UNITED NATIONS, SEPTEMBER 18 (IANS): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the fight against Covid-19 offers "a generational opportunity" to write a new social contract that upholds women's h
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Seoul, September 18 (AP): Recent satellite images shows North Korea is expanding a uranium enrichment plant at its main Yongbyon nuclear complex, a sign that it's intent on boosting the production of bomb m
Tokyo, September 17 (AP): Official election campaigning started Friday for the next head of Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party. The winner will almost certainly become leader of the world's N
Moscow, September 17 (PTI): Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday said that the Afghanistan government formed by the Taliban is not representative and inclusive, but it is essential to work with it as he s
Bangkok, September 17 (AP): A trial of Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on corruption charges is set to begin on October 1, a member of her legal team said Friday. Lawyer Khin Maung Zaw said a ju
Johannesburg, September 17 (PTI): South Africa's top court on Friday rejected former president Jacob Zuma's application to rescind his 15-month-jail sentence for contempt of court. Zuma handed himsel
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 17 (IANS): Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, climate-related disasters have affected the lives of at least 139.2 million people and killed more than 17,242 others. This is th
UNITED NATIONS, SEPTEMBER 17 (IANS): UN Women has unveiled a feminist plan for economic recovery and transformation, learning from the Covid-19 pandemic and previous crises. The pandemic has exacerbated pre-
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 17 (IANS): Ever since the Taliban took over Afghanistans capital on August 15, the war-torn countrys already fragile economy has spiraled into despair, The New York Post reported. With m
Washington, September 17 (AP): President Joe Biden's decision to form a strategic Indo-Pacific alliance with Australia and Britain to counter China is angering France and the European Union. They're fee
Beijing, September 17 (PTI): China on Friday announced that its manned mission to construct a space station was a complete success after three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth after concluding the country&#
Berlin, September 16 (AP): Scientists say the hole in the Earth's protective ozone layer over the Southern Hemisphere is larger than usual this year and already surpasses the size of Antarctica. The Euro
Islamabad, September 16 (PTI): "He is a busy man", Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said curtly about Joe Biden, expressing his disappointment over US President's reluctance to contact him s
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 16 (IANS): The average global temperature for the past five years was among the highest on record. There is an increasing likelihood that temperatures will temporarily breach the threshold
WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 16 (IANS): Scientists at NASA have found evidence that a region of northern Mars called Arabia Terra experienced thousands of "super eruptions," the biggest volcanic eruptio
Beijing, September 16 (PTI): China said on Thursday that all countries in South Asia should make efforts to maintain peace, security and stability in the region as it reacted to media reports on India's pla
SAN FRANCISCO, SEPTEMBER 16 (IANS): Inspiration4, run by tech billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX, has launched its first all-civilian mission to orbit on Thursday. SpaceX's charity-driven mission named I
Beijing, September 16 (PTI): A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted China's southwestern Sichuan province on Thursday, leaving at least three persons dead and 60 others injured. The earthquake struck at 4:33
Kabul, September 16 (AP): Friction between pragmatists and ideologues in the Taliban leadership has intensified since the group formed a hard-line Cabinet last week that is more in line with their harsh ru
Islamabad, September 16 (PTI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the international community must engage with the Taliban and "incentivise" them on issues such as women's rights and an i
