Washington, August 5 (IANS): US President Joe Biden is leaning toward designating a vast area near the Grand Canyon as a national monument to safeguard it from uranium mining, a media report said.
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Moscow, August 5 (IANS) Russian authorities on Saturday claimed that a Ukrainian drone strike damaged a tanker in the Kerch Strait near the occupied Crimean Peninsula. According to Oleg Kryuchkov, the Russia
Moscow, August 5 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law to raise the maximum military draft age from 27 to 30. The relevant document has been published on Russia's official legal inform
Islamabad, August 5 (IANS) In a major development, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday issued its verdict in the Toshakhana case against former Prime Minister Imran Khan, sentencing him to at least three
Kathmandu, August 4 ( IANS): At least 11 Nepali nationals have gone missing after they were swept away by a landslide that struck the Indian state of Uttarakhand, the media reported. The landslide struck Gau
Washington, August 4 (IANS): A group of four astronauts is set to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket aboard the company’s Dragon spacecraft on August 25. NASA&rsqu
Islamabad, August 4 (IANS) In a bid to avoid the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) forever; Pakistan's National Assembly has passed a bill titled "National Anti-Money Laundering and C
Mexico City, Aug 4 (IANS) Six Indians were onboard a passenger bus, which plunged into a 164-foot-deep hillside in the western Mexican state of Nayarit early Thursday, killing 17 people and injuring 23 others.
Los Angeles, August 4 (IANS) A wildfire raging across the US states of California and Nevada since July 28 has so far spread to 94,009 acres of land. The fire, dubbed York Fire, was first reported on private
Islamabad, Aug 3 (IANS) The Pakistan federal cabinet has silently approved a critical security pact with the US, paving way to procurement of military hardware from Washington. (adsbygoogle = window.ads
United Nations, August 2 (IANS): The security situation in West Africa could worsen if the crisis in Niger, where a military coup has overthrown the elected government, was not resolved, the top UN envoy for th
Seoul, August 2 (IANS): South Korea's fair trade regulator said on Wednesday the number of consumer complaints regarding flight tickets more than doubled on-year in the first half of 2023 amid recovering de
New York, August 2 (IANS): Indian-American Shohini Sinha has been named as the Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Salt Lake City field office in Utah state. Sinha, who
Singapore, August 2 (IANS): A 64-year-old Indian woman, who fell off a cruise ship into the Singapore Strait this week, has died, according to a social media post shared by her son (adsbygoogle = wi
Colombo, August 2 (IANS): Sri Lanka is eyeing cannabis cultivation after relaxing regulations to collect much needed forex and come out of the worst-ever economic crisis. Disclosing plans of a pilot project,
Washington, August 2 (IANS): Former US President Donald Trump was indicted on a slew of charges for trying to overturn the 2020 election verdict, which put Joe Biden in the White House, stay in power by making
Kathmandu. August 2 (IANS): Amid reports that Nepali nationals were joining the Russian Army, the government in Kathmandu has urged citizens not to join any other foreign forces than the ones with which the Him
United Nations, August 1 (IANS) A UN counter-terrorism official has decried the failure of the General Assembly to agree on a global agreement to fight terrorism proposed by India. Raffi Gregorian, the Direc
Yangon, Aug 1 (IANS) Myanmar's State Administration Council on Tuesday reduced the sentences of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi Aung San Suu Kyi and former president U Win Myint, while also granting pardons
Seoul August 1 (IANS) At least 17 people died from an ongoing heat wave in South Korea over the weekend, mostly elderly farmers working outside in the extreme heat, authorities said. Since the season's f
