Washington/Moscow: US President Donald Trump signed the proposal for imposing sanctions against the ambitious Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline between Russia and Germany. European company ‘Allseas’ withdrew from the project, within hours of the signing of the order. This withdrawal has rocked the project and Russia, as well as Germany, have fired strong salvos of […]
After the end of the Suez Crisis of 1956, Israel’s weight and prominence at the international stage had considerably increased. However, attacks by armed Palestinian Arabs against Israel, rather than abating, were gradually on a rise. As a result, like the earlier decades, the Israeli Defense Forces had to continue with ‘Reprisal operations’ during the […]
Washington/Beijing: US President Donald Trump issued a stern warning to the world bank saying that China has enormous amounts of funds and even if it does not, it will create it; therefore, under any circumstances, the world bank should not fund China. Only a few days ago, the world bank decided to provide billions of […]
Burkina Faso: Two successive steps taken by the Burkina Faso military has resulted in the killing of 32 terrorists. The military has informed that these actions were carried out in the Bam and Loram provinces. Many women who were held hostage for sexual exploitation were rescued during the operation. Since the last one year, the […]
New Delhi: The historic decision of the supreme court of India declared on Saturday has cleared the way for the creation of a grand Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. The decision was welcomed across the country, the commoners and the eminent personalities alike have congratulated the supreme court for the judgement. The people of India displayed […]
Moscow/Caracas: Russia, consistently supplying military and financial aid to Venezuela, has started moves to take over the Venezuelan oil sector. A report published in the media claimed that a Russian company would be taking over the Venezuelan oil company, PDVSA, against the loans provided to it. Although the Venezuelan leaders have dismissed the claims, the […]
Burkina Faso: The ethnic conflicts, terrorist attacks and the violence, ongoing for the last several years, has brought Burkina Faso under the shadows of a humanitarian crisis, is the concern expressed by the United Nations. The United Nations’ report states that nearly 500 thousand citizens have been displaced in Burkina Faso. While this report has […]
For a nation to achieve all-round development as a society, sports play a role as important as arts. Sports, especially the outdoor games, hold unique importance in keeping the citizens of a nation healthy and ‘fit’. Knowing of it, after achieving independence, Israel gave importance to sports equal to that given to several art forms. […]
Burkina Faso: – 23 people were killed in a terrorist attack on a Gold mine, in the Soam province of Burkina Faso. This is the fourth major terrorist attack in the Soam province, in the last three months. Earlier, in August, more than 30 soldiers had been killed in a terrorist attack on a military […]
Moscow: The largest Russian oil company ‘Rosneft’ has decided to permanently outcast US dollar from its transactions. In an independent release, Rosneft clarified that henceforth, the oil rates will be announced only in Euro, instead of US dollars. All the customer companies have been issued instructions regarding this and the company has already started transacting […]