Pacific

5.1 earthquake jolts Ecuador coast

Quito [Ecuador], Jan 9 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 jolted the coast of Ecuador on Tuesday.

2018-01-09T17:21:05.437124+00:00 IST

Sydney records highest temperature in eight decades

Sydney [Australia], Jan 8 (ANI): The people of Sydney on Sunday suffered the city's highest-ever recorded temperature in the last eight decades.

2018-01-08T14:24:33.978114+00:00 IST

Volcano erupts for first time in Papua New Guinea

Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], Jan 7 (ANI): A dormant volcano erupted for the very first time in a dramatic fashion, spewing lava and sending an ash cloud at around two kilometres above the sea level.

2018-01-07T17:02:59.507422+00:00 IST

Ex-Peruvian president Fujimori discharged from hospital

Lima [Peru], Jan 5 (ANI): Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori was discharged from the Centenario Clinic in the Peruvian capital, after being hospitalised, since his pardon on December 23.

2018-01-05T08:59:21.684621+00:00 IST

Peruvian govt bans buses from fateful stretch

Lima [Peru], Jan 4 (ANI): The Peruvian government on Wednesday banned buses from the fateful stretch, where a bus collided with a truck and plunged off a cliff, killing 51 people.

2018-01-04T11:06:03.021486+00:00 IST

Death toll in Peru bus crash rises to 48

Lima [Peru], January 3 (ANI): The death toll of Tuesday's bus crash near the Peruvian capital Lima has risen to 48.

2018-01-03T09:08:08.890956+00:00 IST

12 killed in Costa Rica plane crash

San Jose [Costa Rica], Jan. 1 (ANI): A private plane carrying 12 people onboard has crashed in the hilly areas of Costa Rica.

2018-01-01T00:53:16.698394+00:00 IST

Moderate quake jolts the Caribbean

Port-of-Spain [Trinidad and Tobago], December 31 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 struck the Caribbean Islands on Saturday evening.

2017-12-31T00:08:50.569576+00:00 IST

Panama to extradite ex-Mexican governor next week

Panama City [Panama], December 30 (ANI): Panama on Friday announced that they would extradite a former Mexican governor to Mexico on charges of corruption next week.

2017-12-30T01:09:50.944352+00:00 IST

Political uncertainty in Brazil ahead of 2018 polls

Brasilia [Brazil], December 30 (ANI): Brazil has plunged in a period of political uncertainty ahead of the general elections in October 2018, with no clear candidates on sight.

2017-12-29T23:25:17.961250+00:00 IST

Violent clashes in Peru after Fujimori's release

Lima [Peru], Dec 26 (ANI): The police authorities in Peru had a tough time dealing with protesters, who were demonstrating against the official pardon of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori.

2017-12-26T11:17:51.158955+00:00 IST

Peru's convicted ex-president Alberto Fujimori pardoned

Lima [Peru], Dec 25 (ANI): Former autocrat Alberto Fujimori has been pardoned in an announcement made by Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski on the Christmas Eve.

2017-12-25T09:46:26.838536+00:00 IST

Melbourne car attack suspect charged with attempted murder

Melbourne [Australia], December 23 (ANI): A Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Saturday has charged the driver accused of deliberately mowing down pedestrians in Melbourne with 18 counts of attempted murder.

2017-12-23T14:45:53.914983+00:00 IST

One dead, 18 injured in Austrian gas hub explosion

Vienna [Austria], December 12 (ANI): At least one person is dead and eighteen have been injured in Tuesday's explosion at a major Austrian gas hub.

2017-12-12T12:15:51.891700+00:00 IST

S.E. Asia, S.Asia beginning to emerge as regional powers: Australia FM

Canberra [Australia]/New Delhi[India], Nov.23 (ANI): Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has said that countries in South East Asia and South Asia are beginning to rise and emerge as powers to be contended with, and cautioned the West to be aware of this development and not to take these regions lightly.

2017-11-23T09:26:28.106002+00:00 IST

Rohingya crisis:Aung San Suu Kyi meets UN chief, Tillerson

Manila [The Philippines], Nov.14 (ANI): Myanmar'State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, who is under rising global pressure to solve the Rohingya crisis in northern Rakhine State, has had meetings here with United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

2017-11-14T08:32:25.812874+00:00 IST

3 Indian-origin leaders elected to New Zealand's Parliament

Auckland [New Zealand], September 24 (ANI): Three Indian-origin politicians, including two women, have been elected to New Zealand's Parliament in the general elections, in which the center-right governing party has been placed first but failed to capture a parliamentary majority.

2017-09-24T03:56:31.683467+00:00 IST