Taipei, April 11 (IANS) China's recent military drills near Taiwan were a substantive and "war-like" escalation on those conducted last August despite not including any missile launches, some anal
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Tokyo, April 11 (IANS) A fire broke out at an idled nuclear power plant in Japan's Niigata prefecture on Tuesday, and was quickly extinguished, local media said. The fire was detected just after 11 a.m.
Colombo, April 11 (IANS) Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Ali Sabry has urged other countries to review their travel advisories to reflect the stability in the island nation, which would further encourage tourist in
Quetta, April 11 (IANS) An intelligence-based operation in Pakistan's Quetta city turned deadly on Tuesday, with at least four police officers losing their lives in a gunbattle with terrorists, according to
Washington, April 10 (IANS) US President Joe Biden has once agains teased a run for a second term but stopped short of announcing it. "I plan on running," Biden told an NBC news interview Monday, a
New York, April 10 (IANS) Noted Indian-American mathematician and statistician Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao has been awarded the 2023 International Prize in Statistics for his work more than 75 years back, which
Taipei, April 10 (IANS) Chinas military is practising ship-launched strikes on Taiwan from the east, information released by Taiwans Defence Ministry on Monday indicated, as Beijings retaliatory military drills
Taipei, April 9 (IANS) China on Sunday sent dozens of warplanes towards Taiwan for a second day of military drills, launched in retaliation to the island's president, Tsai Ing-wen, meeting US House Speaker
Colombo, April 9 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has assured justice for the victims of the deadly 2019 Easter attacks. In a message to mark Easter, Wickremesinghe on Saturday said that lega
Beirut, April 8 (IANS) The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has opened an investigation into the rocket launches and air strikes that took place in the southern part of the country in the past two days.
Tokyo, April 8 (IANS) Nearly half of unmarried people under 30 in Japan said they do not want children in a recent survey by a pharmaceutical firm, citing reasons including economic concerns and the burden of c
Washington, April 8 (IANS) The US space agency on Saturday launched a powerful new instrument into space to track air pollution, which would provide unprecedented resolution of monitoring major air pollutants.
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The World Health Organisation (WHO) has slammed China once again, saying the country should have shared viral samples from Wuhan which was the epicentre of the pandemic, immediately, a
Gaza/Jerusalem, April 7 (IANS) Israel on Friday intensified airstrikes on military posts in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, in response to rockets fired at several parts in the Jewish state, escalating tensions wit
Brasilia, April 7 (IANS) Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said that neither Ukraine nor Russia can achieve every goal they've set in their conflict, but need a mediator to facilitate pea
Yangon, April 7 (IANS) Myanmar will restore mural paintings at the pagodas in the ancient city of Bagan in Mandalay region, a Unesco world heritage site, according to the Department of Archaeology and National
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) From April 2023 to June 2026, Pakistan needs to repay $77.5 billion in external debt, according to an analysis by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). For a $350 billion eco
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) There is a real danger that Pakistan could default on its debt, which could lead to intensifying political turmoil amid already surging terrorism, says an analysis by the US Institute
Islamabad, April 6 (IANS) The Pakistan National Assembly on Thursday passed a resolution rejecting the three-member Supreme Court bench's "minority" verdict on the Punjab elections and made it bin
Moscow, April 6 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that relations between his country and the US are experiencing "a deep crisis". Putin made the remarks during a ceremony where he re
