World

  • Media in times of violent identity politics
    Regional journalists’ seminar on diversity discusses identity politics & ways beyond   Morung Express News Bali (Indonesia) | March 28  Identity politics are inescapable in any d
    World / 28th March 2019
  • News in brief
    Egypt sentences ex-Prez to 3 yrs in jail CAIRO, December 30 (Reuters): A Cairo criminal court sentenced former Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi and 19 others to three years in prison on Saturday, and fined him
    World / 30th December 2017
  • France says days of Syrian government are numbered
    Paris, November 28 (BBC): French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe has said time is running out for the Syrian leader after the Arab League agreed sanctions against Damascus over its crackdown on pro-democracy prote
    World / 28th November 2011
  • S. Korea game maker vows tighter user security
    SEOUL, November 28 (AFP): South Korea’s top games developer vowed Monday to tighten security after the personal information of 13 million users of its popular online game was leaked.Nexon Korea apologised
    World / 28th November 2011
  • Buddha relevant in modern world: Dalai Lama
    New Delhi, November 28 (IBN LIVE): Buddhism has a special role to play in the modern world because unlike many other religious traditions, Buddhism uniquely propounds the concept of independence which accords c
    World / 28th November 2011
  • China shocked, Pakistan fumes over NATO attack
    Supporters Pakistani religious party Jamatud Dawa burn representation of the U. S. flag and posters of US President Obama and NATO’s general during a protest rally to condemn NATO strikes on Pakistani pos
    World / 28th November 2011
  • Chavez mixes soccer and statecraft
    CARACAS, July 10 (Reuters): President Hugo Chavez alternated between soccer and affairs of state on Saturday in a return to Venezuela's airwaves after undergoing cancer surgery in Cuba. The 56-year-old socialis
    World / 10th July 2011
  • Thank you and goodbye: News of the World
    A stack of last edition of News of the World is placed at a newspaper vendor in central London on Sunday, July 10. Britain’s best-selling Sunday tabloid signed off with a simple front page message, “
    World / 10th July 2011
  • Gaddafi forces shell rebels south of Libyan capital
    AL-QAWALISH, Libya, July 10 (Reuters): Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi let loose a heavy artillery bombardment on Sunday to try to push back rebel fighters who had taken a village about 100 km (60
    World / 10th July 2011
  • Malaysian PM defends crackdown on protesters
    Kuala Lumpur, July 10 (PTI): Facing criticism for police crackdown on opposition-backed protesters in Malaysia, Prime Minister Najib Razak on Sunday defended the government's handling of the demonstrations, say
    World / 10th July 2011
  • South Sudan becomes world’s newest nation
    JUBA, July 9 (AP): South Sudan became the world's newest nation early Saturday, officially breaking away from Sudan after two civil wars over five decades that cost the lives of millions.In the new country's ca
    World / 9th July 2011
  • Sex, scandal and crime: All human life was there
    LONDON, July 9 (AFP): The News of the World tabloid, scuppered by the phone-hacking scandal, made itself a British institution with its juicy scoops and scandals in an ultra-competitive newspaper market. "
    World / 9th July 2011
  • Malaysia fires tear gas at protest, arrests 1,667
    KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, July 9 (AP): Police fired tear gas and detained hundreds of activists as more than 20,000 demonstrators massed Saturday across Malaysia's main city demanding electoral reforms in the cou
    World / 9th July 2011
  • S Sudan to become new nation amid war worries
    Women from Jonglei state pose for a photograph as they gather ahead of a rehearsal for independence celebrations in Juba, southern Sudan on Thursday, July 7. Southern Sudan is set to declare independence from t
    World / 8th July 2011
  • WHO wants more graphic warnings to cut smoking rates
    LONDON, July 8 (Reuters): More than a billion people in 19 countries are now covered by laws requiring large, graphic health warnings on tobacco packs but too many countries are still not doing enough to cut sm
    World / 8th July 2011
  • ‘Obama’s father considered putting son up for adoption’
    BOSTON, July 8 (PTI): US President Barack Obama's father had intended to put his unborn son up for adoption as the senior Obama tried to appease US immigration officials who raised concerns about him having two
    World / 8th July 2011
  • Canada ends combat mission in Afghanistan
    KABUL, July 7 (AP):  Canada formally ended its combat mission in Afghanistan on Thursday after years of being on the front lines of the fight against Taliban insurgents in the south. The withdrawal of 2,85
    World / 7th July 2011
  • Obama reverses military suicide condolence letter policy
    WASHINGTON, July 7 (PTI): President Barack Obama reversed Wednesday the longstanding US policy of not sending out condolence letters to the families of American troops who commit suicide while deployed in comba
    World / 7th July 2011
  • ‘Green tea lowers cholesterol risk’
    NEW YORK, July 7 (Reuters Life!): Drinking green tea appears to cut “bad” cholesterol while leaving levels of good cholesterol unchanged, and encouraging people to drink more of the beverage could h
    World / 7th July 2011
  • Amnesty accuses Syria of crimes against humanity
    Two protesters carry posters with pictures of unidentified relatives in Syria,  with the Syrian flag colors painted on their faces during an anti-Syrian regime rally near the Syrian embassy in Cairo, Egypt
    World / 6th July 2011
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