The European Space Agency is all set to crash its historical Rosetta spacecraft into a comet, two years after it began its probe in 2014. The Rosetta mission will end with a controlled descent
Beijing: China says it will cease transplanting organs taken from executed prisoners on Jan. 1 in response to human rights concerns, although uncertainties linger over where a replacement supply will come from.China has previously said
Muscat: The trilateral meeting that among the US, Iran and the European Union(EU) in Muscat, capital of Oman, ended on Monday with little progress.The two-day meeting, attended by US Secretary of State John Kerry, Iranian
Amman: Jordan's Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh on Saturday called for international efforts to end Israeli violations against Al Aqsa mosque, media reported.At a meeting with diplomats and ambassadors of member states of the UN Security
Islamabad: The Pakistan government has decided to intensify its effort to eradicate polio, a media report said.Emergence of new cases has forced international institutions and foreign governments to put restrictions on the country.The decision was
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday called for an immediate end to hostilities in South Sudan, saying "there cannot be a military solution to the conflict" in the world's youngest country.The appeal came
Islamabad: Pakistan's powerful army chief has stepped in to mediate between the embattled government and the protesters seeking resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, bringing the military back into the centre stage and signaling a
Islamabad: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has called for collective efforts to end terrorism and intensify the on-going military operations in North Waziristan.At a meeting in Karachi on Thursday, Sharif was given a detailed briefing
Jerusalem/Gaza: Some 80 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons ended a 63-day-old hunger strike after reaching an agreement with the Israeli authorities, officials said on Wednesday.A spokesperson with the Israel Prison Service told Xinhua that some
Jerusalem: Pope Francis Sunday afternoon urged Israelis and the Palestinians to search for a peaceful solution to their conflict.On his arrival at the Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv at the start of his visit
New Delhi: After being in force for over two months, the Model Code of Conduct has ended during which the Election Commission took several major decisions, including giving the nod to the government to appoint
BARCELONA, Spain : There was no denying that something bigger than Barcelona's Spanish league title defense came to an end on Saturday. Barcelona's 1-1 draw at home to new champion Atletico Madrid left it without
Geneva: By the end of this year, there will be almost 3 billion internet users, two-thirds of them coming from the developing world. And the number of mobile-broadband subscriptions will reach 2.3 billion globally, new
Warsaw: EU energy commissioner, energy ministers from Russia and Ukraine agreed that gas transit to Ukraine would not suffer in any way until the end of May.EU's Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger, Russia's Energy Minister Alexander
Mumbai: Wal-Mart Stores Inc has paid nearly Rs 1,404 crore in debt related to the purchase of a stake in its Indian joint venture with Bharti Enterprises, which the US retailer ended in October last
Bangalore: Toyota India unionised employees Monday called off their relay hunger strike and decided to join duty Tuesday after the Karnataka government clarified that the lockout in the twin car plants was prohibited.“We have called
New Delhi: The two dashing openers from Delhi Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir seem to have lost their touch if the first couple of matches in IPL 7 that they have played are taken into
Mumbai: The shortened trading week saw the key indices ending flat after a roller-coaster ride on the back of a host of domestic developments related to inflation , factory output and corporate earnings.The market succumbed
Mumbai: In a truncated week, the Indian rupee continued to fall against the American currency for the 3rd consecutive week on persistent dollar demand from banks and importers amid weak USD overseas.The forex market was
Washington: Expressing disappointment at the continued delay over International Monetary Fund's quota and governance reforms that would give emerging economies, including India, a greater voice, the G-20 has given the US a year end deadline
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