Top EU diplomats meeting in Luxembourg on Monday said they were still seeking information about who may have launched attacks against two oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. The gathering comes amid escalating tensions between the US and Iran. It also follows Tehran’s announcement that it plans to breach a 2015 nuclear deal struck with international powers. Where does ... Read More »
The US Department of Defense announced that it was releasing several new photos that it said prove Iranian forces were behind the attacks on tankers in the Gulf of Oman last week. Tehran has consistently denied involvement. According to the Pentagon, the photos were taken from a Navy helicopter and show some of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards removing a mine from ... Read More »
Mohammed Morsi, Egypt’s former president, died Monday after collapsing during a session in court, state television reported. The 67-year-old was the country’s first democratically elected president and a member of Egypt’s most powerful Islamist group, the now banned Muslim Brotherhood. Morsi was on trial for espionage and had just addressed the court when he blacked out, reports said. He was ... Read More »
As the company celebrates 38 years in the country. Mohammed Mahtabur Rahman, Chairman and Managing Director of Al Haramain Group of Companies, Chairman of NRB Bank Ltd and President of Bangladesh Business Council in Dubai, has become the first Bangladeshi expat to be awarded the UAE permanent residency ‘Golden Visa’. Also read: Indian tycoons among first to get UAE Golden ... Read More »
The level of carbon now in the atmosphere hasn’t been seen in 12 million years, a Harvard scientist said in Chicago Thursday, and this pollution is rapidly pushing the climate back to its state in the Eocene Epoch, more than 33 million years ago, when there was no ice on either pole. “We have exquisite information about what that state ... Read More »
We don’t talk about it as much as we talk about other diseases, but you’ll be shocked to know that 300 million people worldwide are suffering from depression. Depression and bad mental health have been ignored as a serious issue since ages. But, do you know, depression can also lead to death if it gets worst? When it comes to ... Read More »
Hong Kong protesters have been praised for working through the night to clear away rubbish left by millions of people and leaving streets spotless. After the protest – estimated to be attended by 2 million people, making it the largest in the territory’s history – protesters returned in the middle of the night to clean up the streets. “Occupiers are ... Read More »
So, according to a report on an Indian TV channel, Sir Syed Ahmed Khan has reincarnated into the world, as none other than, the butcher of Gujrat, Narendra Modi. Yes, you heard that right. Sir Syed as taken a rebirth, as The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi: And just when you are going to dismiss it, considering a piece of ... Read More »
India extended their unblemished World Cup record against Pakistan after Rohit Sharma’s century and tidy bowling secured their 89-run victory via the Duckworth-Lewis method in the tournament’s most anticipated group match on Sunday. India set Pakistan a 337-run target to chase down. However, after a spell of rain interrupted the Pakistan innings in the 35th over, the target was adjusted ... Read More »
Oslo has said the oil fund will only shed its stakes in oil and gas explorers and producers. It was widely expected that the world’s biggest sovereign fund would dump all of its oil and gas investments for good. The Norwegian government said on Friday its $1 trillion asset manager— the world’s biggest sovereign fund — will sell its stake ... Read More »
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