Islamabad, April 28 (IANS): A newly-proposed China-Pakistan railway project, which is considered to be the "most expensive" transport infrastructure, will cost an estimated amount of $57.7 billion, a
Kiev, April 28 (IANS) As Russia continues its full scale invasion of Kiev, Ukraine expects to receive $42 billion in international aid this year, National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) chairman Andriy Pyshnyy said.
Seoul, April 28 (IANS) South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol warned that North Korea will be met with an "overwhelming" nuclear response in the event it tries to use nuclear weapons.
Yoon issued the
Tokyo, April 28 (IANS) The unemployment rate in Japan in March increased for a second straight month, the government said in a report on Friday.
According to the the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communic
Islamabad, April 28 (IANS) The ruling coalition government of the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and its arch rival, the Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), h
London, April 27 (IANS) Ukrainian secret service agents tried to assassinate Vladimir Putin with a kamikaze drone laden with explosives, but their top secret mission failed after the unmanned aerial vehicle (UA
Islamabad, April 27 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has decided to take a vote of confidence from the National Assembly on Thursday itself, media reports said.
Officials, who spoke on the condi
Seoul, April 27 (IANS) North Korea on Thursday said the pursuit of space development projects is "indispensable" for national development in what appears to be efforts to justify its potential launch
Tokyo, April 27 (IANS) Japan on Thursday decided to officially downgrade the legal status of Covid-19 to the same category of seasonal influenza, with the new status coming into effect on May 8.
The move com
Addis Ababa, April 27 (IANS) Primary and secondary schools in Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray region have started registering students after a three-year hiatus.
Tigray Education Bureau on Wednesday discl
Khartoum, April 26 (IANS): Fighting in Sudan is quickly turning an already dire humanitarian crisis into a catastrophe, said UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Joyce Msuya.
What has been
Brasilia, April 26 (IANS): Illegal deforestation on indigenous lands in the Brazilian Amazon jumped 129 per cent between 2013 and 2021, a study released by the Sao Paulo Research Foundation revealed.
This ge
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS): A new book on Afghanistan's de facto rulers claimed that Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi had a detailed meeting with Pakistans former Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Qa
United Nations, April 26 (IANS): UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland said that the current trajectory in the region is neither sustainable nor inevitable.
The holy month o
Washington, April 26 (IANS): US officials have said that the Islamic State (IS) terror group mastermind thought to have planned the devastating 2021 bombing at the Kabul airport has been killed by Afghanistan
Washington, April 25 (IANS) US President Joe Biden announced on Tuesday he is seeking a second term, with Vice President Kamala Harris as his running mate once again.
"The question we are facing is whet
United Nations, April 25 (IANS) The security and humanitarian situation in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, has reached alarming levels, said a UN spokesman.
Between April 14 and 19, clashes between rival
Manila, April 25 (IANS) A bus carrying around 50 Filipinos has left the violence-hit Sudanese capital of Khartoum for the northern border with Egypt, a spokeswoman for the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in
Seoul, April 25 (IANS) North Korea vowed on Tuesday to strengthen its ties with Russia on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the first summit between the leaders of the two nations.
Vice Foreign Minis
United Nations, April 25 (IANS) While the population ages and its growth shrinks in the southern states of India, labour migration from the northern and eastern states will make up for it and the "demograp