The White House has lifted a 40-year ban on visitors taking photos, and much-prized selfies, on tours of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Tourists to “the People`s House” are now greeted with a changed sign saying “Photography…
Indonesia’s President promised a review of the country’s ageing air force fleet and a defence modernisation drive as the death toll from the crash of a military transport plane in the north of the country…
In the two weeks after a racially motivated massacre claimed lives of nine Afro-Americans, at least six predominantly African-American churches in south US had been burnt down, media from US reported. The latest fire occurred…
Cash crunch comes as Greece enters peak holiday season, and forces some travelers who haven’t been able to get money to stiff taxi drivers and tourist businesses. In a day and age when most tourists…
Indian peacekeeping forces were accused of sexual exploitation and abuse in three cases between 2010 and 2013, a recent United Nations report has revealed, embarrassing the army that contributes the third-largest contingent to UN missions.…
Hillary Clinton is the firm favourite to be chosen as the Democratic Party nominee for the 2106 US presidential polls and go on to be elected as the first woman president of America, according to…
France calls spying among allies `unacceptable’, summons US enovy France summoned the US ambassador to complain about “unacceptable“ spying on President Francois Hollande and his two predecessors that was apparently revealed in leaked documents. Hollande…
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has apologized for the deadly 2013 attack at a hearing before a U.S. judge formally sentenced him to death for killing four people and injuring 264 in the bombing and…
Breaking with centuries of tradition, a Cambridge University college has decided to allow women to wear trousers and men to wear skirts at formal dinners after a campaign by a transgender student. St Catharine’s, founded…
In addition to highlighting race issues in the US, President Obama has again pointed to Australia as an example of how gun laws can be successfully reformed.He praised Australia’s swiftly introduced, post-Port Arthur massacre gun…