Michelle Obama to release memoir in November
NEW YORK: Michelle Obama’s memoir, one of the most highly anticipated books in recent years, is coming out on November 13. The former first lady tweeted on Sunday that the book, to come out a week after the 2018 midterm elections, is called “Becoming.” By Sunday night, her memoir was in the top 20 […]
UN backs Syria ceasefire as death toll in rebel enclave tops 500
United Nations, Feb 25 (AFP) The UN Security Council has unanimously demanded a 30-day ceasefire in Syria, as new air strikes on the rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta took the civilian death toll from seven days of bombing to more than 500. With support from Russia, the Security Council adopted a resolution on the ceasefire […]
CPC removes two term limit for President Xi
Beijing, Feb 25 : China’s ruling Communist Party today proposed to remove presidential term limits from the Constitution, potentially allowing President Xi Jinping to continue in power after his second term, which ends in 2023. The CPC Central Committee proposed removing the clause that the President and Vice-President “shall serve no more than two consecutive […]
Christian leaders close church at Jesus’s burial site in tax dispute
Jerusalem, Feb 25 (AFP) Christian leaders today took the rare step of closing the Church of the Holy Sepulchre built at the site of Jesus’s burial in Jerusalem in protest at Israeli tax measures and a proposed property law. It was not immediately clear how long the closure of the church, announced by Christian […]
India congratulates China on FATF post, hopes Beijing will be balanced
New Delhi, Feb 25: India today congratulated China for becoming the vice chair of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global body mandated to combat terror financing, and hoped Beijing would “uphold and support” the objective of the watchdog in a balanced and objective way. In its plenary meeting in Paris on Friday, the […]
Bangladesh HC defers judgement on Zia’s bail petition
Dhaka, Feb 25 :Bangladesh’s High Court today deferred the judgement on imprisoned ex-prime minister and main opposition BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s bail petition, saying it would decide after receiving necessary papers from the lower court which has sentenced her. The 72-year-old three-time former prime minister was given a five-year jail term by Dhaka’s Special Court […]
Jaitapur n-plant: Framework agreement likely during Macron visit
New Delhi, Feb 25:India and France are likely to sign a framework agreement for expediting the Jaitapur nuclear power plant project during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit next month, sources from the Indian side have said. The six-reactor project with a capacity of 1650-MW each will be the largest nuclear power park in the country. […]
N Korea slams latest US sanctions as ‘act of war’
Seoul, Feb 25 (AFP) North Korea tody slammed the latest US measures against it as an “act of war”, after US President Donald Trump announced the “heaviest sanctions ever” on the nuclear-armed regime. The measures, which Washington says are aimed at forcing Pyongyang to roll back its banned nuclear and weapons programmes, target more than […]
At least 23 killed in multiple attacks in Afghanistan
Kabul, Feb 24 (AFP) At least 23 people were killed and more than a dozen wounded in multiple suicide bombings and attacks in Afghanistan today, officials said, the latest in a series of assaults in the war-torn country. In the biggest attack, Taliban militants stormed an army base in the western province of Farah overnight, […]
Death toll in Syria enclave tops 500 after UN delays truce vote
Douma (Syria), Feb 24 (AFP) New air strikes on the Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta today took the civilian death toll from seven days of devastating bombardment to more than 500 after the United Nations again delayed a vote on a ceasefire. More than 120 children have been among the dead in the bombing […]
