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Washington, Mar 26: The top US diplomat Thursday held a conference call with Persian Gulf ministers to discuss the Yemen crisis amid Saudi airstrikes against Houthi Ansarullah fighters, according to media reports. Saudi Arabia has begun launching airstrikes in Yemen where the Ansarullah fighters have acquired power. Warplanes of the Royal Saudi Air Force reportedly bombed the positions of the

Seyne-Les-Alpes, Mar 25: A black box recovered from the scene and pulverised pieces of debris strewn across Alpine mountainsides held clues to what caused a German jetliner to take an unexplained eight-minute dive Tuesday midway through a flight from Spain to Germany, apparently killing all 150 people on board. The victims included two babies, two opera singers and 16 German high school students

Marseille, Mar 24: An Airbus plane operated by Lufthansa's Germanwings budget airline crashed in southern France on Tuesday en route from Barcelona to Duesseldorf, police and aviation officials said.French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said he understood between 142 and 150 people were on board and feared dead."The cause is at present unknown," he told reporters.A spokesman for the DGAC aviation

London, Mar 14: A historic bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled today at the Parliament Square here, standing adjacent to iconic leaders like Britain's war-time Prime Minister Winston Churchill and anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela. A galaxy of political leaders led by British Prime Minister David Cameron and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley were joined by Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan

Barcelona, Mar 9: Taking on social networking giant Facebook's ambitious 'free internet' plans, telecom major Bharti Airtel chief Sunil Mittal has said the companies should do 'philanthropy' if they stop charging for mobile internet. Facebook has launched an 'internet.org' initiative under which users can access internet free of charge for select websites if they come through a partner telecom

Washington, Feb 13: One of the two police officers who allegedly assaulted the 57-year-old Indian man in Alabama has been arrested and FBI will be conducting a probe into the matter to find out if there were any federal violations in the incident. Larry Muncey, the Madison City Chief of Police while apologising to the victim Sureshbhai Patel, who was wrongfully assaulted by two police officers

Washington, Feb 11: While US officials refrained from comment on Aam Aadmi Party's massive victory in Delhi elections, the New York Times saw "A Defeat for Prime Minister Modi" in the results. "Fresh from the diplomatic high of a successful summit meeting with President Obama, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been brought down to earth by domestic politics," the influential US daily said in an

Dubai, Feb 10: A Dubai-based Indian businessman, whose company's networth is USD 7.2 billion, has topped the Indian rich list for 2015 in the Gulf region. Sunil Vaswani is the chairman of Stallion Group, a Nigeria based multinational conglomerate operating in 18 countries, including the UAE. The second position in Arabian Business GCC Indian Rich List has been bagged by last year's top-placed

Washington, Feb 7: A US Congress-established commission on international religious freedom has commended President Barack Obama for deepening relations with India while recognising religious freedom concerns during his trip to the country. "President Obama's timely comments underscore the importance of India getting religious freedom right," said Katrina Lantos Swett, Chairwoman of the US

Taipei, Feb 6: One of the engines on TransAsia Airways Flight 235 went idle 37 seconds after takeoff, and the pilots may have shut off the remaining engine before attempting to restart them, but the plane crashed before that could happen, Taiwan's top aviation safety official said on Friday. The details were presented at a news conference in Taipei by Aviation Safety Council Executive Director