Peshawar, June 10 (PTI): Twenty four people, who arrived at the airport here on Thursday from a flight from the UAE, were sent to quarantine centres after trained dogs identified them as carriers of the coronav
Dhaka, June 10 (PTI): Lieutenant General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed was on Thursday named as the next chief of the Bangladesh Army and will assume the charge on June 24, the defence ministry said.
Shafiuddin, who c
Bangkok, June 10 (AP): The Anti-Corruption Commission in military-ruled Myanmar has found that ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi accepted bribes and misused her authority to gain advantageous terms in real estate
Washington, June 10 (IANS): The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 174.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.75 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
In its latest upd
Geneva, June 10 (IANS): The much-awaited summit between US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will take place in a stately villa overlooking Lake Geneva on June 16, the Swiss Foreign
Nay Pyi Taw, June 10 (IANS): At least 12 people have died after a military aircraft crashed in Myanmar, according to a fire brigade spokesperson on Thursday.
The accident occurred near the central city of Ma
Moscow, June 10 (IANS): A Russian court has banned several organisations of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, classifying them as extremist.
The organisations include Navalny's anti-corruption f
United Nations, June 10 (IANS): The Unicef on Thursday voiced grave concern about the decision of the UK government to reduce funding to the agency.
"We depend on these resources to sustain our humanita
Washington/Moscow, June 10 (IANS): As US President Joe Biden began his visit to Europe, where he will meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin next week, Washington and Moscow have sent tough messages a
Tirana (Albania), June 9 (AP): The Albanian Parliament on Wednesday impeached President Ilir Meta for violating the constitution and discharged him from the post.
In an extraordinary session, the parliament
Beirut, June 9 (IANS): At least eight members of the Syrian government forces and their allied militiamen are dead after Israeli airstrikes on central and southern Syria, a monitoring group said on Wednesday.
Beijing, June 9 (AP): Beijing on Wednesday denounced a US bill aimed at boosting US technology in the face of growing competition from China and others, calling it a thinly veiled attack on China's domestic
London, June 9 (AP): The UK is calling on the European Union to show pragmatism and common sense, as the two sides meet to resolve differences over the implementation of their post-Brexit trade deal in Northern
JOHANNESBURG, JUNE 9 (IANS): In Mozambique's troubled province of Cabo Delgado, there have been 51 documented cases of minors being abducted - most of them young girls - over the past year, the charity grou
United Nations, June 8 (PTI): The UN Security Council on Tuesday recommended Secretary General Antonio Guterres for a second five-year term as chief of the world organisation beginning January 1, 2022.
The 1
Austin, June 8 (AP) Six years had passed since Glenda Valdez kissed her toddler goodbye and left for the United States — six years since she held Emely in her arms.
But here she was, at Texas''
London, June 8 (AP): The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator says the bloc is ready to act firmly and resolutely if the UK fails to honour its commitments under the divorce deal that was supposed to ke
Paris, June 8 (AP): French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped Tuesday in the face by a man during a visit to a small town in southeast France.
Macron's office confirmed a video that is widely circulat
Jerusalem, June 8 (AP): Israel's parliament speaker has scheduled a vote for Sunday on a new government that would end Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year rule, the longest in the country's
KABUL, JUNE 8 (IANS): For a third consecutive day, Taliban insurgents have captured yet another district in Afghanistan on Tuesday, officials said.
Government forces abandoned the Dawlat Abad district centre