister of National Defence Wei Fenghe has met Deputy Defence Minister of Russia and Chief of Main Directorate for Political-Military Affairs of the Russian Armed Forces Andrey Kartapolov in Beijing. | 20-Dec-2018 |
| Harsha Vardhan Shringla named new Indian | New Delhi, Dec 20 (TIWN / IANS) Harsh Vardhan Shringla, presently Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, was on Thursday named as the new Indian Ambassador to the US. | 20-Dec-2018 |
| US Fed raises rates in defiance of Trump | Washington, Dec 20 (TIWN / IANS) The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates again, defying warnings from President Donald Trump against the move. | 19-Dec-2018 |
| Boeing forecasts demand for 2,300 new ai | New Delhi, Dec 19 (TIWN / IANS) Global aerospace major Boeing expects a demand for 2,300 new aircraft in India, valued at $320 billion, over the next 20 years. | 19-Dec-2018 |
| China, US authorities discuss trade nego | Beijing, Dec 19 (TIWN / IANS) Authorities from China and the US on Wednesday discussed the 90-day truce aimed at putting an end to the trade war between the two countries, China's Commerce Ministry said. | 19-Dec-2018 |
| US Senate approves overhaul of criminal | Washington, Dec 19 (TIWN / IANS) The US Senate has overwhelmingly approved a sweeping overhaul of the country's criminal justice system that would decrease America's prison population by lowering some mandatory federal sentences and giving inmates added opportunities to earn reductions in jail time. | 19-Dec-2018 |
| US man jailed for attacking Sikh cab dri | Washington, Dec 19 (TIWN / IANS) A US man has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for a brutal attack on a Sikh American taxi driver in Seattle city last year. | 19-Dec-2018 |
| NASA hack compromises data of current, f | San Francisco, Dec 19 (TIWN / IANS) Personal information of some current and former employees of NASA were stolen in a data breach in October, CNET's sister site ZDNet reported on Wednesday. | 19-Dec-2018 |
| Russia to boost security if US quits INF | Moscow, Dec 18 (TIWN / IANS) Russia will have to take additional measures to boost its security if the US withdraws from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday. | 18-Dec-2018 |
| New US report on election meddling 'unfo | Moscow, Dec 18 (TIWN / IANS) A new report prepared for the US Senate Intelligence Committee on alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election in the US is "absolutely unfounded", Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. | 18-Dec-2018 |
| Maldives President visits Taj Mahal | Agra Dec 18 (TIWN / IANS) Maldives' newly-elected President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on Tuesday afternoon visited the 17th century Mughal monument of love, the Taj Mahal. | 18-Dec-2018 |
| China will never seek hegemony: Xi | Beijing, Dec 18 (TIWN / IANS) Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday vowed that his country will not develop at the expense of other nations, in a speech marking 40 years of reform. | 18-Dec-2018 |