New Delhi, October 27 (IANS): A number of women took to the streets of Kabul on Tuesday to protest against the closed schools for girls and accused the international community of being silent about what is
Cairo, October 27 (AP): Sudanese security forces detained three prominent pro-democracy figures, family members and activists said Wednesday, as international pressure mounted on the country's military to w
Beijing, October 27 (AP): US regulators are expelling a unit of China Telecom Ltd., one of the country's three major state-owned carriers, from the American market as a national security threat amid rising
Beijing, October 26 (PTI): Underlining that Afghanistan was at a critical stage of transforming from chaos to governance, China has urged the Taliban that they should make a clean break with terrorism, demonstr
Bangkok, October 26 (AP): Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi testified in court for the first time Tuesday in one of several cases against her, but details of what she said were not available because of a g
Berlin, October 26 (AP): The United Nations reported Tuesday that fresh pledges by governments to cut greenhouse gas emissions raise hopes but aren't strict enough to avoid catastrophic global warming.
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Seoul, October 26 (AP): Former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo, who participated in a military coup then won the election that was the country's first move toward democracy before he was imprisoned for c
Tokyo, October 26 (AP): Japanese Princess Mako quietly married a commoner without traditional wedding celebrations Tuesday and said their marriage delayed three years and called unfit by some "was a necess
Seoul, October 26 (IANS) North Korea has conducted coronavirus tests on around 42,000 people but no person was found to be infected by the virus, a World Health Organization (WHO) report revealed on Tuesday.
New Delhi, October 26 (IANS) In a first-of-its-kind in China, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) recently conducted an underwater explosion test which simulated an attack on a hostile high-piled wharf, the
Washington, October 26 (IANS) Two people were killed and several others injured, including a police officer, in a shooting incident at a shopping mall in the US state of Idaho, local authorities said.
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Beijing, October 25 (PTI): Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday that the international law with the UN at the core should be observed by all countries without exception and the global rules cannot be wri
New Delhi, October 25 (IANS): Lockdowns, spiraling cases and a vaccine divide is framing the start of Europes second Covid-19 pandemic winter, bringing chaos to eastern European countries and uncertainty to tho
Seoul, October 25 (IANS): North Korea's Foreign Ministry on Monday denounced Canada and France for dispatching patrol planes near the Korean Peninsula to monitor Pyongyang's activities, violating a UN S
New Delhi, October 25 (IANS): More than half of the population of Afghanistan, or a record 22.8 million people, will face acute food insecurity from November, according to the latest report issued on Monday by
Cairo, October 25 (AP): Sudan's leading general declared a state of emergency Monday, hours after his forces arrested the acting prime minister and disrupted the internet in an apparent coup as the country
Hong Kong, October 25 (AP): Amnesty International said Monday it would close its two offices in Hong Kong this year, becoming the latest non-governmental organization to cease its operations amid a crackdown on
Dhaka, October 24 (PTI): Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said on Sunday that certain quarters with vested interests were disseminating propaganda to create communal divide and tarnish the image of Bangladesh, as t
Kabul, October 24 (IANS): The Taliban-led Afghan government's Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock on Sunday launched a plan to create jobs and fight a potential food crisis amid the continuous
Seoul, October 24 (IANS): South Korea's spy agency said on Sunday that media reports of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister staging a coup against her brother are not true at all.
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