Hong Kong, June 19 (AP): A Hong Kong court ordered the top editor of pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily and the head of its parent company held without bail Saturday in the first hearing since their arres
Tehran, June 19 (IANS): Ebrahim Raisi, the incumbent Chief Justice of Iran, has won the country's presidential election by a landslide, according to preliminary results released on Saturday by the Interior
San Francisco, June 19 (IANS): California has launched a digital platform through which the state's residents can access their Covid-19 vaccination records.
The online system, called Digital Covid-19 Vac
Moscow, June 19 (IANS): Russia will officially withdraw from the Treaty on Open Skies, an arms control pact with the US that permitted unarmed surveillance flights over military facilities in both countrie
United Nations, June 19 (PTI): India has abstained on a UN General Assembly resolution on Myanmar, saying its views have not been reflected in the draft resolution and a "consultative and constructive"
Seoul, June 19 (IANS): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has vowed to break through all difficulties facing the country at the end of a plenary session of the ruling party, state media reported on Saturday.
Moscow, June 19 (IANS): Seven people were killed after a plane made an emergency landing in Russia's Kemerovo Oblast in Siberia, an emergency services official said on Saturday.
"According to t
Geneva, June 18 (IANS): One in a hundred deaths globally can directly be attributed to suicide, the World Health Organization (WHO) said, arguing that the Covid-19 pandemic has increased factors for suicide wor
Antalya (Turkey), June 18 (AP): The Afghan government's chief peace envoy expressed fears on Friday that the Taliban will have no interest in a political settlement with the US-supported administration in K
Seoul, June 18 (IANS): South Korea's science ministry said on Friday it is investigating a potential hack into a state-run nuclear research institute after its internal network was breached last month.
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United Nations, June 18 (PTI): UN General Assembly on Friday appointed Antonio Guterres as the UN Secretary General for a second term beginning January 1, 2022, days after the powerful Security Council unanimou
Jerusalem, June 18 (AP): Palestinians protested after Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem and briefly clashed with Israeli police, leaving three demonstrators wounded.
A series of far
Dubai, June 18 (AP): Iran voted Friday in a presidential election tipped in the favour of a hard-line protege of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, fuelling public apathy and sparking calls for a boycott in
Wellington, June 18 (IANS): New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Friday received her first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine in Auckland.
Ardern said the vaccine was "easier than getting the flu jab&qu
United Nations, June 18 (AP): The UN General Assembly is expected to approve a resolution calling on Myanmar's junta to restore the country's democratic transition and for all countries to prevent the f
Tel Aviv, June 18 (IANS): Israeli defence electronics company Elbit Systems has announced two deals with the Swedish and US armies, totaling $52 million.
The first deal, worth $23 million, includes the suppl
New York, June 18 (IANS) Taking a cue from Apple, Google has opened its first-ever brick-and-mortar store with hardware products on display and much more in the city of New York.
Situated in Chelsea area, cu
Gaza, June 18 (IANS): Israeli warplanes struck military posts of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Hamas movement, in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian security sources said.
Israeli media rep
Kathmandu, June 18 (IANS): Indian and Chinese nationals are among the 15 people reported missing after a flash flood in the Nepal's Melamchi River wreaked havoc at the Melamchi Bazaar and other low lying ar
Jerusalem, June 18 (AP): Israel says it will transfer around 1 million doses of soon-to-expire coronavirus vaccine doses to the Palestinian Authority.
Under the agreement announced Friday, the PA will transf