Seoul, September 2 (IANS) South Korea's National Security Council (NSC) on Saturday held an emergency meeting after North Korea fired several cruise missiles toward the Yellow Sea, according to a presidential o
Seoul, September 2 (IANS) An estimated 2,00,000 teachers from around the country gathered in Seoul on Saturday to protest the recent deaths of young teachers and to call for the better protection of their right
New York, September 2 (IANS) Rates of severe Covid disease may be staying at relatively low levels in the US, but experts agree that there are probably more infections than the current surveillance systems can
London, September 2 (IANS) Elon Musk-run X (formerly Twitter) went down for hours for thousands of users after Sudan-based hackers hit the platform in a bid to put pressure on Musk into launching his cheaper in
Washington, September 1 (IANS) The nationwide Covid hospitalisations in the US have increased by nearly 19 per cent in a single week and deaths by more than 21 per cent, as the country goes through a late-summe
Melbourne, September 1 (IANS) The Australian government has announced the closure of the Pandemic Event visa beginning February 2024 -- a move that could see a sizable number of international students and tempo
Islamabad, August 31 (IANS) Protests in Pakistan continue to gain momentum with each passing day as hundreds of thousands of locals burn their electricity bills, rejecting the imposed high tariffs and taxes.Whi
Libreville, August 30 (IANS): Just hours after Gabon's electoral commission announced that President Ali Bongo Ondimba had secured a third term in office after winning the August 26 election, the Central Africa
Manila, August 30 (IANS): Super typhoon Saola has triggered floods and landslides in seven regions of the Philippines, affecting nearly 200,000 people, the government said on Wednesday.The National Disaster Ris
United Nations, August 30 (IANS): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that a nuclear test ban is a fundamental step toward a world free of nuclear weapons."A legally binding prohibition on nuclear te
Canberra, August 30 (IANS): Australians will vote in a historic referendum on October 14 to decide whether to enact an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Wednesday.Anno
New Delhi, August 30 (IANS): Chinese forces are learnt to have ramped up construction of reinforced bunkers and underground tunnels in Aksai Chin, according to reports citing data from satellite imagery.As per
Ottawa, August 30 (IANS): A First Nation has found 79 suspected child grave sites and 14 potential infant grave sites at a former residential school in Saskatchewan, Canada, local media reported."This is not a
Kiev. August 28 (IANS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the coalition aiding Kiev's fight against Moscow would not support the war-torn nation if it were to move the hostilities into Russian
Moscow, August 28 (IANS) Russia's Investigative Committee confirmed that the Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin died in a plane crash in the Tver region near Moscow.
The identities of all 10 people killed in
Dhaka, August 28 (IANS) Bangladesh is preparing to start safe and voluntary repatriation of Rohingya refugees to their homeland Myanmar later this year, initially with around 1,000 people, a senior government o
Khartoum, August 27 (IANS) The Sudanese Foreign Ministry has called on the US government to correct its position towards the current Sudanese crisis and not to equate the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) with the &q
New York, August 27 (IANS) An Indian-American candidate running for a town council seat in North Carolina state was shocked to find her face "scratched off" and replaced with a Black person's phot
Honolulu, August 26 (IANS) Nearly 400 people remain unaccounted for following the devastating wildfires in Hawaii's Maui Island which have claimed at least 115 lives since its eruption on August 8.
Damascus, August 26 (IANS) Seven members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebel group were killed by the Syrian Army in the northern province of Aleppo, a war monitor reported.
The Army hit two vehicles of