Everything you need to know about North Avenue: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about North Avenue: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
London, May 21 (ANI): Russian counter-terrorism agents have foiled a terrorist attack on Moscow, killing two of the plotters and arrested another.
Moscow, May 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The security situation on the Korean Peninsula is still serious after North Korea's recent missile launch and its defiant pursuit of nuclear weapons, South Korea has said.
London, May 21 (IANS) British Prime Minister David Cameron has called for joint effort to tackle tax evasion and aggressive tax avoidance weeks ahead of the Group 8 Summit.
Moscow, May 20 (IANS) At least four people were killed and 35 others injured Monday in twin car bombings in Russia's North Caucasus region, officials said.
Moscow, May 20 (IANS) At least eight people were killed Monday in twin car bombings in Russia's North Caucasus region, officials said.
Seoul, May 20 (IANS) North Korea Monday fired two more short-range missiles, a day after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged the regime to return to talks on its controversial nuclear programme.
Seoul, May 19 (IANS) North Korea Sunday fired a short-range missile into the East Sea, even as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he was concerned over Pyongyang's latest missile launches and urged the regime to return to the talks on its controversial nuclear programme.
Melbourne, May 19 (ANI): Winona Ryder, who was arrested in December 2001 for shoplifting at Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills, has finally opened up about her brush with the law and how it forced her to take a much-needed break from acting.
Moscow, May 19 (IANS/RIA Novosti) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Sunday said he was concerned over North Korea's latest short-range missile launches and called on Pyongyang to return to the six-party talks on its controversial nuclear programme.
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Libya's new government, formed in 2011 after four decades of Muammar Gaddafi's dictatorial rule, is keen to take India's help in the drafting of a constitution and economic rebuilding, the Libyan envoy here has said.
Tokyo, May 19 (IANS) While confirming North Korea's missile launches Saturday, the Japanese government clarified none of the missiles landed in its territorial waters, Xinhua reported.
Seoul, May 18 (IANS) North Korea Saturday launched three short-range guided missiles into the Sea of Japan, Yonhap News Agency reported, citing South Korea's defence ministry.
Seoul, May 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) North Korea may have up to 200 mobile missile launchers, or twice the number previously estimated by South Korea's authorities, South Korean media reported Friday.
Paris, May 16 (IANS) Canadian Adham Sharara was re-elected as president of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) during the World Championships here.
Moscow, May 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The detention of an alleged CIA agent in Moscow by Russian counter-intelligence will not threaten relations between Russia and the US, "the world's two largest nuclear superpowers", a Russian senator said.
Toronto, May 15 (IANS) An Indo-Canadian real estate agent has been charged with stealing from listed homes he claimed he was showing to potential clients in the city of Brampton in the Canadian province of Ontario.
Islamabad, May 12 (IANS) At least 15 people were killed and four others injured Sunday when the gas cylinder of a passenger van exploded in Pakistan's northwest tribal region, a media report said.
Washington, May 12 (ANI): SUV maker Chrysler Group LLC is reportedly recalling a total of 4,69,000 models following discoveries that their circuit boards have transmitted signals bringing about gearshifts to neutral positions.
Washington, May 11 (ANI): The spire on top of the new 1 World Trade Center has made it the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere.
Washington, May 11 (ANI): Basketball star Dennis Rodman has said he is going back to North Korea for another up-front-and-close meeting dictator Kim Jong-un to talk about freeing a jailed American.
Wellington, May 10 (ANI): South Korea has turned notorious in adding photoshop effects, emulating its northern counterpart in its attempts to photoshop a photo claiming to show South Korean President Park Geun-hye and US President Barack Obama shaking hands.
London, May 10 (ANI): Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' daughter, Suri, is all set to bring out her very own fashion line.
New York, May 8 (ANI): American basketball star Dennis Rodman has come to the aid of a Korean-American man jailed in North Korea.
Moscow, May 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A man and his son have been held by the US authorities for trying to send machinery which could be used to produce weapon of mass destruction (WMD) in North Korea.
