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Greta's very happy with her activism, sa | London, Dec 30 (TIWN) The father of Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish environment activist, has said that she "changed" and has become "very happy" as a result of her activism that has contributed towards a global movement demanding world leaders to take action over climate change. | 30-Dec-2019 |
Fog at IGI forces 20 flights' diversion, | New Delhi, Dec 30 (TIWN) Dense fog-induced low visibility conditions led to the diversion of 20 flights from the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) here on Monday. | 30-Dec-2019 |
25 die in US attack on Iranian-backed mi | Baghdad, Dec 30 (TIWN) At least 25 people were killed after the US attacked an Iranian-backed militia group in Iraq and Syria, the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) said on Monday. | 30-Dec-2019 |
No election unless Palestinians vote in | Ramallah, Dec 30 (TIWN) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has insisted that there would be no general election unless Israel allows Palestinians to vote in East Jerusalem. | 29-Dec-2019 |
Trump criticised after sharing tweet nam | Washington, Dec 29 (TIWN) US President Donald Trump faced staunch criticism for retweeting a post that included the alleged name of the whistlebower whose complaint has led to his impeachment, the media reported on Sunday. | 29-Dec-2019 |
Islamabad High Court warns of cyberattac | Islamabad, Dec 29 (TIWN) The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has warned all its employees of a possible a possible computer virus attack named "Ransomware" , which has been launched worldwide to target machines running on Microsofts Windows operating systems. | 29-Dec-2019 |
Rs 34 cr spent on a Pakistani CM's plane | Islamabad, Dec 29 (TIWN) Even as Pakistan is grappling with economic crisis, Rs 34 crore (in Pakistani currency) has been spent to repair the plane of the Chief Minister of the country's Balochistan province, according to media reports. | 29-Dec-2019 |
Call to evacuate thousands in Aus over f | Sydney, Dec 29 (TIWN) Australian authorities on Sunday asked thousands of tourists and residents to evacuate a popular natural area in the southeast of the country due to forest fires. | 29-Dec-2019 |
All eyes on review of Pak Army Chief's t | Islamabad, Dec 29 (TIWN) The request by the Pakistan government before the Supreme Court to review its November 28 verdict on the extension of Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa's tenure by a larger bench has sparked a debate among legal circles, with everyone eagerly awaiting the composition of the bench to hear the matter. | 28-Dec-2019 |
Russia to examine crashed Kazakh plane's | Nur Sultan, Dec 28 (TIWN) The flight recorder of a plane that crashed shortly after taking off from Almaty, killing 12 people on board, will be handed over to Russia for examination, a Kazakhstan government official said on Saturday. | 28-Dec-2019 |
Hasina lays foundation stone of new airp | Dhaka, Dec 28 (TIWN) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday laid the foundation stone of a new terminal at Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, aimed at enhancing international standards in services. | 28-Dec-2019 |
Malaysian Senate Prez asks Mahathir to i | New Delhi, Dec 28 (TIWN) Malaysia's Senate President and Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) chief, Vigneswaran Sanasee, has strongly criticised the Mahathir Mohamad government's interference in India's internal affairs and urged him to grant greater democracy and equal rights to his own non-Muslim citizens first. | 28-Dec-2019 |
Indian on trial in Dubai for inappropria | Dubai, Dec 28 (TIWN) An Indian man has gone on trial accused of inappropriately touching a woma in Dubais Dragon Mart, a court heard here. | 28-Dec-2019 |
Tripura : BJP's attack on CPI-M Senior L | AGARTALA, Dec 28 (TIWN): Two recent horrifying incidents of BJP’s attack on CPI(M) rallies on 18th Dec 2019 and 24th Dec 2019 , and their repercussions, again revealed the mal law and order situation prevailing in the state Tripura. | 28-Dec-2019 |
Canadian broadcaster defends cutting Tru | Ottawa, Dec 27 (TIWN) Canada's national broadcaster CBC has defended deleting a scene featuring US President Donald Trump from the 1992 film "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York", said it had been trimmed to make way for commercials, it was reported on Friday. | 27-Dec-2019 |
Toll in Kazakhstan plane crash revised t | Nur Sultan, Dec 27 (TIWN) The Kazakhstan government on Friday revised the number of people killed in a plane crash that occurred earlier in the day shortly after taking off from the Almaty airport to 12, from the initial figure of 15. | 27-Dec-2019 |
