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Obama holds out Olive Branch; Modi Accepts
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi accepted on Thursday an invitation from US President Barack Obama to have bilateral discussions. It is reported that Mr Modi will leave for US in September. The talks, as it appear, will write a new chapter in the bilateral relationship of the two countries. The US had in 2005 […]
Brain Keeps Tongue from Being Chewed
Why don’t we have the harrowing experience of biting our tongue while we are chewing without close attention? According to a new study at the Duke University School of Medicine in US, neurons in brain coordinate the movement of tongue and jaw so as to prevent the tongue from injuries. “Chewing is an activity that […]
US, UK welcome Sisi’s election
Warsaw: The United States said on Wednesday it looked forward to working with former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as Egypt’s president but expressed concerns about the “restrictive political environment” in which he was elected.A White House statement reiterated U.S. concerns about limits on freedom of peaceful assembly and expression and pressed the government to […]
Syrians Vote Amidst Battle; Assad Poised to Be Back
The Reuters News Agency reported that Syrians voted on Tuesday in an election which is expected to deliver an overwhelming victory to President Bashar al-Assad in the midst of a civil war that has fractured the country and killed more than 160,000 people. Assad’s opponents including rebel fighters, the political opposition in exile, Western […]
Palestinian Govt Sworn in; Israel Slams US support
Forging a historic reconciliation between the Fatah and the Islamist Hamas factions, Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas was swore in a unity government in Palestine on Monday. It is for the first time in seven years that one government is in charge, administering both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The long-awaited government […]
Recent Polls: Is Far Right Still Right?
Two immensely feared leaders have achieved decisive mandate and people all over the world are watching each step they are going to take to know whether they would be true to the publicized images about them or whether they would transcend them. Narendra Modi, while being celebrated in the west as being a champion of […]
Snowden, NSA clash over released Email
Edward Snowden and the U.S security officials produced contradictory statements regarding an email exchanged between Snowden and the National Security Agency (NSA)’s Office of General Counsel on April 5, 2013. The email which was released on Thursday shows him questioning NSA’s mandatory legal training programs. But it provided no evidence about him raising any complaints […]
National Spelling Bee Championship Ends In a Tie
Ansun Sujoe, 13, and Sriram Hathwar, 14, won the 2014 Scripps National Spelling Bee competition on Thursday, May 29, in National Harbor, Maryland. Both were declared co-champions after twenty two rounds of the competition which started on Tuesday. Sujoe of Fort Worth, Texas, correctly spelled the word “feuilleton”, which means part of a European newspaper […]
Iraq: 27 killed in Attacks, Including at Shia Mosque
Around 27 people were killed in a spate of attacks in Iraq, including a suicide bombing at a Shia Mosque in Baghdad, AFP news reported this morning. In the blast at the , at least 19 people were killed and 34 wounded. Journlists have been prevented from taking photos or video-shooting the scene in the […]
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