Kabul, December 28 (IANS): The Unicef announced that it has deployed mobile health teams across Afghanistan to address issues faced by women and children amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the war-torn nat
New Delhi, December 28 (IANS): Former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani is runner-up for the annual Person of the Year award for Corruption in 2021.
Belarusian President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko has been nam
Seoul, December 28 (AP): North Korea opened a key political conference Monday to review past projects and discuss new policies amid the pandemic and a diplomatic deadlock with the United States.
The official
Bangkok, December 27 (AP): A court in military-ruled Myanmar postponed its verdicts Monday on two charges against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in which she is accused of importing and possessing walkie-talkie
JOHANNESBURG, December 27 (AP): Reactions to the death Sunday of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former Archbishop of Cape Town Desmond Tutu:
“Archbishop Tutu was a towering global figure for peace and
Tehran, December 27 (AP): Iran insisted on Monday that the United States and its allies promise to allow Tehran to export its crude as negotiations on restoring the tattered nuclear deal were to resume in Vienn
Brussels, December 27 (AP): After struggling with the coronavirus for far too long, the world understands all too well Belgium's word of the year, knaldrang! the urge to party, the need to let loose. Yet as
Boston, December 27 (AP): Edward O Wilson, the pioneering Harvard biologist who argued for a new vision of human nature in Sociobiology and warned against the decline of ecosystems, has died. He was 92.
Wils
China has reported 162 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, the National Health Commission said on Monday.
Beijing, December 27 (IANS): China has reported 162 new locally transmitted Covid-19
The Libyan Red Crescent said on that 27 bodies of illegal immigrants were recovered off the coast of Al-Allus town, some 95 km east of the capital Tripoli.
Tripoli, December 27 (IANS): The L
Covid-19 clusters have been on the rise at educational facilities in Seoul, the city government said on Monday.
Seoul, December 27 (IANS): Covid-19 clusters have been on the rise at educational f
South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) on Monday formally raised an alarm about the possibility of cou.
Seoul, December 27 (IANS): South Korea's National Intelligence Service (
Residents of Seoul have cited cost of living as the most important economic issue of 2022, a survey revealed on Monday.
Seoul, December 27 (IANS): Residents of Seoul have cited cost of livin
As the threat of the new Omicron Covid-19 variant looms large, Nepal is struggling to vaccinate its targeted population against the virus.
Kathmandu, December 27 (IANS): As the threat of the new
The UN announced that it has closed its passenger operations facility (Movcon) at the Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu following a directive from the Somalian government.
Mogadishu, D
Johannesburg, December 26 (AP) Desmond Tutu, South Africa's Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died, South African Presid
Rome, December 25 (AP) Pope Francis prayed Saturday for an end to the coronavirus pandemic, using his Christmas Day address to urge health care for all, vaccines for the poor and for dialogue to prevail in reso
Washington, December 25 (AP) So long eggnog, shrimp cocktail and pet-shaped sugar cookies. It's been a less merry holiday scene at the White House this year under COVID-19's shadow. President Joe Biden
North Korea is expected to convene a key party meeting within the coming week amid expectations it could unveil the country's policy directions for the new year in the face of a prolonged stalemate in its n
Harare, December 24 (AP) Outside a foreign currency exchange in Zimbabwe's capital, hordes of people desperate for US dollars are pushed up against each other.
That's it, keep it tight, some shout, t