Beijing, December 17 (AP): China on Friday said it would take all necessary measures to safeguard its institutions and enterprises after the U.S. Senate passed a new law barring imports from the Xinjiang region
Washington, December 17 (PTI): There were 66 known Indian-origin fighters affiliated with the global terrorist group Islamic State, the latest US State Department report on terrorism has said as it commended In
New Delhi, December 17 (IANS): As they seized control of Afghanistan this August, the Taliban tortured and killed members of ethnic and religious minorities, soldiers of the now defunct Afghan National Defense
London, December 17 (AP): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has suffered a stunning defeat in a parliamentary by-election that was a referendum on his government amid weeks of scandal and
Tirin Kot, December 16 (IANS): Two children were confirmed dead and eight injured when a blast ripped through a wedding party in southern Afghanistan, a local official said on Thursday.
The blast took place
Washington, December 16 (IANS): Existing vaccines and booster shots against Covid are sufficient to prevent Omicron infections, said top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci, as he advised against changin
BANGKOK, December 16 (AP): Human rights activists are lobbying major jewelers to stop buying gems sourced in Myanmar as a way to exert pressure on Myanmar’s military leaders by limiting profits from the c
Warsaw, December 16 (AP): Poland's Health Ministry has confirmed the country's first case of infection with the omicron coronavirus variant in a woman from Lesotho.
The case was found in a sample exa
Jakarta (Indonesia), December 16 (AP): The young woman in Myanmar decided to speak out when she realized that money from the company she loved was now in the hands of the military leaders she hated.
She and
Frankfort (US), December 16 (AP): President Joe Biden on Wednesday pledged to do whatever it takes, as long as it takes to help Kentucky and other states after a series of deadly tornadoes that he said left a t
Jerusalem, December 16 (AP): The Israeli government on Wednesday said it was donating 1 million coronavirus vaccines to the UN-backed COVAX programme.
The Foreign Ministry said the AstraZeneca vaccines would
Beijing, December 16 (IANS): More than 20 people were trapped after a coal mine was flooded in the city of Xiaoyi in China's Shanxi province, as a result of illegal mining, local authorities said on Thursda
New Delhi, December 16 (IANS): A lab leak in the Chinese city of Wuhan is thought to be the most likely origin of Covid-19 because an animal host has not been found after two years of searching, top scientists
Tel Aviv, December 16 (IANS): The Israeli Health Ministry on announced its decision to ban travel to seven more countries to prevent the spread of the Omicron Covid-19 variant.
The ban will take effect on De
Sanaa, December 16 (IANS): The Saudi-led coalition announced that it has launched airstrikes on Houthi military targets in Sanaa, Yemen's capital.
The coalition warned residents in Sanaa not to get close
Seoul, December 16 (IANS): Schools in the greater Seoul area will roll back their full in-person classes and return to partial e-learning from next week in line with the country's tightened anti-Covid curbs
Kiev, December 16 (IANS): Ukraine has extended its Covid-19 quarantine measures through the end of March next year instead of the end of December, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.
Ukrainians must adhere to
Moscow, December 16 (IANS): Russian President Vladimir Putin has pledged to attend the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, making him the first major western leader to confirme his attendance at the games, BBC rep
Johannesburg, December 15 (PTI): A South African court on Wednesday ruled that the country's former President Jacob Zuma should be returned to prison to complete his 15-month sentence for contempt of court,
London, December 15 (PTI): A Canadian molecular biologist on Wednesday told cross-party members of Parliament (MPs) on the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee that a leak from a laboratory in Wuha