Tehran, May 12 (AP): Iran's state television reported Wednesday that the country's former firebrand president will run again for office in upcoming elections in June.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reportedly m
Kathmandu, May 12 (PTI): Nepal's main Opposition party the Nepali Congress has decided to stake a claim for the prime minister's post, a day after the President called on political parties to form
Gaza City, May 12 (AP): Rockets streamed out of Gaza and Israel pounded the territory with airstrikes early Wednesday as the most severe outbreak of violence since the 2014 war took on many hallmarks of that de
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip, May 11 (AP) — A confrontation between Israel and Hamas sparked by weeks of tensions in contested Jerusalem escalated Tuesday. Israel unleashed new airstrikes on Gaza, killing a numb
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS): China, on Monday warned Bangladesh of grave consequences if the latter joined any initiatives under the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue or QUAD "Bilateral relations with Banglades
London, May 11 (PTI): Britain's Queen Elizabeth II delivered her customary speech to mark the State Opening of Parliament in London on Tuesday, as she laid out the government's legislative agenda for th
Gaza City (Gaza Strip), May 11 (AP): Israel unleashed new airstrikes on Gaza early Tuesday, hitting a pair of high-rise buildings believed to be housing militants, as Hamas and other armed groups bombarded sout
Washington, May 11 (PTI): Microblogging giant Twitter has donated USD 15 million to help address the COVID-19 crisis in India which is battling the unprecedented second wave of the deadly pandemic.
Twitter C
KABUL, MAY 11 (IANS): A nine-member Taliban-linked terrorist network has been busted in Kabul, the Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) confirmed.
"The personnel of NDS conducted an operation r
Gaza City (Gaza Strip), May 11 (AP): The Israeli army said in a statement that the chief of staff has called in troop reinforcements in the country's south as hostilities in Gaza press into a second day.
Singapore, May 11 (PTI): Singapore will fail if it allows racism and xenophobia to become prevalent, a senior minister warned here on Tuesday in response to an apparent hate crime incident involving a 55-year-o
GENEVA, MAY 11 (IANS): Global cooperation, instead of competition and confrontation, is the only choice to end the Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Gheb
Kathmandu, May 11 (IANS): An expedition team consisting of Bahraini Prince Sheikh Mohammed Hamad Mohammed Al Khalifa successfully scaled the world's tallest peak, Mt. Everest on Tuesday, according to offici
MANILA , MAY 11 (IANS): Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has placed the country under a state of calamity for a year to address the impact from the outbreak of African swine fever, his spokesperson Harry Ro
MOSCOW, MAY 11 (IANS): At least 11 people were killed and 32 others injured on Tuesday in a shooting incident at a school in the Russian city of Kazan, authorities said, adding that a suspect has been arrested.
United Nations, May 11 (AP): The head of a UN team investigating atrocities in Iraq has announced that it has found clear and compelling evidence that Islamic State extremists committed genocide against the Yaz
Seoul, May 11 (AP): North Korea has told the World Health Organization that it has tested 25,986 people for the coronavirus through April but still has yet to find a single infection.
The WHO said in a weekl
Bangkok, May 11 (AP): After Myanmar's military seized power by ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, they couldn't even make the trains run on time: State railway workers were among the ea
Bangkok, May 11 (AP): Three senior journalists working for a news agency in Myanmar who fled after the military government ordered its operations to stop have been arrested by police in northern Thailand, their
Beijing, May 11 (PTI): China's population grew by 0.53 per cent to reach 1.41178 billion, up from 1.4 billion in 2019, keeping its status as the world's most populous country, but the numbers are expect