US President Barack Obama has commended the National Football team for their performance and making the country proud in the World Cup tournament in Brazil, the White House has said. Obama called the team captain Clint Dempsey and the goalkeeper ...
A full-scale gas crisis is looming in Ukraine unless Kiev settles its multi-billion-dollar debt to Moscow, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday. "Ukraine does not pay for gas. Their debt is enormous. They are taking gas from underground ...
A full-scale gas crisis is looming in Ukraine unless Kiev settles its multi-billion-dollar debt to Moscow, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday. "Ukraine does not pay for gas. Their debt is enormous. They are taking gas from underground ...
Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez has said that he would resign from two FIFA posts in protest at the excessive harshness of striker Luis Suarez's ban. Tabarez said that it is not wise to be in an organisation with those who exerted pressure to promote the ...
Armed Americans drones have reportedly been positioned over Iraq capital Baghdad in the last 24 hours to provide additional protection for the 180 U.S. military advisers in the area. CNN quoted U.S. officials, as saying that all drone reconnaissance flights ...
Uruguayan President Jose Mujica defended and welcomed back to the country Luis Suarez, the star forward who was ousted from the World Cup and temporarily banned from football for biting an opponent. During his regular radio broadcast, following the ...
The government today announced an ex-gratia compensation of Rs 25 lakh for the next of kin of those who lost their lives in the gas pipeline fire at a village in Andhra Pradesh. Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who visited the accident site at Tatipaka this ...
Ukraine's new leader today signed a landmark EU pact that drew immediate threats of retaliation by Russia in its standoff over the ex-Soviet country's future with the West. President Petro Poroshenko hailed the Association Agreement - a 1,200-page ...
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan today visited the site of the pipeline fire tragedy in East Godavari district in which 15 people perished. Naidu, who cut short his visit to Delhi, arrived at the site ...
Fifteen villagers were burnt to death and 30 injured Friday as a huge fire and deafening explosions caused by suspected leak engulfed a GAIL gas pipeline in Andhra Pradesh, officials said. As flames several meters high leaped from the pipeline passing ...
Friday's blast and fire in a GAIL pipeline that claimed 14 lives have caused concern among people in coastal Andhra who are demanding proper safety measures by oil and gas companies. The explosion and fire caused by suspected leakage of gas from the ...
Uruguay striker Luis Suarez was banned for four months by world body FIFA on Thursday for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during a match. FIFA announced the ruling following an investigation into the incident during Uruguay's 1-0 victory over Italy on ...
Ten-man Belgium Thursday marched into the FIFA World Cup knockout stage topping Group H after a 1-0 victory over South Korea, their third consecutive win, and set up a round of 16 showdown with the US. Defender Jan Vertonghen scored the only goal of ...
US Secretary of State John Kerry hosted urgent talks with Gulf allies and Jordan today to address the widening crisis in Iraq, where Sunni Islamic extremists have seized a swathe of territory. Bringing together his counterparts from the largely Sunni nations of ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin today told German Chancellor Angela Merkel of the worsening humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, the Kremlin said, noting the two leaders discussed the need to extend Kiev's week-long ceasefire. "Vladimir Putin drew attention to ...
BCCI President-in-exile N Srinivasan was today formally appointed the first Chairman of the ICC after its 52-member council approved a controversial revamp of the body's administrative structure. The full council approved the amendments to the ICC's ...
Argentina and France reached the World Cup last 16 as Group F and Group E leaders respectively Wednesday to avoid a clash with each other in the knockout stage. Argentina captain Lionel Messi scored twice, including a spectacular free kick from almost ...
US Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Saudi Arabia Friday for talks with King Abdullah about the crisis in Iraq. Speaking on the sidelines of talks at NATO, Kerry announced the extra stop on his current whirlwind tour saying he would stress "the great ...
Brazil set up a last-16 showdown with Chile after beating Cameroon 4-1 to top Group A Monday, while Mexico defeated Croatia 3-1 to finish second and book a clash with Group B leaders the Netherlands. Neymar scored twice in the first half to take the lead ...
Dozens of people were killed Monday in a bomb blast in a medical school in Nigeria's northwestern state of Kano, officials said. State police spokesperson Musa Majiya confirmed the incident, but said the official casualty figure could not been given ...
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