A British-Iranian woman has been reunited with her family after being granted a three-day release from prison in Iran. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was jailed for five years in 2016 after being convicted of spying, which she denies.  She said she was “overwhelmed” and it would be “awesome” for her four-year-old daughter to “have a mummy again”.   Foreign Secretary Jeremy ...

Photo: Flames engulf a house in Gawdu Zara village, northern Rakhine state, Myanmar, September 7, 2017.  More than 130 lawmakers from across Southeast Asia on Thursday demanded the international community bring officials in Myanmar to justice for the atrocious crimes it committed against its Rohingya population in Rakhine State. In a joint statement, 132 sitting MPs from five countries — Indonesia, ...

London, Aug 23 : Facebook has banned a third-party quiz app amid concerns over the possible misuse of users’ data and pulled its own security software from Apple’s app store after the iPhone maker tightened data security rules. The social media company said Wednesday it took action against the myPersonality app because its creators refused an inspection, and over worries ...

GUWAHATI: Under the UDAN Draft Scheme Document of International Air Connectivity, the Ministry of Civil Aviation of Government of India is planning to connect six international connectivity from Guwahati. The objective of the UDAN (International) scheme is to enhance international air connectivity between Indian states and select international destinations through the provision of financial support to airlines. As per this ...

Eminent Indian writer and journalist Kuldip Nayar passed away in New Delhi on Thursday following a brief illness. He was 95.   Nayar is a Punjabi, but was originally born in Sialkot in 1923.  When the Emergency was declared, Mr. Nayar was one of the first journalists to be put in jail.   He was deeply interested in peaceful relations ...

By Taslim Ahammad: Wherever there are people, close by always will be conflict, in particular, conflict occurs very frequently at workplace. Conflict is simply an inevitable aspect of human relationships. There is just no way to live a conflict-free life. Hence, as soon as conflict begins to draws back productivity and gives way to more conflicts, then conflict management must ...

Photo: French hooded police officers guard the area with other police officers after a knife attack Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018 in Trappes, west of Paris. Trappes, Aug 23 : A man with severe psychiatric problems killed his mother and sister and seriously injured another woman in a knife attack Thursday in a suburb of Paris. Police shot and killed the ...

Beirut, Aug 23 : The Islamic State group has released a new militant audio recording, purportedly of its shadowy leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, his first in almost a year. In the audio, al-Baghdadi — whose whereabouts and fate remain unknown — urges followers to “persevere” and continue fighting the group’s enemies everywhere. The 54-minute audio entitled “Give Glad Tidings to ...

Difference between number of EU citizens entering and leaving UK is now just 87,000 Net migration to the UK from other EU countries has reached a near six-year low as a so-called Brexodus continues. The difference between the number of EU citizens entering the UK and the number leavingsank to 87,000 in the year to March, its lowest level since ...

Warning comes in government ‘technical notices’ telling businesses and public how to prepare in event of no deal Consumers would face slower and more costly credit card payments when they buy EU products, and British citizens living abroad could lose access to their bank accounts, in the event of a no-deal Brexit, the government has warned. The Brexit secretary, Dominic ...