Brussels: After months of hesitation, the EU finally agreed Tuesday to impose economic sanctions against Russia, hoping to make it change course in Ukraine as fighting intensified around cities held by pro-Moscow rebels. The new measures impose ...
Kiev: The EU prepared Tuesday to hit Russia where it hurts with tough economic sanctions as Moscow insisted the West can do it little harm and showed no sign of reversing course in Ukraine. Late Monday the leaders of the United States, Germany, France, ...
Beijing: A Chinese regulator said on Tuesday it is conducting an anti-monopoly investigation into Microsoft Corp because the firm has not fully disclosed information about its Windows operating system and Microsoft Office application. China`s State ...
New Delhi: Israel Thursday said India's support to a UN Human Rights Council resolution to launch a probe into its offensive on Gaza will not affect "strong" ties between the two countries. "We are disappointed over the resolution in the UN Human Rights ...
Kharkiv: A train carrying some 280 bodies from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has arrived in the government-controlled city of Kharkiv, an AFP journalist at the scene said. The victims' corpses arrived at a train station in the Kiev-held industrial hub and ...
Kharkiv: A train carrying some 280 bodies from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has arrived in the government-controlled city of Kharkiv, an AFP journalist at the scene said. The victims' corpses arrived at a train station in the Kiev-held industrial hub and ...
Sydney: Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting piled more pressure on under-fire England skipper Alastair Cook Tuesday by saying he will not improve as a player for the rest of his career. England`s 95-run defeat by India in the second Test at Lord`s on ...
Jerusalem: Justifying its assault on Gaza, the Israeli military on Monday tweeted a doctored picture of Britain's Parliament under assault from a barrage of rockets, asking, "what if they were attacking your home?" The photo-shopped image, which was ...
Washington: A top American lawmaker has said Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to focus India-US partnership on an ambitious strategic agenda. "It was my clear impression from meeting with the prime minister that he wants to focus our partnership on ...
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Ukraine was responsible for the crash of a Malaysian airline carrying 298 people in the strife-torn east of the former Soviet state. "There is no doubt that the country on whose territory this terrible tragedy ...
Washington: Boeing, the maker of the Malaysian Airlines aircraft that crashed in eastern Ukraine, on Thursday said it was ready to assist authorities. "Boeing stands ready to provide whatever assistance is requested by authorities," the Seattle-based company ...
New York: Microsoft's India-born CEO Satya Nadella Thursday announced axing up to 18,000 jobs over the next year, the biggest round of jobs cuts in its 39-year history, in a "difficult but necessary" move as it integrates recently acquired Nokia business and ...
The strike in Beit Lahiya hit an open area, causing no injuries, and came after the end of a UN-negotiated truce that Israel and Hamas accused each other of having violated, as per an agency report. Soon after the five-hour ceasefire truce ended, Israeli ...
Just an hour and a quarter before the ceasefire is to go into effect, Hamas fired fresh salvos of rockets at the Sharon region north of Tel Aviv, reported the Haaretz. Israel said that one Hamas rocket was intercepted and one hit the area of Petach Tikvah.
Washington: Golf legend Gary Player, who scored one of his most memorable victories at the British Open forty years ago, has said that golf needs `icons` like Tiger Woods. Player is willing Woods to win the 2014 British Open at Hoylake. South Africa`s Player, ...
The formation of the BRICS bank is being hailed as a significant step in the developing world`s endeavour to have a more credible say in the global economy. Five emerging economies – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – have proposed to form ...
Gaza City: Efforts towards a ceasefire between Israel and its Islamist foe Hamas are underway, but no deal has been reached yet, a Hamas official told AFP on Monday. "There are efforts and communications on the issue of a truce deal but until now there is ...
Gaza City: Efforts towards a ceasefire between Israel and its Islamist foe Hamas are underway, but no deal has been reached yet, a Hamas official told AFP on Monday. "There are efforts and communications on the issue of a truce deal but until now there is ...
Santiago: Though Argentina carry Latin America`s only hope of lifting the World Cup, many in the region are balking at the prospect of their "insufferable" peer landing the ultimate football triumph. The soccer-obsessed region is a house divided ahead of ...
Buenos Aires: Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella will step down after Sunday`s World Cup final against Germany, his agent told a local Argentine radio station on Friday. "To go at the top is always positive. I believe he gave everything to the national team ...
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