Moscow, May 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Two North Korean mid-range missiles reportedly prepared for launch in April were recently withdrawn from their coastal positions, a South Korean media report said.
Sydney, May 7 (ANI): North Korea has hit the 'provocation pause' button on its aggressive nuclear rhetoric after pressure from China.
New Delhi, May 7 (ANI): With the summers setting in, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned that temperature will continue to rise in the days to come and heat wave will grip parts of North India.
Seoul, May 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) South Korea and the US have begun an anti-submarine exercise in the Yellow Sea, the Yonhap news agency reported. The drill will continue till Friday.
London, May 6 (IANS) Actor-director Kevin Spacey named his new pet dog Boston to pay tribute to the city in the wake of last month's bombings.
Wellington, May 5 (ANI): Chat apps and free messaging services designed for smartphones are slowly killing text messaging with businesses and teenagers shifting their way of communication.
Tehran, May 4 (IANS) Iran Saturday proposed to India joint investments and a production sharing contract for oil exploration as the two countries agreed to expand cooperation in the transport - especially cargo transit from Chabahar port to Afghanistan and energy sectors and building the North-South corridor linking Russia.
Washington, May 4 (IANS/AKI) North Korea, Iran and Syria are among the top 10 countries deemed worst for press freedom, according to an annual ranking by a Washington-based watchdog.
London, May 3 (ANI): The United States has urged North Korea for an immediate release of a Korean-American man, who has been sentenced to 15 years of hard labour for alleged anti-government crimes.
Moscow, May 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Law enforcement personnel in Russia have killed 73 alleged Islamist insurgents in the North Caucasus region over the first three months of 2013, police said.
Washington, May 2 (ANI): Heart-healthy diet helps men at high risk for heart disease reduce their bad cholesterol, regardless of whether they lost weight or not, a new study suggests.
Pyongyang, May 2 (IANS) A US citizen has been sentenced to 15 years of compulsory labour by North Korea's Supreme Court, the official KCNA news agency said Thursday.
London, May 1 (ANI): A Tory councillor is being probed over a joke he made on Twitter regarding Oscar Pistorius's murder charge.
Moscow, April 30 (IANS) Russia and Japan Monday condemned North Korea for its refusal to give up its nuclear weapons programme.
Alicante (Spain), April 29 (IANS/EFE) A Spanish software company is developing a computer tool that will help improve building safety in earthquakes and can also be used in construction projects by companies located in seismic zones.
Jerusalem, April 29 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that his country would not allow the intermittent firing of rockets into its territory and warned the continued attacks would be dealt aggressively.
Washington, April 28 (IANS) North Korea plans to begin a trial against a US citizen detained there last year, CNN reported.
New York, April 28 (ANI): Scores of Sikhs participated in their 26th annual parade here over the weekend, with an aim to spread awareness about Sikhism, the Sikh martial arts and an exhibition of sword dancing during the 'Nagar Kirtan'.
Washington, Apr. 28 (ANI): North Korea has announced that an American detained for nearly six months will be tried in the Supreme Court on charges of plotting to overthrow the government, a crime that could draw the death penalty if he is convicted.
New Delhi, April 28 (ANI): The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region has sanctioned 338 developmental projects for the region in the last three years.
Washington, Apr. 27 (ANI): Republican and Democratic lawmakers have proposed to introduce tough sanctions against North Korea amid growing concern over its nuclear programmes.
Seoul, April 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) While reiterating Seoul's commitment to a denuclearised Korean Peninsula, South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won Thursday opposed the idea of redeploying US tactical nuclear weapons in the country.
Washington, Apr. 25 (ANI): America's top military leader has said North Korea is in ever-greater danger of provoking a fight under the leadership of Kim Jong-un.
New Delhi, Apr. 24 (ANI): A series of seminars to engage Indian Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) interested in expanding operations into North America via Toronto, Ontario. The "Next Big Idea" seminars are scheduled to take place on May 6 and 7 in Ahmedabad and Pune, respectively.
Washington, Apr. 24 (ANI): Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has said he is confident North Korea will not be permitted to start a general conflict.
London, Apr. 24 (ANI): South Korea is trying to establish who sent a letter threat to the defence minister.
