Rome, July 7 (AP): Pope Francis' recovery from intestinal surgery continues to be regular and satisfactory, the Vatican said Wednesday, as it revealed that final examinations showed he had a suffered a
JAKARTA, JULY 7 (IANS): Indonesia on Wednesday imposed stricter Covid-19 restrictions in 43 cities and districts outside the islands of Java and Bali amid the ongoing second wave of the pandemic, a minister sai
UNITED NATIONS, JULY 7 (IANS): A record 4.5 million children, or two out of three, in South Sudan are in desperate need of humanitarian support, said the Unicef.
Hopes that independence from Sudan would brin
Moscow, July 7 (AP): Rescuers have found the bodies of nine victims a day after a plane crash in a remote area in Russia's Far East, local authorities said.
An Antonov An-26 carrying 28 people crashed Tu
Tokyo, July 7 (AP): The mudslide that destroyed dozens of homes in a Japanese seaside resort, killing at least seven people, started from an area with a history of land alternations and a massive soil mound the
Moscow, July 6 (AP): A plane carrying 28 people apparently crashed as it came in for a landing in bad weather Tuesday in Russia's Far East, and everyone aboard was feared dead.
Wreckage from the Antonov
Hong Kong, July 6 (AP): Nine people, including six secondary school students, were arrested in Hong Kong on Tuesday for allegedly plotting to set off homemade bombs in courts, tunnels and trash cans as politica
Jerusalem, July 6 (AP): Israel's parliament on Tuesday failed to renew a law that bars Arab citizens from extending citizenship or residency rights to spouses from the occupied West Bank and Gaza, in a tigh
Moscow, July 6 (AP): Wreckage from a plane that went missing Tuesday in Russia's Far East region of Kamchatka was found around five kilometres (three miles) away from a runway at an airport on the coast whe
MOSCOW, JULY 6 (IANS): Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said that it has foiled a series of terrorist plots that were planned by the Islamic State (IS) to be carried out in the country this summer.
Kabul, July 6 (AP): A surge of Taliban wins in northern Afghanistan has caused some countries to close their north Afghan consulates, while across the border in Tajikistan reservists are being called up to rein
Jakarta (Indonesia), July 6 (AP): Russia's top diplomat expressed his backing for Southeast Asian efforts toward achieving peace in Myanmar on his visit Tuesday to Indonesia to demonstrate the region's
Moscow, July 6 (AP): A plane with 28 people on board went missing in the Russian Far East region of Kamchatka on Tuesday, local officials said.
An Antonov An-26 plane with 22 passengers and six crew members,
Damascus, July 5 (IANS): Rocket fire targeted a US military base in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour, state media reported on Monday.
The shelling late Sunday night targeted the base in the al-Om
Manila (Philippines), July 5 (AP): Philippine troops found the last five dead from the crash of a transport aircraft in the south and two wounded survivors died Monday, raising the death toll to 52 in the milit
Bangkok, July 5 (IANS): Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has been quarantined after coming in contact with a person who tested positive for Covid-19, government spokesman Anucha Burapachaisri said on Monda
Washington, July 5 (PTI): Scientists have identified a post-infection treatment for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and successfully demonstrated its efficacy in stopping viral reproduction in mice.
Atami (Japan), July 5 (AP): Rescue workers slogged through mud and debris Monday looking for dozens feared missing after a giant landslide ripped through a Japanese seaside resort town, killing at least three p
Beijing, July 5 (IANS): China on Monday launched a new meteorological satellite equipped with 11 remote sensing payloads into planned orbit
The satellite, Fengyun-3E (FY-3E), was launched by a Long Marc
Kolkata, July 5 (IANS) Fresh clashes erupted over the weekend in a Myanmar town located at a border region with India, leading to at least 25 fatalities, sources from the area told IANS.
On July 2, Myanmar t