Moscow, August 21 (IANS) The daughter of a close ally to Russia's President Vladimir Putin has reportedly been killed near Moscow, media reports said.
According to state media, Darya Dugina died after he
Tokyo, August 21 (IANS) The Japanese government wants to extend the range of its Type 12 surface-to-ship missiles to at least 1,000km -- and modify them to be launched from vessels and aircraft and to strike gr
Islamabad, August 21 (IANS) Former Pakistan Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has been booked for openly hurling threats to senior most police officials, a female judge, the
Moscow, August 20 (IANS) Several Russian soldiers involved in the military operation in Ukraine have been hospitalized with severe chemical poisoning, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday, media report
Washington, August 20 (IANS) Two of ex-President Donald Trump's White House Chiefs of Staff have flatly denied any order was given by him to declassify documents he took home for work. "It's foolis
HELSINKI, August 20 (AP) — In a leaked video, Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin is seen dancing and singing with friends at a private party. The 36-year-old leader poses for the camera. She sits
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has reiterated his country's strong resolve to maintain peace in the region, but added that sustainable peace in South Asia was linked to the resolution of Jammu and K
Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has decided to arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan if he fails to appear before the investigation committee or respond to the notices concerning the prohibi
Aid workers around the world are working in increasingly dangerous and unstable situations and are being killed, injured, kidnapped and harassed on a daily basis, a UN official warned.
United Nations, August
Some 291 Syrian soldiers and Islamic State (IS) terrorists have been killed in confrontations between the two sides since the beginning of this year, a war monitor reported.
Damascus, Aug 20 (IANS) Some 291
Russian authorities have said that an explosion was reported on Saturday after debris from a shot-down drone hit the staff building of the Black Sea Fleet in Crimea's Sevastopol city.
Moscow, August 20 (
United Nations, August 19 (AP): The head of Myanmar's military-installed government expressed openness to arranging a meeting at the right time between UN special envoy Noeleen Heyzer and the country
Tokyo, August 19 (IANS): Amid a resurgence, Japan recorded more than 6 million new Covid-19 cases in the past month, with more than 200 daily deaths on nine of the 11 days, which has further strained its medica
Seoul, August 19 (AP): The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said her country will never accept South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's foolish offer of economic benefits in exchange for denuclearisa
London, August 19 (PTI): British Prime Minister hopeful Rishi Sunak has said he is excited to keep going in the Conservative Party leadership campaign even as surveys of party voters predict a firm lead for his
Beijing, August 19 (AP): A Chinese-born Canadian tycoon who disappeared from Hong Kong in 2017 was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for a multibillion-dollar string of financial offences and his company w
BANGKOK, August 18 (AP): The U.N. special envoy for Myanmar, Noeleen Heyzer, met Wednesday with the head of its military-installed government and called on him to urgently halt all violence, support a political
United Nations, August 18 (AP): A UN investigator says contemporary forms of slavery are widely practiced around the world, including forced labor for China's Uyghur minority, bonded labour for the lowest c
Moscow, August 18 (IANS): Ukraines ongoing attacks on the Russia-controlled Zaporozhye nuclear power plant may cause a far worse disaster for Europe than the current energy crisis, a Russian Defense Ministry of
Bangkok, August 18 (AP): Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi testified Thursday in a prison courtroom in the capital for the first time in her official secrets case, a legal official said.
Suu Kyi, who ha