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Geneva, Dec 4: The World Health Organization has said it is creating a panel to study the implications of gene editing after a Chinese scientist controversially claimed to have created the world's first genetically-edited babies. "It cannot just be done without clear guidelines," the head of the United Nations health agency, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, told reporters in Geneva Monday. "WHO is

Islamabad, Dec 4: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said war is not a solution to the Kashmir issue, which can be resolved through talks. In an interview to a group of television journalists here, Khan said unless there was a dialogue, various options on resolution of Kashmir cannot be discussed. When asked about the formula to resolve the Kashmir issue, Khan said there were two or

Colombo, Dec 3: A Sri Lankan court on Monday barred Mahinda Rajapaksa from acting as the Prime Minister, in a major setback to the President Maithripala Sirisena who had installed his former rival in the place of Ranil Wickremesinghe in a controversial decision that triggered a constitutional crisis in the island nation. The Court of Appeal temporary halted Rajapaksa and his Cabinet from

Moscow, Dec 3: More than 270 ISIS militants were killed as a result of the Syrian armed forces’ offensive in the southern province of Suwayda in November, a spokesman for the Command of the Russian Forces in Syria said on Monday. "During the operation, more than 270 militants were killed, a large stockpile of weapons of foreign production, munitions, shells, mines, including 12 US-made TOW anti

Berne, Dec 3: Switzerland has agreed to share details of two companies and three individuals who are facing multiple probes in India. Separate gazette notifications of the Swiss government say the country’s federal tax department has agreed to provide “administrative assistance” to India on requests made about Geodesic Ltd. and Aadhi Enterprises Private Ltd. Similar requests have also been

Washington, Dec 3: A senior ISIS leader in Syria who was tied to the death of a US citizen, has been killed in a strike, the US-led coalition fighting ISIS in Syria and Iraq said. The strikes on Sunday were against "a senior ISIS member, Abu al Umarayn, and several other ISIS members," CNN quoted a spokesman for the coalition Army Col Sean Ryan as saying. "Al Umarayn had given indications of

Paris, Dec 2: France will consider imposing a state of emergency to prevent a recurrence of some of the worst civil unrest in more than a decade and urged peaceful protesters to come to the negotiating table, government spokesman Benjamin Griveaux said on Sunday. Groups of young men with faces masked, some carrying metal bars and axes, rioted on the streets of central Paris on Saturday, setting a

Washington, Dec 2: The admiral leading US Navy operations in the Middle East was found dead Saturday in Bahrain, the military branch said, adding that no foul play was suspected in the case. Vice admiral Scott Stearney, who began his post as commander of US Naval Forces Central Command -- including the US Fifth Fleet -- and Combined Maritime Forces in May, was found dead at his residence in the

Kabul, Dec 1: When Nargis Taraki became the fifth girl born to her parents in Afghanistan, her parents were told they should swap her with another baby in the village. Now 21, she has made it her life ambition to prove they were right to keep her. Nargis now campaigns for women's education and empowerment in her home country, and is one of the BBC's 2018 100 Women, according to a BBC News report.

Washington, Dec 1: The Trump Administration on Friday proposed major changes to the H-1B application process, including a new rule requiring companies to electronically register their petitions in advance, aimed at awarding the American work visa to the most skilled and highest paid foreign workers. The H-1B visa, popular among Indian IT companies and professionals, is a non-immigrant visa that