Geneva, June 21 (AP): The UN's top human rights body opened its latest session on Monday and was immediately embroiled in a debate over the representation of Myanmar, where a military takeover toppled the c
Dubai, June 21 (AP): Iran's president-elect said Monday he wouldn't meet with President Joe Biden nor negotiate over Tehran's ballistic missile programme and its support of regional militias, sticki
Seoul, June 21 (AP): President Joe Biden's special envoy for North Korea said Monday he hopes to see a positive reaction from the North soon on US offers for talks after the North Korean leader ordered offi
Mexico City, June 21 (IANS): At least 15 people died in armed attacks in the Mexican border city of Reynosa, local authorities said in a statement.
The attacks took place on Saturday afternoon in different d
New York, June 21 (IANS): Rising from the pall of Covid-19 restrictions, New York City celebrated International Yoga Day at the Times Square with day-long performances of the ancient Indian art of developing a
Washington, June 21 (IANS): US National Security Adviser (NSA) Jake Sullivan said that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's remarks that Pyongyang should be ready for a dialogue, as well as a confrontatio
Seoul, June 21 (IANS): Cybercriminals from North Korea allegedly hacked into South Korea's state-run nuclear research institute last month, the media reported.
South Korea's main opposition People Po
Washington, June 21 (IANS): The US is preparing additional sanctions against Russia over the alleged poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has said.
"We are
Washington, June 21 (IANS): The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 178.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.86 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
In its latest upd
Vienna, June 20 (AP): Top diplomats said Sunday further progress had been made at talks between Iran and global powers to try to negotiate and restore a landmark 2015 agreement to contain Iranian nuclear develo
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS):The World Health Organisation on Sunday called upon countries in WHO South-East Asia Region to scale up and rigorously implement public health and social measures, along with efforts t
Colombo, June 20 (PTI): The United Nations on Sunday said the Singapore-flagged cargo vessel, which caught fire off the coast of Colombo last month, has caused "significant damage to the planet by the rele
SEOUL, JUNE 20 (IANS): South Korea's Health Ministry said on Sunday that it will apply new four-tier social-distancing guidelines next month from the current five-tier scheme in a bid to adopt a more sustai
Lhasa, June 20 (AP): Tourism is booming in Tibet as more Chinese travel in-country because of the coronavirus pandemic, posing risks to the region's fragile environment and historic sites.
The number of
Amman (Jordan), June 20 (AP): Jordan's version of a trial of the century gets under way this week when a relative of King Abdullah II and a former chief of the royal court are ushered into the defendants
Tel Aviv, June 20 (IANS): The Israeli Ministry of Health reported a Covid-19 outbreak in two schools in the town of Binyamina, 60 km north of Tel Aviv, which has infected 45 students.
The outbreak concerns a
Rio De Janiero, June 20 (AP): Anti-government protesters took to the streets in more than a score of cities across Brazil on Saturday as the nation's confirmed death toll from COVID-19 soared past half a mi
Jerusalem, June 20 (AP): Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday opened his first Cabinet meeting since swearing in his new coalition government last week with a condemnation of the new Iranian preside
Kabul, June 20 (AP): Afghanistan's former president said Sunday the US came to his country to fight extremism and bring stability to his war-tortured nation and is leaving nearly 20 years later having faile
London, June 19 (PTI): Footprints from at least six different species of dinosaur the very last dinosaurs to walk on UK soil 110 million years ago have been found in Kent, a new report by researchers has claime