Kabul, April 21 (AP): Turkey announced early Wednesday that a conference Washington had hoped would move Afghanistan's warring sides to a final peace agreement was postponed, as fresh violence rattled the A
Bangkok, April 21 (AP): Aid workers and activists are warning Myanmar's political upheavals risk causing a regional refugee crisis as the strife following a February coup displaces growing numbers of people
GENEVA, APRIL 20 (IANS): The World Health Organization (WHO) said that only 1 per cent of the 100 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine were administered last week went in the lowest-income countries.
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N'Djamena, April 20 (AP): Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno, who ruled the central African nation for more than three decades, was killed Tuesday on the battlefield in a fight against rebels, the military
Geneva, April 20 (AP): Independent experts working with the UN human rights office on Tuesday called on the United Arab Emirates' government to provide more details about the fate of a daughter of Dubai'
BRUSSELS, APRIL 20 (IANS): The European Union (EU) has imposed fresh sanctions on 10 individuals and two companies in Myanmar for their alleged involvement in the February 1 military coup.
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NEW DELHI, APRIL 20 (IANS): Global energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are on course to surge by 1.5 billion tonnes in 2021,the second-largest increase in history, reversing most of last year's de
Islamabad/Lahore, April 20 (PTI): Pakistan's government on Tuesday announced to introduce a resolution in Parliament on the expulsion of the French ambassador and quash all cases filed against the banned Te
KHARTOUM, APRIL 20 (IANS): The Sudanese government has officially approved a bill to repeal the law on boycotting Israel.
"Today a draft bill abolishing the law on boycotting Israel was approved in a jo
KUALA LUMPUR, APRIL 20 (IANS): Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was accused on Tuesday of coming up with a "cock and bull story" to try to overturn his 12-year jail sentence for corruption
Beijing, April 20 (PTI): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday hit out at the US, saying there should be no "bossing" and "meddling" in the internal affairs of other countries as Beijing i
KABUL, APRIL 20 (IANS): Six armed militants were killed and 28 people were freed from a Taliban detention centre after the Afghan army launched a special operation in Helmand province, the Defence Ministry said
London, April 20 (AP): Now that the Royal Family has said farewell to Prince Philip, attention will turn to Queen Elizabeth II's 95th birthday on Wednesday and, in coming months, the celebrations marking he
Minneapolis, April 20 (AP): Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale, a liberal icon who lost one of the most lopsided presidential elections after bluntly telling voters to expect a tax increase if he won, died
Geneva, April 20 (IANS) New Covid-19 cases worldwide have increased for the eighth week running, with a record 5.2 million infections reported in the past seven days and an alarming growth rate in young people,
ISLAMABAD, APRIL 19 (IANS): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has lashed out at political and religious parties in the country for misusing religion for their own personal gains.
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Yangon, April 19 (AP): Security forces in Myanmar used violence on Monday against demonstrators who sought to celebrate last week's formation of a shadow government to serve as an alternative to the militar
Berlin, April 19 (AP): High-level talks in Vienna aimed at bringing the United States back into the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran are moving ahead with experts working on drafting proposals this week, but a solut
Cape Canaveral (US), April 19 (AP): NASA's experimental Mars helicopter rose from the dusty red surface into the thin air Monday, achieving the first powered, controlled flight on another planet.
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Paris, April 19 (AP): The French government bears "significant" responsibility for "enabling a foreseeable genocide," a report commissioned by the Rwandan government concludes about France