Cairo, April 9 (IANS) Egypt, Jordan, and France have urged an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, which has been under Israeli siege and bombardment over the past six months.In a joint article on Monday, Egy
Toronto, April 9 (IANS) Toronto and many other cities and towns of Canada fell into darkness as millions of people flocked into public places to watch the total solar eclipse.In Toronto, which won't see the nex
Tel Aviv, April 8 (IANS) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is bracing up for the Rafah operation after it wrapped up the Khan Yunis operations in southern Gaza and the 98th division of the IDF withdrew from the a
Gaza, April 7 (IANS) Israeli military has announced that a senior internal security official of Hamas was killed in its recent airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.IDF spokesperson Avichay Adraee said on social media p
Kyiv, April 6 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and dozens of others wounded in Russian strikes on Ukraine in the past 24 hours, local authorities said Saturday.Four people were killed and 23 injured in the
Moscow, April 6 (IANS) Russia has warned Ukraine and its Western allies against attempts to attack or destabilize the situation on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (NPP)."We urge the IAEA (International Ato
United Nations, April 6 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a paradigm shift in Israel's military strategy in Gaza and in aid delivery to save lives.Following this week's appalling killi
Washington, April 5 (IANS) US President Joe Biden on Thursday told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that America's support of Israel's war in Gaza would be determined by the latter announcing and imple
Moscow, April 5 (IANS) Governor of Russia's Murmansk region Andrei Chibis, who was stabbed in the stomach after a meeting in the town of Apatity on Thursday, is in a "serious condition".Chibis, 45, is in a seri
Islamabad, April 4 (IANS) Pakistan's Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch on Thursday ruled out negotiations with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), and asked the Afghanistan to take immediate act
Harare, April 3 (IANS): Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Wednesday declared a state of disaster due to an El Nino-induced drought threatening food security in the country."The current agricultural sea
Montreal, April 3 (IANS): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Astrid Schomaker of Germany as the next Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).She brings e
Seoul, April 4 (IANS): North Korea on Wednesday claimed it has successfully test-fired a new intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) tipped with a hypersonic warhead, saying that all missiles the country ha
Islamabad, April 3 (IANS): The World Bank has cautioned that over 10 million Pakistanis may fall below the poverty line, mainly due to a slothful economic growth rate and spiraling inflation at a staggering 26
Taipei, April 3 (IANS) Four people were killed and 97 others sustained injuries after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake rocked Hualien in Taiwan on Wednesday morning, local media reported.A red alert for tsunami has b
Islamabad, April 2 (IANS): In a major expose of corruption scandal in the sale of land of Walton Airport in Pakistan's Lahore cantonment area; the Aircraft Owners & Operators Association (AOOA) has written
Damascus, April 2 (IANS) An Israeli missile strike hit the consulate building in the compound of the Iranian embassy in the Syrian capital, Damascus, leveling the building to the ground and leaving an unknown n
Islamabad, April 1 (IANS) In a major positive development for former Pakistan Premier Imran Khan and his wife, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) has suspended the 14-year sentence of the former Prime Minister and
Gaza, March 31 (IANS) The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 32,705, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said.In a press statement, the Ministry added on Saturday that
Tel Aviv, March 30 (IANS) The indirect ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas are set to resume from Saturday in the Qatar's capital of Doha and the Egyptian capital of Cairo.Sources in the Israeli Prime Mini