Hiroshima marks 80 years since atomic bombing as aging survivors frustrated by growing nuke threat
Hiroshima, Aug 6: Hiroshima on Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging survivors...
US: 4 die in crash of medical transport plane on Navajo Nation in northern Arizona
Chinle (US), Aug 6: A medical transport plane crashed and caught fire on Tuesday on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona, killing four people,...
India, Philippines announce strategic partnership; friends by choice, says PM Modi
New Delhi, Aug 5 : India and the Philippines are friends by choice and partners by destiny, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday...
Russia says it no longer will abide by its self-imposed moratorium on intermediate-range missiles
Moscow, Aug 5: Russia has declared that it no longer considers itself bound by a self-imposed moratorium on the deployment of nuclear-capable intermediate range...
Frequent disasters expose climate risks to infrastructure in South Asia
Kathmandu, Aug 5: Floods that damaged hydropower dams in Nepal and destroyed the main bridge connecting the country to China show the vulnerability of...
Japan’s aging atomic bomb survivors speak out against nuclear weapons
Hiroshima, Aug 5: Eighty years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a dwindling number of the aging Japanese survivors are increasingly frustrated...
Chinese woman becomes third person charged under Australia’s foreign interference laws
Melbourne, Aug 4: A Chinese citizen was charged Monday under Australia's recent foreign interference laws with covertly collecting information about an Australian Buddhist association,...
Boeing workers who build fighter jets go on strike
New York, Aug 4: Boeing workers who build fighter jets went on strike Monday at midnight Central Daylight Time.
About 3,200 workers at Boeing facilities...
Indian-origin lawyer named Ohio’s new solicitor general
New York, Aug 4: Indian-origin lawyer Mathura Sridharan has been named Ohio’s 12th solicitor general, the state’s top attorney for appeals in state and...
Iran founds new Supreme National Defence Council after June attacks by Israel
Tehran, Aug 4: Iran founded a new defence council after attacks in June by Israel and the US, Iranian state media reported Monday.
Iran's Supreme...
A year after bloody uprising, Bangladesh is far from political stability
Dhaka, Aug 4: Abdur Rahman Tarif was talking to his sister Meherunnesa over the phone when the voice on the other end of the...
Navies of India, Singapore conclude SIMBEX
Singapore, Aug 4: The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and the Indian Navy have completed their annual Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX) that was...
