Washington/Seoul, November 18 (IANS): The US has designated North Korea as a state violator of religious freedom, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.
North Korea is one of 10 countries designated as &quo
Kabul, November 18 (IANS): The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has signed agreements with three leading aid agencies in a bid to support hundreds of thousands of displaced families ahead of the winter sea
Manila, November 18 (AP): Chinese coast guard ships blocked and sprayed a powerful stream of water at two Philippine boats carrying supplies to troops at a disputed South China Sea shoal, prompting Manila to or
New York, November 18 (AP): Two men convicted in the assassination of Malcolm X are set to be cleared after more than half a century, with prosecutors now saying authorities withheld evidence in the civil
Beijing, November 17 (AP): China and the US have agreed to ease restrictions on each other's journalists amid a slight relaxation of tensions between the two sides.
The official China Daily newspaper on
Beijing, November 17 (IANS): World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that the "scandal" of global Covid-19 vaccine disparity must stop, according to a rece
United Nations, November 17 (PTI): Terrorists enjoy free pass in Pakistan, which has an established history and policy of actively supporting them and holds the ignoble record of hosting the largest number of m
Washington/Beijing, November 16 (PTI): US President Joe Biden discussed with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping the importance of a "free and open" Indo-Pacific, and communicated Washington's cont
Beijing, November 16 (PTI): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday questioned his US counterpart Joe Biden's initiative to rally democratic countries, saying democracy is not "mass produced" with
Beijing, November 16 (IANS): Global wealth tripled over the last two decades, with China leading the way and overtaking the US for the top spot worldwide, Bloomberg reported.
A report by McKinsey & Co. t
Jerusalem, November 16 (AP): Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in court for the first time in over half a year on Tuesday as a one-time confidant prepared to take the stand against him i
Bangkok, November 16 (AP): Myanmar's state election commission announced it is prosecuting the country's ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and 15 other senior political figures for alleged fraud in last
Beijing/Washington, November 16 (PTI): Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Joe Biden in a much-awaited virtual summit on Tuesday held candid talks on establishing a working relationship between
Washington, November 15 (IANS): US President Joe Biden's ties with Vice President Kamala Harris is in crisis, with the latter's staff furious that she is being 'sidelined', while the President
Kabul, November 15 (IANS): The delay in providing right to education and employment to women by the Afghan Taliban led interim government in Afghanistan has triggered protests and uproar in the country.
On
Bangkok, November 15 (AP): American journalist Danny Fenster, sentenced only days ago to 11 years hard labour in Myanmar, has been freed and is on his way home, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Bill Richardso
Mogadishu, November 15 (IANS): Food insecurity is likely to worsen significantly in Somalia through May 2022, with many households experiencing widening food consumption gaps and erosion of their coping capacit
Washington, November 15 (AP): Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping have slurped noodles together in Beijing. They've shared deep thoughts about the meaning of America during an exchange on the Tibetan plate
Beijing, November 15 (AP): China has confined nearly 1,500 university students to their dormitories and hotels following an outbreak of COVID-19 in the northwestern city of Dalian.
The order was issued Sunda
LONDON, November 14 (AP): Queen Elizabeth II missed out on the Remembrance Sunday service in London to pay tribute to Britain’s war dead because she sprained her back, Buckingham Palace said Sunday.