Moscow - Sergei Kislyak, Russia's deputy foreign minister, was named the country's new ambassador to Washington, news agencies reported Tuesday.

Kislyak, 57, has headed difficult negotiations with the United States in recent months over Washington's plan to install parts of a missile defence shield in Eastern Europe.

The countries' conflicting security vision is one of a number of issues that makes for tense relations that show no signs of easing as Kislyak takes the post, despite a change of administrations in both capitals.

The two front-runners in the US presidential race have been strongly critical of former president Vladimir Putin, whose legacy his successor Dmitry Medvedev has pledged to follow.

Ankara  - Turkish police continued investigations Tuesday into a bomb blast on Sunday in Istanbul that killed 17 people and injured more than 150 with officials pointing the blame at the separatist Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK), charges the PKK have denied.

As the families of the dead continued funeral preparations police were seeking a man in a black shirt who was captured by a mobile phone camera running down the street in Istanbul suburb of Gungoren just seconds before the second blast hit, Yenisafak newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Geneva - The World Trade Organization talks in Geneva were set to continue Tuesday despite a crisis between the United States on one side and India and China on the other.

The talks came to a stop early Monday after a row over a compromise achieved Friday for a conclusion of the seven-year-old Doha round.

The row escalated after India and China refused in particular to further open their agriculture markets, not wanting to entirely weaken the applicable mechanisms protecting their farmers.

Amman - A new generation of portable Russian grenade launchers that can fire multi-sized rounds and punch through tank armour will be built in Jordan starting next year, a senior official was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

The project will be carried out by a joint Jordanian-Russian company that was established last year, Muayyad Samman, Chairman and CEO of King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau (KADDB) was quoted as saying by the Jordan Times.

"The factory will be a strategic project that seeks to transfer the technology to Jordan, provide the Jordan Armed Forces with its needs of this weapon, export to other markets, create jobs and bring hard currency into the Kingdom," Samman said.

The new research has showed that the people suffering from a rare eye disease known as ‘Lazy eye’ can be treated. According to data, 1% people around the world suffer from this eye disease.

This illness can affect one or both eyes. It is more common in girls. The researchers have found a connection between this disease and a gene in nervous system. Researchers feel that treatment for ‘Lazy eye’ can evolved based on the new discovery.
 

Islamabad, July 29: Pakistan yesterday received four F-16 fighter jet aircraft from the US in a ceremony at the Pakistan Air Force Base Mushaf, Sargodha. The newly acquired aircraft would significantly augment the operational and combat capabilities of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF).

US Central Command Acting Commander Lt Gen Martin E Dempsey handed over the fighter jets to Pakistan Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed.

With the handing over of the four jets, the delivery of 14 upgraded F-16 aircraft has been completed, reported the Daily Times.