Islamabad, September 19 (IANS) The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed grave fears and serious concerns over what it termed to be a "second disaster" in the flood-hit Pakistan, where massive
BEIJING, September 19 (AP) — China’s government on Monday criticized President Joe Biden’s statement that American forces would defend Taiwan if Beijing tries to invade as a violation of U.S.
KYIV, Ukraine, September 19 (AP) — A Russian missile struck close to a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine without damaging the three reactors but hit other industrial equipment in what Ukrainian auth
LONDON, September 19 (AP): Britain and the world said a final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II at a state funeral Monday that drew presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers — and crowds who massed al
Beijing, September 18 (PTI) At least 27 people were killed and 20 others injured when a passenger bus transporting them to a coronavirus quarantine centre crashed in China's Guizhou province on Sunday, prom
Taipei (Taiwan), September 18 (AP) A strong earthquake shook much of Taiwan on Sunday, toppling a three-story building and trapping two people inside and knocking part of a passenger train off its tracks.
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Kyiv, September 18 AP) Russian shelling hit cities and towns across a wide stretch of Ukraine during the night, officials said Sunday, and the British Defence Ministry warned that Russia is likely to increase i
Washington, September 17 (IANS) US President Joe Biden has warned his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin against the use of chemical or tactical nuclear weapons in the ongoing war with Ukraine that has stretche
Washington, September 17 (PTI): Indian and Chinese leaders expressing their concerns to the Russian President over the Ukraine war is reflective of the global worries about the effects of Moscow's aggressio
KYIV, Ukraine, September 17 (AP) — Western defense officials and analysts on Saturday said they believed the Russian forces were setting up a new defensive line in Ukraine’s northeast after Kyiv&rsq
Kathmandu, September 17 (IANS) At least 17 people were killed and five remain unaccounted for due to landslides in Nepal's Achham district, a local official said on Saturday.
Incessant rain since Friday
Izium (Ukraine), September 16 (AP) Ukrainian authorities were expected to begin recovering bodies on Friday from a newly found mass burial site in a forest recaptured from Russian forces, a delicate task that P
Samarkand, September 16 (PTI) Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday called on the SCO member states to prevent external forces from destabilising them by instigating a "colour revolution" as he asked
Washington, September 16 (IANS) US district judge Aileen Cannon has rejected the Department of Justice's (DOJ) request to revive the criminal probe against Donald Trump in the classified documents case and
New Delhi, September 16 (IANS) Human-caused climate change likely increased the intense rainfall that flooded swathes of land across Pakistan, according to rapid attribution analysis by an international team of
United Nations, September 15 (IANS): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that next week's General Debate of the General Assembly must be about hope.
"This year's General Debate must b
New York, September 15 (IANS): Girls worldwide are lagging behind boys in mathematics, with sexism and gender stereotypes among the root causes, according to a new report published by the Unicef.
The report
London, September 15 (AP) The death of Queen Elizabeth II set in motion a tightly choreographed series of ceremonial and constitutional steps, as Britain undergoes a period of national mourning and enters the r
Beijing, September 15 (IANS) Chinese President Xi Jinping has stepped out of the country for the first time since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic that originated in his country in early 2020 and forced gl
Islamabad, September 15 (IANS) A new report has warned that half of Pakistan may face famine if food supplies from external sources are not arranged soon in the midst of the catastrophic flooding across the cou