The UN has said the world can end the AIDS epidemic within 15 years, but senior officials said that would only be possible by breaking the pharmaceutical industries "tight grip" on government policies. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said reaching the goal would be difficult but achievable in a re

Earthquake-hit Nepal will train 50,000 workers to help carry out reconstruction, Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat said. Delivering the annual budget on Tuesday, Mr. Mahat said the government will train tens of thousands of people to work as carpenters, plumbers, electricians and masons. Mr. M

Vienna (CNN)After arduous talks that spanned 20 months, negotiators have reached a landmark deal aimed at reining in Iran's nuclear program. The agreement, a focal point of U.S. President Barack Obama's foreign policy, appears set to reshape relations between Iran and the West, with its eff

MANILA: The number of people who have fallen ill after eating a batch of ‘poisoned’ candy in the Philippines has risen to nearly 2,000, authorities said Monday as they worked to identify the source of the contamination. At least 1,925 people in the southern Philippines, most of them schoolchildren,

LONDON: A comprehensive deal on Iran's nuclear programme is expected to be announced today after negotiators reached a consensus on the main outstanding issues over the weekend in Vienna. Although diplomats said that there could still be some 'last-minute surprises' by one of the parties to the t

Mohammed Sleiman admitted to five counts of attempted murder in a plea bargain A Palestinian who injured four Israeli border policewomen and a civilian when he drove his car into them was sentenced Sunday to 25 years in prison, the Israeli justice ministry said. Court documents released by the

At least 33 people have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack near a military base in Afghanistan's Khost province, where Afghan and foreign soldiers are stationed, authorities say. Al Jazeera's Jennifer Glasse, reporting from Kabul, said that the attack happened just before 7pm, when many peo

An angry crowd hurling stones and plastic bottles has forced Serbia’s premier to flee a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre of some 8000 Muslims in Bosnia, Europe’s worst atrocity since World War II. Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic had just laid a flower at a monument

ERBIL: Daesh has reportedly banned residents of its stronghold, Mosul, from performing Eid prayers claiming that the practice does not belong in the religion. Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) official Ismat Rajab revealed the militant group which has taken over large swathes of territory in Iraq

BEIJING: China's national capital Beijing has announced plans to build a new administrative center adjacent to the city to address growing traffic woes while promising to limit its population to 23 million people. The city would speed up construction of a "subsidiary administrative center" while

A strong typhoon pounded the Chinese coast south of Shanghai on Saturday with strong winds and heavy rainfall, submerging roads, felling trees and forcing the evacuation of 1.1 million people. Typhoon Chan-hom slammed ashore with winds of up to 160 kilometres (100 miles) per hour in Zhoushan, a c

WASHINGTON: NASA has taken a key step forward in the goal to eventually land a person on Mars. Robert Behnken, Sunita Williams, Eric Boe and Douglas Hurley will train to fly to space on commercial crew vehicles, NASA said. “We are on a journey to Mars, and in order to meet our goals for sending Ame

BEIJING: Thousands of people were on Friday evacuated from China's eastern Zhejiang province as the country was put on the highest alert for super typhoon Chan-Hom. The super typhoon, approaching with a windspeed of up to 187 kilometers per hour, is expected to make a landfall tonight or early Sa

A 21-year-old woman died after falling from a bridge while trying to take a selfie in Russia. Anna Krupeynikova was out sightseeing around Moscow with her friends. When she leaned against a fence to take a picture of herself, her support reportedly gave way and she fell off the bridge to death.

Former Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesperson Shahidullah Shahid and 24 other militants were killed in a US drone strike on Thursday, according to reports. As per reports, Shahidullah Shahid was killed in a US drone strike in Nangarhar province, across the border in Afghanistan. The ide

UFA, Russia: Russia called on Thursday for a UN weapons embargo on Iran to be lifted as soon as possible, saying it would help Tehran contribute to the fight against terrorism. The arms embargo is among stumbling blocks at talks in Vienna between Iran and six major powers, including Russia, on cu

LAHORE: Eminent Urdu novelist Abdullah Hussain passed away here on Saturday after protracted illness. He was 84. Abdullah Hussain was renowned for his Urdu novel Udas Naslein, which is considered a masterpiece of Urdu literature. His other acclaimed works include Nasheb, Nadaar Log, Azaad Log and

YANGON: Myanmar officials on Wednesday announced November 8 as the date for a historic general election set to be the first contested by Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition in a quarter of a century. The announcement fires the starting gun for the much-anticipated poll in the former junta-run nation, w