New Delhi, December 5 (IANS): The US and 22 other allies have issued a joint statement expressing deep concern on the reports of summary killings and enforced disappearances of former members of the Afghan secu
Jakarta, December 5 (IANS): At least 13 people died and 98 others were injured after Mount Semeru in Indonesia's East Java erupted, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said on Sunday.
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New Delhi, December 5 (IANS): Pakistan human rights and political activist Idris Khattak has been convicted of espionage and sentenced to 14 years rigorous imprisonment, Dawn reported.
"Khattak was foun
Tel Aviv, December 5 (AP): Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday urged world powers to take a hard line against Iran in negotiations to curb the country's nuclear program, as his top defense and
Athens, December 4 (AP): Pope Francis warned Saturday that the “easy answers” of populism and authoritarianism threaten democracy in Europe and called for fresh dedication to promoting the common go
New Delhi, December 4 (IANS): If the US loses Chinese companies, Wall Street will gradually alienate itself from the world's most prosperous market and the US will no longer be the true global financial cen
United Nations, December 4 (IANS): On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which falls on December 3 annually, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that people with disabilities were among
New York, December 4 (IANS): With cases of the Omicron Covid-19 variant reported in several states from New York to Hawaii, US health officials have said that community spread is inevitable, and more vaccinatio
Chicago, December 4 (IANS): Parents of the 15-year-old boy accused of killing four students and injuring seven at Oxford High School in the US state of Michigan have been charged with four counts of involuntary
Islamabad, December 4 (IANS): The so-called "Summit for Democracy" led by the US goes against the basic spirit of democracy and will further polarize the world, resulting in the emergence of new blocs
Beijing, December 4 (AP): China's Communist Party took American democracy to task on Saturday, sharply criticising a global democracy summit being hosted by President Joe Biden next week and extolling the v
Banjul (Gambia), December 4 (AP): Lines of voters snaked around corners outside polling stations in Gambia's capital on Saturday as the nation holds a presidential election that for the first time in decade
Johannesburg, December 4 (AP): Dr Sikhulile Moyo was analysing COVID-19 samples in his lab in Botswana last week when he noticed they looked startlingly different from others.
Within days, the world was abla
Washington, December 4 (IANS): The US President Joe Biden has signed a short-term funding bill that will keep the federal government running through February 18, 2022, avoiding a looming partial shutdown.
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Seoul, December 4 (IANS): South Korea's daily coronavirus cases recorded an all-time high of 5,352 on Saturday, a day after the country announced tough restrictions for four weeks to control the spread of t
Washington, December (IANS): US President Joe Biden has unveiled stricter Covid-19 travel rules as the US confirmed a handful of cases of the Omicron variant from coast to coast.
Biden said his plan "do
United Nations, December 3 (IANS): A nearly three-hour lockdown of the UN headquarters ended peacefully when an apparently mentally distraught mystery man holding a gun to his throat in front of the complex sur
Kuala Lumpur, December 3 (IANS): Malaysia has identified its first case of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in the country, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said on Friday.
The individual is a non-Malaysian
Harare, December 3 (IANS): Zimbabwean Vice President and Minister of Health and Child Care Constantino Chiwenga has confirmed the presence of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in the country.
He has urged the
Washington, December 3 (IANS): The US House of Representatives has approved a short-term spending Bill that would keep federal agencies running through February, averting a partial shutdown just a day before go