Canada sells uranium to India in breakthrough deal
AFP, Ottawa :Canada’s prime minister announced a breakthrough deal Wednesday to supply uranium to India for electricity generation, putting behind decades of discord over India’s...
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ISIL fighters overrun several villages in western Iraq
Agencies, Baghdad :Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group have gained ground in western Iraq, overrunning several villages on the...
Air strikes near Tripoli as UN peace talks on Libya resume
Reuters, Tripoli :Forces loyal to Libya’s internationally recognised government carried out air strikes on Wednesday near the capital Tripoli, which is controlled by its rivals,...
Kerry ‘confident’ on Iran deal after US Senate compromise
AFP, Luebeck :US Secretary of State John Kerry today welcomed a compromise with Congress on giving lawmakers a say on any final deal on Iran’s...
Mexico issues alert over stolen radioactive material
AFP, Mexico City :Authorities issued an alert for several Mexican states Wednesday after thieves snatched potentially deadly radioactive material used for industrial radiography.The iridium-192 source,...
Clintons daughter Chelsea steps into spotlight
AFP, New York :Chelsea Clinton’s star is rising. Photographed, interviewed and increasingly prominent in her family’s charitable empire, there is no more ardent cheerleader for...
Pak court stays executions of 6 convicted militants
AP, Islamabad :Pakistan’s top court has halted the executions of six suspects sentenced by military courts on charges ranging from terrorism, murder to suicide bombing...
Egypt, S Arabia mull drills as pressure builds on Yemen rebels
AFP, Sana’a :Saudi Arabia and Egypt are considering holding large-scale military exercises after launching air strikes on Yemeni rebels who have been slapped with a...
Gunmen shoot vice-principal of Karachi college
Dawn News , KARACHI :The vice-principal of the Jinnah Medical and Dental College’s student affairs wing was shot and seriously injured on Shaheed-e-Millat Road, police...
Iran will submit peace plan for Yemen to UN
Reuters :ADEN: Meanwhile, Iran would submit a four-point peace plan for Yemen to the United Nations on Wednesday, Iranian state media said on Tuesday.Tehran’s proposal...
Nuclear deal possible only if sanctions lifted : Rouhani
Reuters, Ankara :Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday Tehran will not accept a comprehensive nuclear deal with major powers if all sanctions imposed on...
Indonesian domestic worker beheaded in Saudi Arabia
AFP, Riyadh :Saudi Arabia on Tuesday beheaded an Indonesian domestic worker who knifed to death a Saudi woman described in press reports as her employer.Amnesty...