Philippines consider new visa rules for | Manila, Dec 27 (TIWN) American nationals will have to secure visas before entering the Philippines if the US followed through on its decision to impose a travel ban on Filipino officials over the detention of opposition Senator Leila de Lima, an official said on Friday. | 27-Dec-2019 |
Canadian broadcaster defends cutting Tru | Ottawa, Dec 27 (TIWN) Canada's national broadcaster CBC has defended deleting a scene featuring US President Donald Trump from the 1992 film "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York", said it had been trimmed to make way for commercials, it was reported on Friday. | 27-Dec-2019 |
PPP permitted to hold rally on Benazir's | Lahore, Dec 27 (TIWN) The Lahore High Court (LHC) has permitted the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) to mark the 11th death anniversary of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto by holding a rally at Liaquat Bagh - the place where she was assassinated in 2007. | 26-Dec-2019 |
Netanyahu wins Likud party's leadership | Jerusalem, Dec 27 (TIWN) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emerged victorious in Likud party's leadership primary election, fending off a veteran contender that challenged his long-time rule of Israel's governing party. | 26-Dec-2019 |
Israel's ruling Likud votes in leadershi | Jerusalem, Dec 26 (TIWN) Voting was underway on Thursday where members of Israel's ruling Likud Party cast their ballots in a leadership primary, where incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pitted against former Minister Gideon Saar. | 26-Dec-2019 |
7 killed as migrant boat capsizes in Tur | Ankara, Dec 26 (TIWN) Seven people were killed as a migrant boat capsized in Turkey's Lake Van region on Thursday, authorities said. | 26-Dec-2019 |
US again flies spy planes over Korean Pe | Seoul, Dec 26 (TIWN) The US flew spy planes around the Korean Peninsula again, an aviation tracker said on Thursday, at a time of speculation that North Korea could carry out a major provocation amid the stalled denuclearization talks. | 26-Dec-2019 |
'Extreme heat' to hit Australia's south- | Sydney, Dec 26 (TIWN) Australia's south-east region is slated to face "extreme heatwave" conditions, which is said to also elevate the already heightened fire risks, the weather department said. | 26-Dec-2019 |
Trump impeachment trial slides into limb | New York, Dec 26 (TIWN) The final bend of US President Donald Trump's impeachment process, a Senate trial, has suddenly slid into limbo after his Democratic rivals who control the House of Representatives have brought the until-now rapid fire spectacle to a screeching halt and left politicos scratching their heads about how this story ends. | 26-Dec-2019 |
Bangladesh: BNP fears EVM tampering in m | Dhaka, Dec 25 (TIWN) With the major political parties in Bangladesh gearing up for the upcoming mayoral polls slated for January 30, the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has harboured doubt about the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) claiming that the "government will use it as part of a conspiracy." | 25-Dec-2019 |
6.2 magnitude quake hits west of Port Ha | Ottawa, Dec 25 (TIWN) An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 jolted 183km west of Port Hardy, Canada on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said. | 25-Dec-2019 |
US intensifies aerial surveillance of Ko | Seoul, Dec 25 (TIWN) The Unites States on Wednesday intensified its aerial surveillance on the Korean Peninsula, deploying four surveillance airplanes amid the possibility that North Korea could conduct a new weapons test in the next few days. | 24-Dec-2019 |
Chile's Prez calls for end to unrest in | Santiago, Dec 25 (TIWN) In a Christmas Eve address, Chile's President Sebastian Pinera called for an end to more than two months of anti-government protests and greater political cooperation. | 24-Dec-2019 |
35 civilians killed in Burkina Faso terr | Ouagadougou, Dec 25 (TIWN) Jihadists attacked a town in northern Burkina Faso and killed 35 civilians, most of them women, | 24-Dec-2019 |
26 killed in Indonesia as bus plunges in | Bangkok, Dec 24 (TIWN) At least 26 people were killed after a passenger bus plunged into a ravine in Indonesia's South Sumatra, police said on Tuesday. | 24-Dec-2019 |
New device to capture and identify virus | New York, Dec 24 (TIWN) Researchers have developed a device to quickly capture and identify various strains of virus. | 24-Dec-2019 |
