Beijing, December 30 (IANS): A Chinese court on Monday sentenced scientist He Jiankui to three years in prison for illegally carrying out human embryo gene-editing intended for reproduction, in which three
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Kurdish security forces, known as Peshmerga, assemble outside the town of Bashiqah, some 30 km northeast of Mosul, Iraq on November 7, 2016. (IANS File Photo) Baghdad, December 30 (IANS):
Ali Akbar Velayati. (IANS Photo) TEHRAN, DECEMBER 29 (IANS): Iran has opposed the creation of a buffer zone in Syria by any country, a top advisor to Tehran's supreme leader said.
(IANS Photo) DHAKA, DECEMBER 29 (IANS): Bangladesh began 2019 with things looking up on the economic front coupled with political stability, but major concerns including a dip in export earnin
US-Taliban peace deal signing date to be announced soon.(IANS Photo) KABUL, DECEMBER 29 (IANS): The Afghan government will disclose a list of delegates for the peace negotiating team once the
Photo taken on November 20, 2016 shows Mt. Amadablam from a hill near Tengboche in Solukhumbu, Nepal. (IANS File Photo) KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 29 (IANS): Nepali mountain guide
TOKYO, DECEMBER 29 (IANS): Five corpses and two human heads have been discovered inside a shipwreck on the coast of Japan, it was reported. The boat washed ashore on Japan's Sado Island on Fri
Smoke billows following an Israeli air strike in northern Gaza Strip, on the 17th day of Operation Protective Edge on July 24, 2014. (IANS File Photo) New Delhi, December 29 (IANS): Five
Washington, December 29 (IANS): 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 me-
New York, December 29 (IANS): At least five people were injured after being stabbed during a Hanukkah celebration at the house of a Rabbi in New York, the Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council said in a s
Sydney, December 29 (IANS): 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. Victori-
Bangkok, December 28 (IANS): A member of a rescue team that saved 12 boys and their football coach from a flooded cave in Thailand last year has died from an infection he picked up during the operation, of
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Islamabad, December 28 (PTI) Pakistan has rolled out the first batch of its indigenous dual-seat fighter jets, manufactured in collaboration with its all-weather ally China. To mark the occasion, a
(IANS File Photo) United Nations, December 28 (IANS): The UN General Assembly has approved a resolution condemning human rights abuses against the Muslim Rohingya community and other minorities in
Cold-related diseases affect 4,196 people in Bangladesh. (IANS Photo) DHAKA, DECEMBER 28 (IANS): Various cold-related diseases have affected 4,196 people across Bangladesh in the last 24 hours
New Delhi/Islamabad, December 27 (IANS): Former Pakistan President and Army Chief Pervez Musharraf on Friday filed a petition in the Lahore High Court challenging the death sentence handed to him by a spec
Nur Sultan, December 27 (IANS): 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-
Beijing, December 27 (IANS): Bruce Lee's daughter is suing a Chinese fast-food chain for using an image of the late martial arts legend. Bruce Lee Enterprises, a California-based company run by Shan
Senator Leila De Lima speaks during a hearing on the extrajudicial killings and summary executions of drug suspects at the Philippine Senate in Pasay City, the Philippines on August 22, 2016. (IANS Fi
4 US surveillance planes fly over Korean Peninsula on same day. (IANS Photo) Seoul, December 27 (IANS): A US maritime patrol plane made a late-night flight over the Korean Peninsula, only hour
