Kabul, July 4 (IANS) The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has ordered the shut down of all beauty and hair salons across the war-torn nation, in the regime's latest restriction against women.
(
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday urged leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) bloc to work towards safeguarding "regional peace".
Addressing a virtua
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said that his country will stand up against Western sanctions and 'provocations'.
Addressing the virtual SCO summit, Putin said Mo
Paris, July 3 (IANS) President Emmanuel Macron will meet the leaders of both houses of parliament as violent protests in France over the police shooting of teenager Nahel M appeared to be easing after five nigh
Warsaw, July 3 (IANS) Poland is deploying additional police personnel along its border with Belarus to strengthen security, Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski said on Sunday.
Kaminski wrote on Twitter that &
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Chinese authorities in Tibet have intensified monitoring of Tibetans, and continue to interrogate them in the regional capital Lhasa to prevent communication with people outside of Tibe
Paris, July 2 (IANS) At least 719 people were arrested overnight across France as violent protests against the police killing of a teenager continued for a fifth straight night, down from over a 1,000 the previ
Ramallah, July 2 (IANS) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin held a phone conversation, discussing the latest developments in the two countries and ways to boost bilate
Lahore, July 2 (IANS) Former Pakistan prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif is unlikely to make a comeback to Pakistan anytime soon, local media reported.
(adsbygoog
Jakarta, July 1 (IANS) At least one person was killed, nine others were injured and more than 100 houses destroyed after a 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia's Yogyakarta province, officials said on
Lahore, July 1 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz urged that the $3 billion pact signed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) should be the country's last loan programme with the global lender.
Moscow, June 30 (IANS) Documents have suggested that Russian General Sergei Surovikin, the deputy commander of Russian military operations in Ukraine whose whereabouts are currently unknown, was a secret VIP me
Beijing, June 30 (IANS) China's new Law on Foreign Relations, adopted by the country's top legislature on Wednesday, will take effect on Saturday asserting Beijing's interests on the world stage.
Toronto, June 29 (IANS): Human brains are hardwired to believe lies and conspiracy theories that have been brought about by politicians, dictators and social disruptors, according to a new book that analyses th
London, June 29 (IANS): General Sergei Surovikin, the commander of the Russian air force, has not been seen in public since overnight on Friday when he issued a video appeal to Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin to
London, June 29 (IANS): Wind and solar power are booming in China and may help limit global carbon emissions far faster than expected, according to a new study.
Solar panel installations alone are growing at
Hong Kong, June 29 (IANS): China has unveiled a sweeping foreign relations law enshrining its right to impose 'countermeasures' against actions that it deems a threat -- in Beijing’s latest bid to
New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) Sri Lanka began a five-day bank holiday from Thursday to allow the crisis-hit nation to restructure $42 billion in domestic debt, a media report said.
The island nation is facing it
Paris, June 29 (IANS) At least 150 people have been arrested in France amid violent nationwide protests that erupted over the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old driver by the police at a traffic stop, authorities
New Delhi, June 27 (IANS): Russia has made it clear that it will not curtail its presence in Africa after the Yevgeny Prigozhin-led Wagner group rebelled last week against the country’s forces, not too fa