Libya’s Zawiya refinery, El Sharara oil field shut: Report
TRIPOLI: Libya’s 120,000 barrels-a-day Zawiya refinery has been shut down due to damaged storage, an oil ministry official said on Thursday. The El Sharara field feeding the refinery also remained closed said Ibrahim al-Awami, head of the inspection and measurement department at the oil... read more »
Could artificial sweeteners promote diabetes and obesity?
The research team, including Eran Elinav of the Department of Immunology at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, recently published their findings in the journal Nature. Discovered more than a century ago, artificial sweeteners are now found in an abundance of foods and drinks labeled... read more »
RLD chief Ajit Singh’s supporters threaten to cut water supply to Del...
New Delhi: In a show of muscle power by RLD chief and former union minister Ajit Singh, his supporters on Thursday threatened to stop water supply to Delhi. Following this, a protest led by Ajit Singh and his supporters turned violent at Gang Nahar near Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh. Protestors pelted... read more »
Basketball: FIBA allowed players to wear religious head coverings
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) on 16 September 2014 allowed players to wear religious head coverings, such as hijabs or turbans, on a trial basis. The permission was granted after FIBA’s central board met over the weekend at the Men’s World Cup in Spain and voted to allow a... read more »
Al-Qaeda announcement not a cause of harm: U.S.
The announcement by al-Qaeda that it has formed a branch for operating in India is not an indication of the terrorist outfit gaining new capabilities, the United States on Thursday said,... read more »
Thai Premier declare black magic harming on his health
Thailand’s new Premier Prayuth Chan-ocha said he has been the target of black magic attacks by political opponents, a news report said on Friday. Mr. Prayuth said he had a sore throat and... read more »
Indians may put aside al-Qaeda but LeT connection vexation: experts
Counterterrorism experts in the U.S. who parsed the announcement of al-Qaeda boss Ayman al-Zawahiri that the terror group would be setting up a “wing” in the Indian subcontinent,... read more »
heavy Rains cause death 40 in Pakistan
Pakistani officials said heavy monsoon rains have killed 40 people across the country as the government warned of more flash flooding over the weekend. Ahmad Kamal, a spokesman for the... read more »
Al-Qaida’s India wing: New outfit may be drawn from IM, SIM...
NEW DELHI: This is neither the first time that al-Qaida is threatening an India-centric jihad nor is it news that Indian jihadists are coming together with those in Pakistan and Bangladesh under the... read more »
