Geneva, March 6 (IANS): World Health Organization (WHO) officials have said that the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has caused more "mass trauma" than World War II and warned of its lasting consequences.
Islamabad, March 6 (IANS): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday secured a vote of confidence in the National Assembly (NA) or the lower house of Parliament, dashing the opposition's hopes to chall
Islamabad, March 6 (IANS): Pakistan has reiterated its offer for dialogue and table talks to India, asking it not to shy away from negotiations on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir.
"Our only dispute is
Yangon, March 6 (AP): Security forces in Myanmar again used force Saturday to disperse anti-coup protesters, a day after the UN special envoy urged the Security Council to take action to quell junta violence th
Najaf (Iraq), March 6 (AP): Pope Francis met with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, one of the most senior clerics in Shiite Islam, in Iraq's holy city of Najaf on Saturday to deliver a message of peaceful co
Yangon, March 5 (AP): YouTube removed five channels run by Myanmar’s military for violating its guidelines, it announced Friday, as demonstrators defied growing violence by security forces and staged more
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS): Millions of vapers across Asia could feel forced to return to smoking if a proposal from the World Health Organization (WHO) on e-cigarettes and other smokeless products is passed by
Kathmandu, March 5 (PTI): Nepal's radical Maoist group leader Netra Bikram Chand, who made his first public appearance in two years, on Friday said that he was committed to the peace agreement reached betwe
Baghdad, March 5 (AP): In Iraq, two decades of back-to-back conflicts have left ancient Christian communities that were once a vibrant and integral part of the landscape scattered and in ruins.
Iraq was esti
Baghdad, March 5 (AP): Pope Francis is urging Iraqis to value their religious minorities and consider them a precious resource to protect, not an obstacle to eliminate as he opened the first-ever papal visit to
Geneva, March 5 (AP): At a time when seemingly everyone in Europe is wearing masks to battle COVID-19, the Swiss go to the polls Sunday to vote on a long-laid proposal to ban face-coverings, both the niqabs and
KATHMANDU, MARCH 5 (IANS): The rival faction of the ruling Nepal Communist Party led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka 'Prachanda' on Friday demanded the resignation of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli from the p
COPENHAGEN, MARCH 5 (IANS): As Covid-19 transmission rates once again begin to rise across the European region, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge urged the region to return
SEOUL, MARCH 5 (IANS): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has urged officials across the country to improve work of the city and county party committees, the state-media reported on Friday.
In the report, the o
Tokyo, March 5 (AP): Myanmar's security forces have killed scores of demonstrators protesting a coup. The new junta has jailed journalists and anyone else capable of exposing the violence. It has done away
Baghdad, March 5 (AP): Pope Francis arrived in Iraq on Friday to urge the country's dwindling number of Christians to stay put and help rebuild the country after years of war and persecution, brushing aside
Bangkok, March 5 (AP): YouTube has removed five channels run by Myanmar's military for violating its community guidelines and terms of service.
The company said Friday that it terminated channels of broa
Islamabad, March 5 (IANS): After witnessing the shocking defeat of a ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate in this week's Senate polls, Prime Minister Imran Khan has sought a vote of confidence fr
Kabul, March 5 (IANS): At least 14 people were killed following a major avalanche in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province, officials said on Friday.
The avalanche took place in Zarandab village, Raghistan d
WASHINGTON, March 5 (AP) — The Biden administration stepped up its condemnation of the coup in Myanmar on Thursday, demanding that military authorities stop their brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protest