Pyongyang [North Korea], Jun 4 (ANI): Syrian President Bashar-al Assad is set to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang, the North's state media reported on Sunday.
Port Louis [Mauritius], June 3 (ANI): External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj's VIP flight from Trivandrum to Mauritius going incommunicado for around 14 minutes has been confirmed by authorities, however, they insist that it would not comprise a 'mid air scare' .
Baghdad [Iraq], Jun 3 (ANI): Suspected Islamic State (IS) terrorists on Saturday shot dead at least 12 members of a family in an ambush in Saladin province of northern Iraq, according to an Iraqi security official.
Cairo [Egypt], June 2(ANI): Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi was sworn in for a second term in the office on Saturday after his landslide victory in the Presidential elections held in March.
Dubai [UAE], Jun 2 (ANI): A prominent Emirati human rights activist, Ahmed Mansoor has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for "defaming" the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on social media, as per several local media reports.
Dubai [UAE], June 1 (ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC) has asked Middle-East television channel Al Jazeera to release all the material they have related to alleged pitch doctoring and spot-fixing for a full and fair investigation.
Gaza [Palestine], May 29 (ANI): The Israeli military shelled a Hamas-run checkpoint in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday, killing one and injuring one.
Washington [United States], May 28 (ANI): Former NASA astronaut and Apollo 12 lunar module pilot Alan Bean died on Saturday night at a Hospital in Houston, Texas.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 26 (ANI): Twenty-one-year-old construction worker Nijam Alam Mohammad was severely injured after falling from the fifth floor of a building where he was working.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 26 (ANI): An all-round performance from Rashid Khan took the Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) home, against the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the second Qualifier of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018, here at the Eden Gardens on Friday.
New Delhi [India], May 24 (ANI): India and the Netherlands on Thursday reiterated their "strong" condemnation of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.
Damascus [Syria], May 21 (ANI): After a period of seven years, the Syrian army on Monday said that it has pushed out the last fighters of the dreaded Islamic State (IS) terror group from al-Hajar al-Aswad district in southern Damascus, according to the Syrian state TV.