Seven Afghan soldiers killed in military | Kabul, Dec 24 (TIWN) Seven Afghan army soldiers were killed and six security personnel were wounded after Taliban insurgents attacked a joint military camp in the country's northern Balkh province on Tuesday, the defence ministry confirmed. | 24-Dec-2019 |
NZ calls off search for two missing in v | Sydney, Dec 24 (TIWN) New Zealand authorities have announced the suspension of search operations for two people who remain missing following the recent eruption of White Island volcano, offshore in the northeast of the country. | 24-Dec-2019 |
Boeing CEO Muilenburg steps down amid 73 | San Francisco, Dec 24 (TIWN) Boeing has announced the resignation of Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg and named Chairman David Calhoun as his successor. | 24-Dec-2019 |
Ukraine aid withheld 91 mins after Trump | Washington, Dec 23 (TIWN) Ninety-one minutes after US President Donald Trump called his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in July this year, the White House asked that military aid to Kiev be stopped, according to a newly released email. | 23-Dec-2019 |
2 dead, over 65,000 affected by SL heavy | Colombo, Dec 23 (TIWN) Two people were killed and over 65,000 affected by days of heavy rains and strong winds across Sri Lanka, the Disaster Management Centre said in a statement on Monday. | 23-Dec-2019 |
Turkey can't handle new refugee wave, sa | Istanbul, Dec 23 (TIWN) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned that his country cannot handle a "new refugee wave" from Syria, adding that the fresh influx would be "felt by all European countries". | 23-Dec-2019 |
Maryam won't be allowed to travel abroad | Islamabad, Dec 23 (TIWN) The Pakistan government has decided not to allow former Prime Minister's daughter Maryam Nawaz to travel abroad and rejected her application in this regard. | 22-Dec-2019 |
New Zealand volcano death toll rises to | Wellington, Dec 23 (TIWN) The death toll from New Zealand's White Island volcanic eruption earlier this month has risen to 19, the police said on Monday. | 22-Dec-2019 |
Passengers injured as cruise ships crash | Mexico City, Dec 22 (TIWN) Six persons have been injured after two huge cruise liners collided off the eastern coast of Mexico, the media reported. | 22-Dec-2019 |
Macron voices determination to fight IS | Paris, Dec 22 (TIWN) French President Emmanuel Macron voiced his determination to fight Islamic State (IS) extremism in West Africa after French forces killed 33 Islamist militants in Mali. | 22-Dec-2019 |
Macron voices determination to fight IS | Paris, Dec 22 (TIWN) French President Emmanuel Macron voiced his determination to fight Islamic State (IS) extremism in West Africa after French forces killed 33 Islamist militants in Mali. | 22-Dec-2019 |
Libya's east-based army detains ship wit | Tripoli, Dec 22 (TIWN) Libya's east-based army has seized a Grenada-flagged ship with a Turkish crew off the Libyan coast. | 22-Dec-2019 |
4 drivers killed on Brazil gangster's or | Brasilia, Dec 22 (TIWN) A Brazilian gangster had four rideshare drivers killed as he was angry that his sick mothers Uber ride was cancelled, the media reported. | 22-Dec-2019 |
Kim may announce US talks suspension in | Seoul, Dec 21 (TIWN) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un might announce the suspension of nuclear talks with the US when he delivers his New Year's Day address or holds a key meeting of the ruling Workers' Party later this month, an expert said. | 21-Dec-2019 |
US retains Pakistan on religious watch l | Islamabad, Dec 21 (TIWN) The US has retained Pakistan among the countries that tolerate religious discrimination, according to a State DepartÂÂment statement. | 20-Dec-2019 |
US Congressman praises Modi govt for end | New Delhi, Dec 21 (TIWN) A US Congressman in the House of Representatives commended India for ending gender, caste and religious discrimination in Jammu and Kashmir by nullifying the special status of the state and also applauded the multiparty support that the Narendra Modi government received in Indian Parliament over Kashmir. | 20-Dec-2019 |
Trump to address Congress amid impeachme | Washington, Dec 21 (TIWN) The top Democrat in the US Congress, Nancy Pelosi, has written to President Donald Trump inviting him to give his State of the Union speech on February 4 amid the partisan impeachment battle. | 20-Dec-2019 |
Pompeo speaks over phone with German FM | Washington, Dec 21 (TIWN) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke over the phone with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on the construction of Nord Stream 2 and other issues of mutual concern, said the State Department. | 20-Dec-2019 |