Dhaka, September 4 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the priority of her government is to ensure food security with other basic needs of the people considering the global crisis.
Yangon, September 4 (IANS) Two days after Myanmar's former State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to three years in jail for electoral fraud in 2020, increasing her total prison term to 20 yea
Moscow, September 4 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan exchanged views on bilateral ties during a phone call.
Putin and Erdogan reaffirmed their commitment to
Washington, September 4 (IANS) Former President Donald Trump was little fazed by Biden's powerful rhetoric at Philadelphia that called on MAGA republicans led by Trump as a "threat to the foundations o
Islamabad, September 4 (IANS) A 15-member team of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) quietly concluded a five-day visit to Pakistan, a move that may pave the way for Islamabad to finally exit the grey list,
Washington, September 3 (AP) The Biden administration on Friday announced a more than USD 1 billion arms sale to Taiwan as U.S.-China tensions escalate over the status of the island.
The USD 1.09 billion sal
Moscow, Septenber 3 (AP) Hundreds of mourners lined up Saturday to pay tribute to former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who launched drastic reforms that helped end the Cold War and precipitated the breakup o
Zaporizhzhia, September 3 (AP) Ukraine's and Europe's largest nuclear plant was once again knocked offline in the early hours of Saturday amid sustained shelling that destroyed a key power line and pene
Cape Canaveral, September 3 (AP) NASA began fuelling its new moon rocket Saturday for liftoff on a test flight that must go well before astronauts climb aboard.
For the second time this week, the launch team
Islamabad, September 3 (IANS) Pakistan is currently reeling from the biggest climate tragedy in recent history of the world, Federal Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal said here on Saturday.
The Minister said
Islamabad, September 3 (IANS) Pakistan owes 30 per cent of its foreign debt to China, the latest report from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said, which includes state-owned commercial banks, local media
Washington, September 2 (IANS) US President Joe Biden went into a combative mood, dubbing his predecessor Donald Trump and the MAGA (Make America Great Again) Republicans as representing "extremism" t
Bangkok, September 2 (AP) A court in Myanmar on Friday sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years' imprisonment with labour after finding her guilty of election fraud, adding more jail time to
New York, September 2 (IANS) New York has started to prohibit concealed carry of weapons in designated sensitive areas after the US Supreme Court struck down the state's century-old concealed carry weapons
Kiev, September 1 (IANS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has met with the heads of the army, the secret service and the police for the second time within a few days.
Zelensky said on Wednesday evening
United Nations, September 1 (IANS) Just hours before her four-year term ended, UN Human Rights High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet released a controversial long-delayed report that asserted that China may be gu
Islamabad, September 1 (IANS) The catastrophic flood situation in Pakistan will highly likely increase the spread of disease, says the World Health Organization (WHO), as the country continues its relentless ba
BANGKOK, August 31 (AP): The passing of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union and for many the man who restored democracy to then-communist-ruled European nations, was mourned Wednesday as the
TOKYO, August 31 (AP): Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday his ruling party will cut ties with the Unification Church following a widening scandal triggered by former leader Shinzo Abe&rsq
The head of a US agency that monitors religious freedom around the world has warned that Taiwanese may face a similar fate like the persecuted Uyghurs in western Chinas Xinjiang region if Beijing invades the