Islamabad, March 17 (IANS) Pakistan's former premier and chairman of political party PTI, Imran Khan seems to be softening his rigid stance of having no talks with his opposition party leaders and the curre
Dhaka, March 16 (IANS): Killing in the name of Islam is not acceptable, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Thursday, stressing that no one gives authority to anyone to punish or kill another person
Seoul, March 16 (IANS) The number of marriages in South Korea crashed to yet another record low in 2022, adding to concerns over the country's already plunging birth rate, data showed on Thursday.
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Tokyo, March 16 (IANS) During his highly symbolic trip to Japan, visiting South Korean Yoon Suk-yeol on Thursday said Seoul and Tokyo should work together to deal with threats from North Korea, as he opened a s
Bogota, March 16 (IANS) At least 11 people were killed and 10 others remained missing after an explosion ripped through a coal mine in Colombia's Cundinamarca, local authorities said.
"We are making
Kiev, March 16 (IANS) Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said his country is seeking to deepen integration into the European energy market amid Russia's ongoing war against Kiev.
"We are committ
Lahore, March 16 (IANS) Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) senior Vice President Maryam Nawaz said she was saddened by the way Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers "lashed out" at the police, and
London, March 15 (IANS): British and German fighter jets scrambled to intercept two Russian aircraft flying close to Estonia in a joint NATO mission on Tuesday - hours after a Russian plane downed a US drone ov
Lahore, March 15 (IANS): Intervening as police and other security personnel clashed with PTI workers outside party chief and former Prime Minister Imran Khan's residence, the Lahore High Court on Wednesday
Seoul, March 15 (IANS): North Korea has launched two ground-to-ground ballistic missiles in a demonstration drill designed to train sub-military units, vowing to "annihilate the enemy", Pyongyang'
Dhaka, March 15 (IANS): A company owned by Bangladeshi Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has been accused of money laundering, bribery and conspiracy against the country.
The development came to light after auth
Phnom Penh, March 15 (IANS): Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday urged national and international communities to enhance the rights of physically-challenged people and protect them against any forms o
Tokyo, March 14 (IANS) Japanese author and Nobel Prize laureate Kenzaburo Oe has died at the age of 88, local media reported.
According to publisher Kodansha Ltd on Monday, Oe died of old age in the early ho
Hanoi, March 14 (IANS) Vietnam's Health Ministry has urged medical facilities to be vigilant for suspected cases of streptococcus suis, a bacteria that comes from pigs, after a number of human cases were fo
United Nations, March 14 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the gender digital divide is fast becoming the new face of gender inequality.
Women and girls now face a new source of di
Seoul, March 13 (IANS) North Korea fired two "strategic cruise missiles" from a submarine in waters off its east coast over the weekend, the country's state media said on Monday.
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Moscow, March 13 (IANS) The conflict between Russian Ministry of Defence and Wagner Group financier Yevgeny Prigozhin has likely reached a climax as thousands of fighters have died fighting in Ukraine's Bak
Moscow, March 12 (IANS) Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has proposed renaming Ukraine after notorious Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera. His suggestion came after Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky t
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) The West also has a lot to learn from economic policies and green commitment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who systematically uses the state as an economic tool, much like South Ko
Islamabad, March 12 (IANS) PTI chief Imran Khan on Sunday postponed his party's election rally in Lahore till March 13 after the interim government in Punjab province imposed Section 144.
Khan, the forme