DODOMA, MARCH 18 (IANS): Tanzanian President John Magufuli has passed away due to a heart disease at the age of 61, the country's Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced.
"With great sadness, I
Seoul, March 18 (AP): North Korea said Thursday it will ignore a US offer for talks unless it withdraws its hostile policy on the North, days after Washington said it reached out to Pyongyang through various ch
Mandalay (Myanmar), March 18 (AP): A Myanmar construction magnate with links to military rulers claimed he personally gave more than half a million dollars in cash to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a broadc
Seoul, March 18 (AP): America's top diplomat on Thursday pressed China to use its tremendous influence to convince North Korea to abandon its nuclear programme, calling it a source of instability and danger
Kabul, March 18 (AP): A helicopter crash overnight has taken the lives of at least nine Afghan military personnel in a central province, the defense ministry said Thursday.
In a statement, it said that four
New York, March 18 (PTI): Pediatricians have reported the first known case of a woman, who was given the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine during her pregnancy, giving birth to a baby with antibodies against t
Tokyo, March 17 (AP): A Japanese court for the first time ruled Wednesday that same-sex marriage should be allowed under the country's constitution, a moral victory that does not have any immediate legal co
Washington, March 17 (AP): President Joe Biden defended his decision to waive any punishment for Saudi Arabia's crown prince in the killing of a US-based journalist, claiming that acting against the Saudi r
Geneva, March 17 (AP): A top World Health Organisation expert on vaccines says people should feel reassured that even if health authorities turn up a link between blood clots and the AstraZeneca vaccine, such c
Beijing, March 17 (PTI): China has asked its state firms in Myanmar to evacuate non-essential staff following attacks on Chinese factories and businesses by anti-coup protesters who accused Beijing of backing t
Berlin, March 17 (AP): The United Nations' nuclear watchdog said Wednesday it has confirmed that Iran has begun operating a cascade of advanced centrifuges at an underground site.
International Atomic En
PARIS, MARCH 17 (IANS): Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is on trial over accusations of illegal campaign financing starting on Wednesday, two weeks after he was sentenced on separate charges of bribery.
Washington, March 17 (AP): Russian President Vladimir Putin authorised influence operations to help Donald Trump in last November's presidential election, according to a declassified intelligence assessment
Geneva, March 17 (AP): The World Health Organization reported there was a 10 per cent rise in new coronavirus cases globally last week, driven by surges in the Americas and Europe.
WHO said in its weekly upd
Vatican City, March 17 (AP): Pope Francis on Wednesday appealed for bloodshed to end and dialogue to prevail in Myanmar, saying he symbolically kneels in that country's streets, where protests against the m
DHAKA, MARCH 17 (IANS): A major fire on Wednesday morning in Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) here has left three Covid-19 patients dead, said DMCH Director Nazmul Haque.
Haque told IANS that the victim
MANILA, MARCH 17 (IANS): The Philippines has announced that it will temporarily suspend the entry of foreigners and some citizens as the Southeast Asian country battles a renewed spike in Covid-19 cases.
In
Kathmandu, March 17 (PTI): Nepal's ruling CPN-UML appeared to be headed towards a split with its faction led by Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli threatening to take disciplinary action against those taking par
Lahore, March 17 (PTI): Pakistan's anti-graft body on Wednesday reopened a money laundering investigation against embattled former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam Nawaz and summoned her on
United Nations, March 17 (PTI): The status of democracy depends fundamentally on the empowerment of women, whose exclusion from decision-making is a marker of a "flawed democracy", Kamala Harris has s