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Iran warns of firm response if Israel acts against its oil shipments
Published On: March 13, 2019 01:17 PM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, March 13: Iran will respond firmly to any Israeli naval action against its oil shipments, Iran’s defense minister said on Wednesday, in comments that came a week after Israel’s prime minister said its navy could act against Iranian oil “smuggling” to enforce U.S. sanctions.
Japan not to submit U.N. resolution condemning North Korean rights abuses
Published On: March 13, 2019 01:15 PM NPT By: Reuters
TOKYO, March 13: Japan has decided for the first time in years not to submit to the United Nations a joint resolution condemning North Korea’s human rights abuses, given U.S. efforts to end North Korea’s weapons program and other factors, Japan said on Wednesday.
Britain in Brexit chaos - parliament crushes May's EU deal again
Published On: March 13, 2019 12:25 PM NPT By: Reuters
LONDON, March 13: MPs crushed Prime Minister Theresa May’s European Union divorce deal on Tuesday, thrusting Britain deeper into crisis and forcing parliament to decide within days whether to back a no-deal Brexit or seek a last-minute delay.
U.S., Taliban talks end for now with no Afghan peace deal
Published On: March 13, 2019 12:10 PM NPT By: Reuters
DOHA, March 13: U.S. and Taliban negotiators wrapped up their longest round of peace talks on Tuesday with progress made but no agreement on when foreign troops might withdraw, officials from both sides said.
India grounds Boeing 737 MAX planes; Jet, SpiceJet shares fall
Published On: March 13, 2019 11:30 AM NPT By: Reuters
March 13: India is grounding U.S. planemaker Boeing Co’s 737 MAX aircraft immediately, the ministry of civil aviation said late on Tuesday, following the fatal crash of a plane of the same type in Ethiopia on Sunday.
Former Vatican treasurer Pell jailed for six years for sexually abusing choir boys
Published On: March 13, 2019 10:32 AM NPT By: Reuters
MELBOURNE, March 13: Former Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell was sentenced to six years in jail on Wednesday by an Australian court for sexually abusing two choir boys in Melbourne in the 1990s, and will be registered as a sex offender for the rest of his life.
Seven up for Man City as they demolish Schalke
Published On: March 13, 2019 09:14 AM NPT By: Reuters
MANCHESTER, March 13: Rampant Manchester City demolished a woeful Schalke 7-0 to complete a 10-2 aggregate win and become the third English side into the quarter-finals of the Champions League on Tuesday.
Superb Ronaldo hat-trick leads Juve into quarter-finals
Published On: March 13, 2019 09:01 AM NPT By: Reuters
TURIN, March 13: Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo grabbed a hat-trick against his favourite opponents Atletico Madrid as the Italians overturned a two-goal first-leg deficit to win 3-0 and reach the Champions League quarter-finals on Tuesday. Ronaldo blasted home the decisive goal from a penalty with four minutes left to seal a 3-2 overall triumph having made the breakthrough in the 27th minute and levelled the aggregate score three minutes after halftime with another towering header.
U.S. says to withdraw all remaining diplomatic personnel from Venezuela
Published On: March 12, 2019 02:30 PM NPT By: Reuters
The United States is to withdraw all remaining diplomatic personnel from Venezuela this week, the U.S. State Department announced late on Thursday.
'I'm an Aussie': refugee footballer
Published On: March 12, 2019 02:13 PM NPT By: Reuters
SYDNEY, March 12: A refugee footballer who fled Bahrain and was held in a Thai prison for months during a tense extradition stand-off between Australia and the Gulf state was granted Australian citizenship on Tuesday.
Twenty-two civilians killed, including children, in north Yemen - U.N.
Published On: March 12, 2019 01:18 PM NPT By: Reuters
DUBAI, March 12: Air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition killed at least 22 civilians, including women and children, in a village in northern Yemen, the United Nations said on Monday.
India's engineers struggle for work as jobs crisis worsens
Published On: March 12, 2019 11:56 AM NPT By: Reuters
INDIA, March 12: Santosh Gurav gained a bachelor’s degree in technology from a mid-tier college in western India last year, specializing in electrical engineering and hoping to land a job in industrial automation.
Third Trump summit with North Korea's Kim is likely: U.S. official
Published On: March 11, 2019 09:00 PM NPT By: Reuters
WASHINGTON, March 11: A U.S. Department of State official on Monday said she thinks there will be another summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, but that no date has been set.
Kenyan federation official killed in Addis Ababa crash
Published On: March 11, 2019 03:40 PM NPT By: Reuters
NAIROBI, March 11: A senior Kenyan football official was among the 157 people killed in an Ethiopian Airlines crash, the country’s federation said on Monday.
The pregnancy of Meghan, Britain's Duchess of Sussex
Published On: March 11, 2019 02:39 PM NPT By: Reuters
The Duchess of Sussex, former U.S. actress Meghan Markle, is due to give birth this Spring to her first child with husband Prince Harry, 34, Queen Elizabeth’s grandson.
Chinese carriers, Ethiopian Airlines suspend use of Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft after crash
Published On: March 11, 2019 12:44 PM NPT By: Reuters
BEIJING/SHANGHAI, March 11: China’s aviation regulator on Monday grounded nearly 100 Boeing Co 737 MAX 8 aircraft operated by its airlines, more than a quarter of the global fleet of the jets, after a deadly crash of one of the planes in Ethiopia.
Boeing's 737 MAX back in spotlight after second fatal crash
Published On: March 11, 2019 10:00 AM NPT By: Reuters
CHICAGO/WASHINGTON, March 11: The latest version of Boeing Co’s best-selling 737 family - a global industry workhorse - has again been thrust into the spotlight after a fatal crash in Ethiopia, months after a deadly crash involving an identical brand-new jet in Indonesia.
China orders its airlines to suspend use of Boeing 737 Max aircraft
Published On: March 11, 2019 09:00 AM NPT By: Reuters
SHANGHAI, March 11: China’s aviation regulator has ordered domestic airlines to suspend their Boeing 737 Max aircraft, Chinese media outlet Caijing reported on Monday, following a deadly crash on Sunday of a 737 MAX 8 operated by Ethiopian Airlines.
Ethiopian Airlines flight to Nairobi crashes, killing 157
Published On: March 10, 2019 04:31 PM NPT By: Reuters
NAIROBI, March 10: An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 passenger jet to Nairobi crashed early on Sunday with 149 passengers and eight crew members aboard, the airline said, and there were no survivors, according to the state broadcaster.
Ethiopian Airlines says flight has crashed with 157 on board
Published On: March 10, 2019 02:51 PM NPT By: Reuters
NAIROBI, March 10: An Ethiopian Airlines flight to Nairobi crashed early on Sunday with 149 passengers and eight crew members aboard, a spokesman for the airline told Reuters.
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