Tokyo, Apr. 24 (ANI): Possible radioactive traces from a North Korean nuclear test in February have been detected for the first time in Japan, a monitoring organization has said.
Dubai, April 22 (IANS) The condition of an Indian woman in Bahrain, who sustained severe burn injuries during a clash between police and protesters April 19, is said to be improving, reports said Monday.
Sydney, Apr. 21 (ANI): North Korea has moved two more missile launchers to its east coast, where preparations are apparently under way for a missile test as tensions simmer on the peninsula.
As US investigators hunt for evidence about the Boston bombing suspects, some of their questions will focus on Russia's restive North Caucasus, including the war-scarred Chechnya region that has produced a number of militant groups, but none that has been linked to terror attacks against the West.
Pyongyang, April 18 (IANS) North Korea Thursday listed conditions for resuming talks with Washington and Seoul amid festering tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
New York, Apr 18 (ANI): Former American basketball player Dennis Rodman has announced that he would be traveling to North Korea again this year to "have some fun" with his new friend Kim Jong un.
Beijing, April 18 (IANS) China has given an assurance to comply with the UN resolution on North Korea and abide by the international duties related to it..
Pyongyang, April 16 (IANS) Negotiations with the US would be possible only when Washington stops its hostile policy and nuclear threat against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK/North Korea), its foreign ministry said Tuesday.
Mumbai, April 16 (IANS) Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) said Tuesday its profit increased 32 percent to Rs.5,589 crore for the quarter ended March 31 owing to strong margins in the oil refinery business.
Washington, Apr 16 (ANI): A popular US gym has suggested that all North Korean leader Kim Jong-un needs is a good jog and great body.
Washington, Apr 16 (ANI): North Korea has warned that it would not give any advance notice before attacking South Korea.
Islamabad, April 15 (IANS) Pakistan Monday strongly condemned the US drone attack in North Waziristan tribal region which killed four people a day ago, while urging Washington to "stop such attacks based on mutual respect and established international norms".
Tokyo, Apr. 15 (Xinhua-ANI): South Korea on Monday expressed deep regrets that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) had rejected its dialogue offer.
London, Apr. 15 (ANI): North Korea has rejected South Korea's offer to hold talks on the future of the joint Kaesong industrial complex, which the two countries jointly run, amid continued tensions.
Washington, Apr. 15 (ANI): The United States and Japan have offered talks with North Korea to resolve the increasingly dangerous standoff over its nuclear and missile programmes.
Seoul, April 15 (IANS) North Korea was "seen ready" to launch missiles but there are no signs of a full-scale war, South Korea's defence chief said Monday
Islamabad, April 14 (IANS) At least four people were killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of North Waziristan Sunday evening, Xinhua reported.
Islamabad, April 14 (IANS) At least three people were killed when US drones fired missiles in Pakistan's northwest tribal area of North Waziristan Sunday evening, Xinhua reported quoting local Urdu TV channel Express.
London, April 14 (IANS) While North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is hogging international headlines over threats to the US and South Korea, the person pulling his strings is a 66-year-old woman running downtown Pyongyang's only burger bar.
Seoul, April 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has not been seen in public for two weeks, sparking speculation amid escalating tensions on the Korean Peninsula, Yonhap news agency reported Sunday.
Melbourne, Apr 14 (ANI): Former muscle man, actor and California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has compared Australian sport's drug scandal to the missile crisis on the Korean peninsula.
London, Apr. 14 (ANI): The London School of Economics has claimed that the BBC deceived its students and put them in serious danger while making a Panorama programme in North Korea.
London, Apr. 14 (ANI): The London School of Economics has claimed that the BBC deceived its students and put them in serious danger while making a Panorama programme in North Korea.
Washington, Apr. 14 (ANI): The United States and China have committed to a process aimed at ridding North Korea of its nuclear weapons.
Moscow, April 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Dozens of people were detained Saturday as some 200 nationalists gathered in the centre of the Russian capital, chanting "Russia for Russians" and Moscow for Muscovites", police said.
