Section: The Indian Express (India)
European probe Philae lands on comet, fails to anchor
A handout artist impression showing lander Philae separating from the Rosetta spacecraft and descending to the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, made available by the European Space Agency (ESA) on November 12, 2014. (Source: Reuters) Europe has made history by placing the first-ever lander on a comet — but the robot failed to anchor...
Boost pressure on Russia over Ukraine, US tells UN council
US told UNSC there needs to be greater international pressure on Russia to abide by a ceasefire in Ukraine. The United States told the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday there needs to be greater international pressure on Russia to abide by a ceasefire in Ukraine, as Russia denied it was a threat to its neighbour. The 15-member council...
UNSC holds 26th emergency meeting on Ukraine
The UNSC is holding its 26th emergency session on Ukraine amid worries about a renewal of full-scale conflict. The UN Security Council is holding its 26th emergency session on Ukraine amid worries about a renewal of full-scale conflict in the rebel-held east. Wednesday’s meeting comes hours after NATO’s top commander said new columns...
Human remains found at MH17 site but no wreckage recovery
The site of the crash in Ukraine. (Source: AP) Dutch forensic experts recovered further human remains at the crash site of downed flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine today, but said they could not yet start salvaging the wreckage. “A small team has recovered body parts at the site after pieces of the wreckage were lifted with a crane,” the Dutch...
West confronts Putin at Asia-Pacific summit over Ukraine crisis and MH17
Putin had a close-up brush with Western anger over the Ukraine crisis and the downing of Flight MH17. Russian President Vladimir Putin had a close-up brush with Western anger over the Ukraine crisis and the downing of Flight MH17, as the White House warned that his sanctions-hit government was staring at “isolation”. Putin held separate bilateral...
‘Wagah a crystalline, horrible symbol of what’s wrong with Pak’
Strobe Talbott, former US deputy secretary of state who now heads the Brookings Institution think tank, tells Rakesh Sinha why China’s assertiveness in the region is worrisome, and why no sensible American is thinking about an India-US alliance. As someone who has engaged and tracked India very closely, what are your first impressions of...
Families, friends mourn MH17 victims in Amsterdam
Anonymous supporters, one wearing a sign which reads “MH17 Stop The Cover Up” demonstrate outside the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014. (AP Photo) Hundreds of grieving family members and friends of victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 disaster are gathering in Amsterdam for a national commemoration ceremony...
25 years later, Germany marks the fall that changed the world
Germany on Sunday celebrates the 25th anniversary of the night the Berlin Wall fell, a pivotal moment in the collapse of communism and the start of the country’s emergence as the major power at the heart of Europe. A 15-km chain of lighted balloons along the former border will be released into the air Sunday evening — around the time on...
Ukraine accuses Russia of sending dozens of tanks
Ukraine on Friday accused Russia of sending dozens of tanks and other heavy weapons into rebel-controlled eastern regions and said five servicemen were killed in clashes with the rebels. Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council spokesman Andriy Lysenko said at least 32 tanks, 16 artillery systems and 30 trucks loaded with fighters and...
22 wounded in Ukraine shelling: Official
At least 22 civilians and soldiers have been wounded in the latest shelling between pro-Russian separatists and government forces in southeastern Ukraine, officials said on Friday. The mayor’s office in Donetsk, the biggest rebel-held city, said there had been shelling most of the night in two neighbourhoods facing the nearby ruins of the...
