Section: The Himalayan Times (Nepal)
Rayani Air flight takes off with a prayer
Rayani Air flight crews prays before departure at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 in Sepang, Malaysia, on December 22, 2015. Photo: AP KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA: The short domestic flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia’s biggest city, begins with a recital of Prophet Muhammad’s supplication before his travel. The passengers — most of...
US expands sanctions
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration on Tuesday imposed financial restrictions on 34 additional people and entities for helping Russian and Ukrainian companies evade US penalties and other infractions, prompting threats of retaliation from the Kremlin. The action helps ‘maintain the efficacy of existing sanctions’ established after...
Kuwait stages exhibition game despite FIFA warning
Kuwait City, December 19 Kuwait on Friday staged an exhibition game with the participation of former international stars despite being suspended by world football’s governing body FIFA. FIFA last week sent a global alert to all members warning them to keep their players away from the ‘All Stars’ game in Kuwait because of its...
Indian state oil firms in talks to buy stake in Siberia project
New Delhi, December 18 Indian Oil Corp and Oil India are in talks with Russia’s Rosneft to buy up to a 29 per cent stake in a Siberian oil project, two sources said, as New Delhi accelerates a push to secure overseas energy assets. India, the world’s fourth-biggest oil consumer, has to ship in three quarters of its oil needs and with...
World’s refugees and displaced exceed record 60 million
Refugees wait to cross the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni, Greece December 4, 2015. Photo: REUTERS GENEVA: The number of people forcibly displaced worldwide is likely to have “far surpassed” a record 60 million this year, mainly driven by the Syrian war and other protracted conflicts, the United Nations said on Friday. The...
Six crew missing after Danish cargo ship sinks near Indonesia
BATAM: Officials say six Filipino crewmen are missing after their cargo ship collided with a chemical tanker and sank near Indonesia. Six other crew members were rescued. Batam port official Gajah Rooseno said Thursday the Danish cargo ship Thorco Cloud collided with the chemical tanker Stolt Commitment about 8 miles (13 kilometers) off...
China gets EBRD membership
London, December 15 The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said on Monday it had accepted China as a member, handing the world’s second biggest economy investment routes into Europe, Africa and Middle East. “China’s membership of EBRD will open up significant further opportunities for sustainable investment by...
First Briton to travel to ISS blasts off into space
Member of the International Space Station expedition 46/47, British ESA astronaut Timothy Peake gestures to his children during a sending-off ceremony at the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 15 December 2015, before travelling on board the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS). Photo: Reuters Baikonur, December 15...
Mourinho should stay but changes needed, says Lampard
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho looks on during UEFA Champions League game at Stamford Bridge on November 11, 2015. Photo; Reuters LONDON: Frank Lampard believes his crisis-racked former club Chelsea need an urgent shake-up to rescue their season, but does not think that should mean manager Jose Mourinho is sacked. Lampard, the club’s record...
British astronaut swaps family Christmas for space mission
(From left) Britain’s astronaut Tim Peake, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and US astronaut Tim Kopra walk after their space suits were tested at the Russian-leased Baikonur cosmodrome, prior to blasting off to the International Space Station (ISS), on December 15, 2015. Photo: AFP BAIKONUR, KAZAKHSTAN: Astronaut Timothy Peake, set to...
