Washington, February 5 (AP): President Joe Biden has formally stopped the planned withdrawal of US troops from Germany that was ordered last year by the Trump administration but had never actually begun.
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Islamabad, February 4 (PTI): Pakistan on Thursday said that China's Sinopharm vaccine is not effective for people over 60 years of age, a day after it began its countrywide coronavirus vaccination programme
Jakarta, February 4 (AP): The future of the fragile peace process that has sought to end Myanmar's decades-long conflict between the military, armed ethnic groups and militias has become even more uncertain
MOSCOW, FEBRUARY 4 (IANS): In a stern warning to the United States' and the European Union (EU), the Vladimir Putin government on Thursday said that no one should consider Russian politeness over the issue
Colombo, February 4 (PTI): Asserting that he will never allow extremism to "raise its head again" in Sri Lanka, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday said he has received the final report of a pane
Geneva, February 4 (AP): A top international Red Cross organisation has announced a 100-million Swiss franc (USD 110 million) plan to help support the immunisation of 500 million people worldwide against COVID-
London, February 4 (AP): The UK has stripped China's state-owned TV channel of its broadcasting licence in the country, after an investigation found the licence holder lacked editorial control and had links
Kathmandu, February 4 (PTI): The normal life was paralysed across Nepal on Thursday during a nation-wide general strike called by the Nepal Communist Party's splinter faction-led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prach
Colombo, February 4 (AP): Sri Lanka's president said Thursday that he has received the final report of an inquiry commission investigating the 2019 Easter Sunday bomb attacks and vowed he will not allow any
Wuhan (China), February 4 (AP): One of the World Health Organisation investigators looking for clues into the origin of the coronavirus in the central Chinese city of Wuhan said that the Chinese side has provid
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 4 (IANS): Leading Senators from the US, prominent politicians from the rest of the world and various global human rights groups have expressed shock and anger, calling for a UN-led investiga
TEHRAN, FEBRUARY 4 (IANS): A high-ranking Iraqi delegation headed by Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein met Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and other senior officials in Tehran to discuss the expansion of bilateral
Seoul, February 4 (AP): The South Korean and US presidents agreed on the need for a comprehensive strategy on North Korea as they push to work together to achieve denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula, offic
Yangon, February 4 (AP): Myanmar's new military government has blocked access to Facebook as resistance to Monday's coup surged amid calls for civil disobedience to protest the ousting of the elected ci
Washington, February 4 (AP): President Joe Biden encouraged Democratic lawmakers to act fast on his USD 1.9 trillion COVID rescue plan but also signaled he's open to changes, including limiting the proposed
Washington, February 3 (PTI): The US on Wednesday extended by five years the last remaining nuclear arms pact with Russia on limiting their stockpiles of atomic weapons, saying the move is the beginning of the
Washington, February 3 (PTI): An Indian-American group on Wednesday urged the FBI to investigate the recent desecration of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in the US state of California as a hate crime and demanded
Jakarta, February 3 (AP): Medical workers across Myanmar began a civil disobedience protest against Monday's coup, wearing red ribbons and declaring they won't work for the new military government.
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Nay Pyi Taw, February 3 (IANS): Police in Myanmar have filed several charges against elected civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi following Monday's military coup.
She has been remanded in custody until Febr
Washington, February 3 (IANS): The total number of global coronavirus cases has topped 103.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.25 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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