Hong Kong, July 30 (AP): A pro-democracy protester was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison in the closely watched first prosecution under Hong Kong's national security law as the ruling Communist Party
Kabul, July 29 (AP): Flash flooding killed 150 people in a remote area in Afghanistan's mountainous northeastern Nuristan province controlled by the Taliban, a spokesman for the insurgents said Thursday. Th
Islamabad, July 29 (PTI): The Pakistan government is not a spokesperson for the Taliban and Islamabad cannot be held responsible for the actions of the insurgent group in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of
Islamabad, July 29 (AP): Afghanistan's Taliban took responsibility this week for the killing of a comic in the country's south, raising the specter of revenge killings as the US and NATO put the final t
LIMA, JULY 29 (IANS): Pedro Castillo has been sworn in as the new President of Peru, after weeks of uncertainty following defeating a right-wing rival in a hard-fought presidential runoff.
"It is the fi
Medan (Indonesia), July 28 (AP): A rumbling volcano on Indonesia's Sumatra island on Wednesday shot billowing columns of ash and hot clouds down its slopes.
The ash released by Mount Sinabung in North Su
Dubai, July 28 (PTI): Saudi Arabia has announced a three-year travel ban and hefty penalties on citizens who visit countries on the kingdom's COVID-19 red list, including India.
"Travelling to the b
Tehran, July 28 (AP): Iran's supreme leader on Wednesday called the US stubborn in stalled nuclear talks in Vienna for discussing Tehran's missiles and regional influence.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Al
Singapore, July 27 (AP): US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin decried the actions of Myanmar's military rulers on Tuesday and urged a regional bloc to keep demanding an end to the violence.
Myanmar, also ca
Seoul, July 27 (IANS): South Korea and North Korea have restored their cross-border communication lines that had been severed for over a year, the presidential Blue House in Seoul announced on Tuesday.
Miami, July 27 (IANS): The death toll from the partial collapse of a 12-storey residential building in Surfside, a beachside town in Florida, has increased to 98 following the identification of the last vi
Baghdad, July 27 (IANS): Two airstrikes hit a base belonging to the Iraqi paramilitary Hashd Shaabi or the Popular Mobilization Forces in Najaf province, south of the capital Baghdad, according to an offic
Washington, July 27 (PTI): Astronomers have uncovered the first evidence of water vapour in the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Ganymede by using new and archival datasets from NASA's Hubble Space Telescop
NAY PYI TAW, JULY 27 (IANS): The Myanmar junta has cancelled the results of the 2020 general elections won by ousted de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party, a move that
Seoul, July 27 (AP): North and South Korea have restored suspended communication channels between them and their leaders agreed to improve ties, both governments said Tuesday, despite a 2 year-stalemate in US-l
Hong Kong, July 27 (AP): The first person to be tried under Hong Kong's sweeping national security law was found guilty of secessionism and terrorism on Tuesday.
The Hong Kong High Court handed down the
United Nations, July 26 (PTI): The UN has warned that without a significant de-escalation in violence in Afghanistan, the year 2021 is on course to witness the highest number of documented civilian casualties i
Beijing/Tianjin, July 26 (PTI): Striking an aggressive stance at the face-to-face talks with the US, China on Monday for the first time handed down to Washington a list of demands and remedial actions to be tak
Rome, July 26 (AP): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday warned that climate change and conflict are both a consequence and a driver of poverty, income inequality and food prices.
Guterres also to
Islamabad, July 26 (PTI): Prime Minister Imran Khan's party on Monday was poised to form the government in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir for the first time after it won 25 of 45 seats in the legislative assembl