DHAKA, APRIL 25 (IANS): Funded by Islamic forces, militant outfits Hefazat-e-Islam and Jamaat-e-Islami wanted to turn Bangladesh into a Taliban state like Afghanistan if they came to power, top Hefazat leaders,
Banyuwangi (Indonesia), April 25 (AP): Indonesian military chief Hadi Tjahjanto said the presence of an oil slick near the site where the submarine last dove Wednesday off the island of Bali was clear proof tha
ROME, APRIL 25 (IANS): Italy's coronavirus vaccine rollout hit a major milestone, though it appeared unlikely the country would reach its end-of-month target for daily vaccinations.
The country's Min
Kathmandu, April 25 (IANS): Nepali authorities have issued record number of expedition permits for Mt. Qomolangma, defying expectations of reduced number of permit issuance compared to past years amid Covid-19
Istanbul, April 25 (AP): Turkey's foreign ministry has summoned the US Ambassador in Ankara to protest the US decision to mark the deportation and killing of Armenians during the Ottoman Empire as genocide.
Baghdad, April 25 (AP): Iraq's Interior Ministry said Sunday that 82 people died and 110 were injured in a catastrophic fire that broke out in the intensive care unit of a Baghdad hospital tending to severe
Moscow, April 24 (IANS): Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree on countermeasures to "unfriendly actions" of foreign states amid an intensified diplomatic row with the US and some Europ
Jerusalem, April 24 (IANS): Israel's military said Saturday that it struck military sites in the Gaza Strip after at least 36 rockets were fired from the Palestinian enclave into southern Israel over the pa
Islamabad, April 24 (IANS): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that he had asked the Pakistan Army to assist the police and law enforcement agencies in enforcing SOPs for curbing the spread of the coro
Washington, April 24 (PTI): The Biden administration has came under intense pressure from various quarters, including the powerful US Chambers of Commerce, lawmakers and eminent Indian-Americans, to ship AstraZ
Colombo, April 24 (PTI): Sri Lankan Police on Saturday arrested a former minister and his brother for allegedly aiding and abetting the suicide bombers responsible for the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks in which 25
Jakarta, April 24 (AP): Southeast Asian leaders met Myanmar's top general and coup leader in an emergency summit in Indonesia Saturday, and are expected to press calls for an end to violence by security for
WASHINGTON, APRIL 24 (IANS): The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 145.2 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.08 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
In its latest up
Banyuwangi (Indonesia), April 24 (AP): Indonesia's navy on Saturday said items were found from a missing submarine, indicating the vessel with 53 crew members had sank and there was no hope of finding
Yangon, April 24 (IANS) The head of the Myanmar military is set to meet international leaders on his first known foreign trip since the army took power in a coup on February 1.
General Min Aung Hlaing is to
HONG KONG, APRIL 23 (IANS): Hong Kong's jobless rate declined in the first quarter of this year as the pressure on the labor market began to ease due to an abating Covid-19 epidemic, official data showed.
Washington, April 22 (AP): The Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would help combat the rise of hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, a bipartisan denunciation of such violence during th
Cairo, April 23 (AP): More than 100 Europe-bound migrants are feared dead in a shipwreck off the Libyan Mediterranean coast, independent rescue groups said.
SOS Mediterranee, which operates the rescue vessel
Kathmandu, April 23 (AP): The coronavirus has conquered the world's highest mountain.
A Norwegian climber became the first to be tested for COVID-19 in Mount Everest base camp and was flown by helicopter
Bangkok, April 23 (AP): When the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations holds a special summit Saturday to discuss Myanmar, the regional body will be under as much scrutiny as the general who led