Islamabad, Apr 13 (ANI): Militants have blown up the election office of an independent candidate in North Waziristan tribal agency.
Washington, April 13 (IANS) The White House has said that Washington did not believe North Korea had the capability to deploy a nuclear-armed missile.
Seoul, April 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) US Secretary of State John Kerry has warned North Korea that any test of a mid-range missile would further isolate it from the international community.
London, Apr. 12 (ANI): A UK shoplifter was sentenced to 18 months in jail for his 342nd offence, after a judge told him that he had a "dreadful record."
Seoul, April 12 (IANS) North Korea is believed to be on its way to miniaturizing nuclear weapons, the South Korean defence ministry said Friday.
Seoul, April 12 (IANS) North Korea was estimated to be on the way to miniaturizing nuclear weapons, the South Korean defence ministry said Friday.
London, Apr 12 (ANI): The United States has urged China to use all its leverage to help rein in North Korea's 'destabilising' actions.
Washington, Apr. 12 (ANI): The Pentagon has released a statement playing down a US intelligence report suggesting North Korea has the ability to launch nuclear missiles.
Washington, April 12 (IANS/RIA Novosti) US President Barack Obama has called on North Korea to stop its belligerent saber-rattling and "lower temperatures", saying no one had an interest in conflict on the Korean peninsula.
Washington, April 11 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The US military has been hard hit by sweeping budget cuts, but has not lost its capacity to stand up to an attack by North Korea, defense officials said.
Seoul, April 11 (IANS) Bank of Korea (BOK), South Korea's central bank, Thursday expressed its concerns over growing geopolitical risks on the Korean Peninsula.
Aleppo, April 11 (ANI): The Syrian Air Force has repeatedly carried out indiscriminate, and in some cases deliberate, air strikes against civilians, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
Seoul, April 11 (IANS) South Korea's missile defense system may intercept North Korean missiles, if they are to strike South Korean territory, the defence ministry said Thursday.
Washington, Apr. 11 (ANI): US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has said North Korea was 'skating very close to a dangerous line' with its heated rhetoric.
Sydney, Apr 11 (ANI): Officials in the Japanese city of Yokohama were left embarrassed after they mistakenly announcing the launch of a North Korean on Twitter.
London, April 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Embassies of countries under the European Union in North Korea will remain open for business despite a proposal from Pyongyang for them to evacuate staff over mounting tensions on the Korean peninsula, the British Foreign Office said Wednesday.
London, Apr. 10 (ANI): Revealing a possible clue to the tensions lying behind North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's calls to war, a former officer has said that the country's army was deeply split over whether to accept the command of the young leader.
Islamabad, Apr. 10 (ANI): Disgraced Pakistani scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan has expressed doubts over North Korean claims to launch a nuclear attack aimed at the United States and South Korea, saying that Kim Jong Un's regime is "not so stupid".
Seoul, April 10 (IANS) The South Korean government Wednesday confirmed that North Korea was behind the March 20 cyber attack that paralyzed computer networks at banks and broadcasters.
Seoul, April 10 (Xinhua-ANI): The South Korean government on Wednesday made a formal confirmation that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) was behind the March 20 cyber attack that paralyzed computer networks at banks and broadcasters.
Seoul, April 10 (IANS) North Korea is highly likely to launch mid-range missiles "at any time from now on", said South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se Wednesday.
Islamabad, Apr. 9 (ANI): Qaumi Watan Party activists in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) have decided not to contest the upcoming polls under their party's banner following death threats issued by the Tehreek-e-Taliban. Instead, they will now stand as independent candidates.
Washington, Apr. 9 (ANI): One of the world's top experts on North Korea has argued in his new book that contrary to the common Western portrayal of the North as a country run by irrational, sadistic madmen, its leaders were in fact cold-minded manipulators who have used saber-rattling successfully for decades to ensure its survival.
Pyongyang, April 9 (IANS) North Korea Tuesday asked foreigners living in South Korea to consider evacuation, the official KCNA news agency reported.
Washington, April 9 (IANS) The US has warned North Korea not to undertake another nuclear test or missile launch.
