Iraq alcohol: Parliament imposes ban in a surprise move
Parliament in Iraq has voted to ban the sale, import and production of alcohol, with backers of the move arguing that its availability contradicts Isl...
Haiti jailbreak: over 100 inmates escape barefoot
More than 100 mostly barefoot inmates overpowered guards on Saturday and escaped from a lockup in central Haiti, officials said.Judge Henry Claude Lou...
Samsung Signs MoU to Invest Rs. 1,970 Crores in Uttar Pradesh
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed on Monday between the state government and mobile phones major Samsung for setting up a manufacturing u...
Kerala Beedi Tycoon, Jailed For Killing Guard With Hummer, Allegedly Running Business From Jail
Kerala beedi tycoon Mohammed Nisham, serving a life sentence for killing a security guard in a fit of rage with his Hummer SUV, has been running his m...
China's most explosive artist has built a 1,650-ft tall ladder made of fire
Cai Guo-Qiang is back, and with his most ambitious project to date: a 1,650-foot ladder in the sky made of -- what else? -- fire.The Chinese artist, w...
ISIS kills hundreds in Mosul area, source says
ISIS rounded up and killed 284 men and boys as Iraqi-led coalition forces closed in on Mosul, the terror group's last stronghold in Iraq, an Iraqi int...
Saudi Arabia Is Fast Losing Allies
After the Saudi-led airstrikes on Sanaa, Yemen’s capital, on October 8, pressure on Western nations selling weapons to Saudi Arabia will be mounting. ...
MNS imposes Rs.five crore fine on films with Pak actors
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has imposed a fine of Rs five crore on films with Pakistan actors, say media reports.MNS chief Raj Thackeray ma...
Saudi-Egypt JV to build $1bn steel complex in Suez
Egyptian Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has signed a partnership agreement with a leading Saudi organisation to set up an iron and steel factory in the Ai...
US warship sails close to China's islands in South China Sea
A US Navy warship has allegedly conducted a “navigation freedom operation” near an island claimed by China in the South China Sea, in a move that coul...
Egypt's Sawiris starts work on $246m Cyprus project
Egyptian investor Naguib Sawiris has joined hands with Cypriot entrepreneur Gerasimos Caramondanis to launch a €220 million ($246 million) mixed-use r...
Armacell to build $16m plant in Bahrain
Armacell, a global leader in flexible foam for the equipment insulation market and a leading provider of high-performance engineered foams, announced ...
Kuwaiti firm Kamco buys key US office tower
Kuwait-based Kamco Investment Company said it has successfully acquired General Electric’s (GE) global operation centre building, a 12-storey office t...
Saudi Arabia pledges all-out support to Afghanistan
KABUL: Chief Executive of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah returned home on Thursday evening after a successful visit from S...
Saudi Arabia to start key railway line by early 2017
The North-South Railway, the 1,250-km-long rail network which will start from Riyadh and run through Al-Majma’ah, Qasim, Hail and Jouf areas of the ki...
44,000 marriage proposals for Lalu's younger son
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s younger son Tejaswi Yadav, who is the road construction minister here, recently made a WhatsApp number public so that pe...
Govt fixes Rs.2,500 for 500 km flight under UDAN programme
India’s first flight under Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) may take off in January with a Rs 2,500 fare cap for a 500 km flight.However, fliers on ...
India wants pact with UK on short-term visas for students
India hopes to reach a deal with Britain for facilitating short-term visas for Indian students, academicians and businessmen during Prime Minister The...
US wants to keep alliance with Philippines: Pentagon chief
US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter says his country intends to keep its alliance commitments to the Philippines, despite remarks by the Southeast Asia...
Iraq's top Shia cleric demands protection for civilians in Mosul
Iraq's most prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has called on army soldiers, fighters from pro-government Popular Mobilization Units ...
Russian copter crashes in Siberia, 19 passengers feared dead
Nineteen people are feared dead after a Russian helicopter crash-landed in the country’s Yamal Peninsula in northwestern Siberia.The Mi-8 transport he...
Curfew lifted from six areas of Srinagar
Curfew was today lifted from six police station areas of the city but normal life remained affected in Kashmir for the 106th straight day due to the s...
Spy held for passing vital information on Army to Pakistan
A Pakistani spy was arrested from Jammu and Kashmir's Samba district for passing on vital information regarding deployment and movement of security fo...
Wonder Woman named special U.N.ambassador
The United Nations celebrated on Friday Wonder Woman’s 75th birthday by naming the comic book character as its new Honorary Ambassador for the Empower...
19 people dead in helicopter crash in Siberia
At least 19 people were killed when a helicopter crashed in northwestern Siberia, Russia's Investigative Committee said on Saturday.Investigators said...
Signature drive against Uniform Civil Code launched
A signature campaign by the All India Muslim Personal Law Board against the Uniform Civil Code gathered pace on Friday with thousands of Muslims in Te...
GHMC bill collector held with Rs.6 cr assets
A Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation [GHMC] bill collector was busted today by the Anti-Corruption Bureau [ACB] of Telangana for amassing illegal...
Govt gives green signal for Logistic Parks at Batasingaram & Mangalapally
The long pending proposal for Logistic Parks at Batasingaram and Mangalapally on the city outskirts will see the light of day as the state government ...
SCR augment extra coaches for Kochuveli Express
South Central Railway will temporarily augment Hyderabad-Kochuveli-Hyderabad (via Tirupati) special train by attaching three sleeper class coaches to ...
TSRTC to buy 100 mini-AC buses
Telangana State Road Transport Corporation (TSRTC) will purchase 100 mini-AC buses at a cost of Rs 20 crore, an official release said. Initially, the ...
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