Sep 08, – US Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting Arab League leaders in Paris as part of a European tour to gather support for intervention in Syria. Earlier Mr Kerry said the number of nations prepared to take military action was now in “double digits”, but the list has not been made public. […]
Sep 08, MADRID — Tens of thousands of Spaniards were devastated after Madrid lost its bid to host the 2020 Olympics on Saturday amid fears about the country’s economy and unemployment rate. It was the third straight time the capital failed in attempts to win the Summer Games. The International Olympic Committee meeting in Buenos […]
Sep 08, MOSCOW — Moscow is holding its first mayoral election in a decade. Although an incumbent backed by President Vladimir Putin is expected to win Sunday’s election handily, the candidacy of charismatic opposition leader Alexei Navalny is changing Russian politics in ways that could pose a risk for the Kremlin in the months and […]
Sep 07, – Italian director Gianfranco Rosi has taken the top prize at the Venice Film Festival for his documentary. The world’s oldest film festival has shown 20 films in competition. Gianfranco Rosi’s “Sacro GRA,” a documentary about life on the highway that circles Rome, has won the Golden Lion for best film at the […]
Sep 07, – The city of Srinagar in Indian Kashmir was under high security as a famous German orchestra performed a concert on Saturday. Separatists had demanded that the performance be called off. A concert of Germany’s Bavarian State Orchestra conducted by Indian-born Zubin Mehta was held amid tight security in Srinagar in India-administered Kashmir […]
Sep 07, MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali militants attacked a restaurant near Mogadishu’s seat of government for the second time in less than a year on Saturday, detonating two large blasts that killed at least 15 people and wounded nearly two dozen, an official said. The force of the blasts appeared to tear much of the […]
Sep, 06 – ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Turkey’s prime minister has dismissed concerns that removing Syrian President Bashar Assad would open the way for extremists to take over the country. Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters at the Group of 20 leading world economies in Russia on Friday that any new Syrian government would be better […]
Sep 06, – UN chief Ban Ki-moon has told world leaders at the G-20 summit that there is “no military solution” to Syria. Meanwhile, a US ambassador to the UN accused Russia of holding the Security Council “hostage” over the crisis. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed world leaders on Thursday during a closed-door dinner at […]
Sep 05, – Middle-class parents with a habit of shouting at their teenage children could be actually increasing their kids’ risk of depression and troubled behaviour, says a US study. Published in the journal Child Development, the study stated even if parents enjoyed a close relationship with their son and daughter, harsh verbal discipline was […]
Sep 05.- The G-20 summit has begun in St. Petersburg. While the official agenda has outlined global economic issues, disputes over an impending US-led military intervention in Syria are likely to dominate the two-day event. Despite the controversy surrounding the Syria issue, Russian President Vladimir Putin told the opening plenary session of the summit on […]
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Human Rights Observers conference on Women’s rights and Environment
Human Rights Observers an organization in special status with UN ECOSOC has organized conference on Women’s rights and Environmental awareness Speaking on the occasion prominent senior advocate smt. Venkateshwari, stated that Violence against women and girls, a gross human rights violation, devastates lives, causes untold pain, suffering and illness. She has given various examples of […]
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