Canberra, July 2 (IANS): Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Friday described the country's coronavirus vaccine rollout as a "phenomenal failure of public administration".
Washington, July 1 (AP): The Biden administration on Thursday designated 17 countries as not doing enough to combat human trafficking and warned them of potential US sanctions.
The administration also called
Kabul, July 1 (IANS): A total of 33 militants were killed in Afghan airstrikes that struck Taliban gatherings in Kaldar and Shortepa districts of Balkh province, an army spokesman said on Thursday.
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Islamabad, July 1 (PTI): Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said Pakistan accepts the "Chinese version" of the treatment of Uighurs, a minority Muslim ethnic group, in China's restive Xinjiang
Geneva, July 1 (AP): The World Health Organisation said Thursday that any COVID-19 vaccines it has authorised for emergency use should be recognised by countries as they open up their borders to inoculated trav
Bangkok, July 1 (AP): A court in Myanmar on Thursday extended the pretrial detention of Danny Fenster, a US journalist employed by an online news magazine in the military-led Southeast Asian nation who was arre
Phuket, July 1 (AP): Thailand embarked on an ambitious but risky plan Thursday that it hopes will breathe new life into a tourism industry devastated by the pandemic, opening the popular resort island of Phuket
Washington, July 1 (AP): Trump Organisation CFO Allen Weisselberg surrendered to authorities early Thursday ahead of expected charges against him and former President Donald Trump's company, according to mu
Washington, July 1 (AP): Sharply split along party lines, the House launched a new investigation of the Jan 6 Capitol insurrection, approving a special committee to probe the violent attack as police officers w
London, July 1 (PTI): Voicing concern over many countries failing to vaccinate their people, WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Thursday called for vaccinating at least 10 per cent of the population of
KABUL, JULY 1 (IANS): Afghan forces foiled a Taliban attack in Ghoryan district of Herat province, resulting in the death of 20 militants, an official statement said on Thursday.
Hundreds of Taliban insurgen
WASHINGTON, JULY 1 (IANS): Former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, the main architect of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, has died, according to a statement by his family released Wednesday. He was 88.
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Beijing, July 1 (PTI): President Xi Jinping on Thursday called for building a strong military to defend the country and warned that the Chinese people will never allow any foreign force to "bully, oppress,
Seoul, July 1 (AP): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Thursday he'll push to further upgrade relations with China, his main ally, as he struggles to navigate his country out of a deepening crisis linked
Hong Kong, July 1 (AP): Marking the anniversary of Hong Kong's return to Chinese control, a top city official defended the national security law imposed by Beijing to crush pro-democracy rallies and said Th
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS): In an unprecedented situation, 11 Myanmarese diplomats in the US and Switzerland have refused to return home in a mark of protest against the country's military rule while others
Bangkok, June 30 (AP): Myanmar's government began releasing about 2,300 prisoners on Wednesday, including activists who were detained for protesting against the military's seizure of power in February a
Tel Aviv/New Delhi, June 30 (IANS): Israeli defence manufacturing company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd on Wednesday unveiled 'Sea Breaker', a fifth generation long range, autonomous, precisi
Dubai, June 30 (IANS): An Indian artist, who has been living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) since 2007, received the Gulf nation's coveted Golden Visa, according to a media report on Wednesday.
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Geneva, June 30 (IANS): Following a 70-year effort, the World Health Organization on Tuesday certified that China is malaria free, a notable feat for a country that reported 30 million cases of the disease