Berlin, January 25 (IANS): Germany's railway operator, Deutsche Bahn have started test operations for battery-powered passenger trains.
Manufactured by French company Alstom, test runs for the Battery El
Beirut, January 25 (IANS): Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri called on members of his Future Movement party to boycott the upcoming parliamentary elections.
"We will continue to serve our peopl
Seoul, January 25 (IANS): A revised law on foreign residents in South Korea took effect on Tuesday, granting Afghan evacuees administrative and financial support on par with recognised refugees, the Justice Min
Lima, January 25 (IANS): A team of UN experts on environmental disasters arrived in Peru to assist the cleanup of the oil spill that occurred near capital Lima on January 15 at a refinery operated by Spanish en
Toronto, January 25 (IANS): Although some media outlets have identified the four members of a Gujarati family who froze to death on January 19 near the Canada-US border as residents of Dingucha village near Gan
New Delhi, January 25 (IANS): The Pakistan opposition in the Senate slammed the Imran Khan government for what it called "a policy of appeasement" towards terrorist outfits, noting that talks with tho
London, January 24 (PTI): Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on Monday won the latest round in his legal battle against being extradited to the US, as High Court judges in London granted the Australian national p
Berlin, January 24 (AP): A lone gunman wounded four people, some of them seriously, during a lecture at Heidelberg University in southwestern Germany on Monday, police said.
Police said that the perpetrator
Washington, January 24 (IANS): The US Department of State has ordered the departure of eligible family members of staffers at the from American Embassy in Kiev due to the "continued threat of Russian milit
Tel Aviv, January 24 (IANS): Israel's cabinet has decided to launch a state investigation into the procurement of submarines and other vessels from Germany amid corruption allegations involving confidants o
Sydney, January 24 (IANS): Senior coalition MPs in Australia on Monday accused China of foreign interference after Prime Minister Scott Morrison's account on Chinese instant messaging platform WeChat was hi
Brussels, January 24 (IANS): About 70 people were arrested during a protest in Brussels against the Belgian government's restrictions against the Covid-19 pandemic.
Police fired water cannon and tear gas
Oslo, January 23 (AP): A Taliban delegation led by acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Sunday started three days of talks with Western government officials and Afghan civil society representatives in O
Beijing, January 23 (PTI): The blind pursuit of "absolute national security" coupled with excessive defence spending can lead to the Soviet-style collapse, China's top foreign policy advisor has w
New Delhi, January 23 (IANS): German naval chief, Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schonbach has resigned over comments on Ukraine and Russia he made during his visit to India.
His resignation on late Saturday night w
Washington, January 23 (IANS): Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 348.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.59 million and vaccinations to o
Seoul, January 23 (IANS): South Korean quarantine officials began culling about 427,000 chickens on Sunday as a precautionary measure after the outbreaks of the H5N1 avian influenza virus or bird flu, at two fa
United Nations, January 22 (PTI): UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said that he hopes the Kashmir issue between India and Pakistan can be solved peacefully.
Well, the position of the UN and the reso
Suva, January 22 (IANS): Fifty-one Fijian military personnel flew out to Australia's Brisbane on Saturday for a co-deployment mission to Tonga which was hit by the massive volcanic eruptions and a subsequen
Dublin, January 22 (IANS): Ireland will scrap most of its Covid-19 restrictions starting from Saturday following a drop in the number of new cases, the government announced.
Starting from 6 a.m. on Saturday,