New Delhi, December 30 (IANS): The World Health Organization (WHO) chief on Friday said that the curbs on travellers from China by various countries is "understandable" in the absence of comprehensive
Phnom Penh, December 30 (IANS): The death toll due to a massive fire that engulfed a hotel-casino in Cambodia's Banteay Meanchey province has risen to 25, officials said on Friday, adding that a search oper
Tel Aviv, December 30 (IANS): Benjamin Netanyahu, the longest-serving Israeli leader, has returned to power as the country's Prime Minister at the helm of an extreme-right coalition.
In an official inaug
Kyiv, December 29 (IANS): Air raid sirens rang out across Ukraine on Thursday morning as Russia unleashed around 120 missiles in a savage barrage which targeted the capital Kyiv and several other major cities,
Washington, December 29 (IANS): A Uyghur Muslim preacher, serving a five-year sentence in China's far-western Xinjiang region for making a religious pilgrimage abroad, died of liver cancer in prison in Febr
Islamabad, December 29 (IANS): The current government of Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM), which came to power after ousting Imran Khan's regime through a no-confidence vote, seems to be losing its agenda
Washington, December 29 (IANS): At least 62 people have died in the US due to the catastrophic winter storm that continues to wreak havoc across the country since it started on December 22, officials said.
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New York, December 29 (IANS): The two minor daughters of an Indian-American couple from Andhra Pradesh, who drowned in Arizona, are currently staying with a family friend, and will soon fly to India, accor
Seoul, December 29 (IANS): Six people were found dead and about 20 others injured on Thursday in a fire that broke out in a tunnel along an expressway in Gwacheon, just south of Seoul, South Korean fire authori
Manila, December 29 (IANS): The death toll from heavy rain and floods in the Philippines has climbed to 32, according to government data released on Thursday.
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Managem
New York, December 28 (IANS): The death of an Indian man who fell trying to climb a border wall into Texas has put a spotlight on illegal immigration from India to the US which has shown a sudden surge along th
United Nations, December 28 (IANS): The UN Security Council has reiterated its call for full participation of women and girls in the Afghan society, expressing concern about the Taliban's latest ban on fema
Manila, December 28 (IANS): The death toll from the recent heavy rain and floods in the Philippines increased to 25 on Wednesday as the Southeast Asian country braces for more downpour due to a low-pressure are
United Nations, December 28 (IANS): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has issued a global "wake-up call" on the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, which is observed annually on December 2
Beijing, December 27 (IANS): China's National Health Commission has announced that it will no longer be publishing daily Covid-19 infection figures, as the virus rips through the population with the abandon
New Delhi, December 27 (IANS): China may be blowing the diplomatic trumpet over the developments in Nepal but the U-turn taken by Nepali Maoist supremo, Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' to propel himself
Washington, December 27 (IANS): A massive winter storm stretching from the Great Lakes all the way down to the Rio Grande along the Mexican border has killed at least 57 people across the US as of Tuesday, medi
Tokyo, December 27 (IANS): Japan's reconstruction minister Kenya Akiba resigned on Tuesday following allegations of his involvement in political funding and other scandals.
Akiba, who was effectively sac
Manila, December 27 (IANS): The death toll from heavy rain and floods in the Philippines has climbed to 13, with 23 others still remain unaccounted for, the government's disaster agency said on Tuesday.
Islamabad, December 27 (IANS): In the wake of recent terror incidents in Pakistan, Saudi Arabia's Embassy and the Australian High Commission in Islamabad have asked their citizens to remain alert and limit