Washington, February 24 (AP): Johnson & Johnson's single-dose vaccine protects against COVID-19, according to an analysis by US regulators Wednesday that sets the stage for a final decision on a new and
Bangkok, February 24 (AP): Three Cabinet ministers in Thailand were forced to leave their posts Wednesday after a court found them guilty of sedition for taking part in sometimes-violent protests in 2013-2014 a
New York, February 24 (PTI): Former US First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and her long-time friend Louise Penny will come out with a novel "State of Terror" which will be published on October 12 by Pan
Kabul, February 24 (AP): A minivan carrying civilians caught fire Wednesday after its engine exploded in southern Afghanistan killing 10 family members, including three children, an official said.
Southern U
Accra, February 24 (AP): Ghana has become the first country in the world to receive vaccines acquired through the United Nations-backed COVAX initiative with a delivery Wednesday of 600,000 doses of the AstraZe
Kuala Lumpur, February 24 (AP): Malaysian lawmakers and rights groups on Wednesday demanded that the government explain why it violated a court stay order and deported 1,086 Myanmar migrants, saying it put thei
Beijing, February 24 (AP): Developments surrounding Iran's nuclear programme are at a critical point and lifting sanctions on the country is key to breaking the deadlock, China's Foreign Ministry said W
UNITED NATIONS, FEBRUARY 24 (IANS): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday listed four priority areas for the international community to address the risks that climate crisis poses to peac
NAIROBI, FEBRUARY 24 (IANS): Ministers of environment and other leaders from more than 150 nations concluded a two-day online meeting of the Fifth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-5) in which the Assem
KABUL, FEBRUARY 24 (IANS): Ten commuters drowned after their car fell into a river in Afghanistan's southern Uruzgan, provincial government spokesman Ahmad Shah Sahel said on Wednesday.
The victims inclu
Bangkok, February 24 (AP): Regional diplomatic efforts to resolve Myanmar's political crisis gathered pace Wednesday, while protests continued in Yangon and other cities calling for the country's coupma
Jakarta, February 24 (AP): Whether taken from their homes in the middle of the night or grabbed off the streets during protests, hundreds of people have been arrested in the weeks since Myanmar's military c
Kathmandu, February 24 (PTI): Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli will not resign immediately and implement the Supreme Court's verdict against him by facing Parliament that is due to convene within two wee
Jakarta, February 24 (AP) Whether taken from their homes in the middle of the night or grabbed off the streets during protests, hundreds of people have been arrested in the weeks since Myanmar's military co
Tehran (Iran), February 23 (AP): Iran officially has begun restricting international inspections of its nuclear facilities, state TV reported Tuesday, a bid to pressure European countries and U.S. President Joe
Washington, February 23 (PTI): The Biden administration has announced the reversal of the stringent Trump-era policy by reverting to the 2008 version of the naturalisation test module to make the path to US cit
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 23 (IANS): In a daring incident, Chinese cybercriminals managed to steal, clone and use nation-grade cyber tools from none other than the US' National Security Agency (NSA) to attack US
SYDNEY, FEBRUARY 23 (IANS): It is "extremely unlikely" that SARS-CoV-2, which causes Covid-19, escaped from a lab in the Chinese city of Wuhan, a member of a World Health Organization (WHO) expert tea
KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 23 (IANS): The Nepal Prime Minister's official residence in Baluwatar saw two back-to-back high level meetings on Tuesday.
A meeting of the Nepal Cabinet was preceded by a sudden disc
WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 23 (IANS): Despite additional funding needs, two-thirds of low- and lower-middle-income countries have cut their public education budgets since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, acco