Dubai, January 17 (AP): A possible drone attack may have sparked an explosion that struck three oil tankers in Abu Dhabi and another fire at an extension of Abu Dhabi International Airport on Monday that killed
Davos, January 17 (PTI): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday said joint efforts are the only way to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic and called for fair distribution of vaccines and expedited inoculation drive
Seoul, January 17 (AP): North Korea on Monday fired two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea in its fourth weapons launch this month, South Korea's military said, with the apparent goal of demonstratin
Beijing, January 17 (PTI): China's population grew to 1.4126 billion by the end of last year, increasing by less than half-a-million as the birth rate fell for the fifth consecutive year, stoking fears of a
Kathmandu, January 16 (IANS): Nepal on Sunday once again reminded India not to construct any roads in Nepali territory unilaterally.
This reaction comes in a response to a recent statement of Indian Prime Mi
Strasbourg (France), January 16 (AP): A World Health Organisation official warned last week of a closing window of opportunity for European countries to prevent their health care systems from being overwhelmed
Colleyville (US), January 16 (AP): Four hostages are safe and their captor is dead after an hourslong standoff that began when the man took over services at a Texas synagogue where he could be heard ranting on
Wellington, January 16 (AP): The tsunami threat around the Pacific from a huge undersea volcanic eruption began to recede Sunday, but the massive ash cloud covering the tiny island nation of Tonga prevented sur
Kabul, January 16 (IANS): Reacting to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's directive to send qualified and trained Pakistani manpower to Afghanistan, former President of the war-torn nation Hamid Karzai sai
Islamabad, January 15 (IANS): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has launched the public version of the country's first-ever National Security Policy document and called it an "all-encompassing" f
Paris, January 15 (IANS): The French national authority of health has officially approved the Nuvaxovid vaccine for Covid-19.
"The data from various studies shows the high efficiency of the Nuvaxovid va
Moscow, January 15 (IANS): Russia has arrested several members of the well-known hacker group called REvil at the request of the US government after it was established that the infamous group was involved in se
Wellington, January 15 (IANS): New Zealands National Emergency Management Agency on Saturday issued a tsunami warning following a volcanic eruption in Tonga's Hunga Ha'apai island.
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Rome, January 14 (AP): Pope Francis has long lamented that he can't walk around town unnoticed like he used to before becoming pope. But he seems to have nevertheless kept his sense of humour after he was c
Bangkok, January 14 (AP): Myanmar's military-installed government has filed five new corruption charges against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in connection with granting permits to rent and buy a helicopte
Seoul, January 14 (AP): North Korea on Friday fired at least one possible ballistic missile in its third weapons launch this month, officials in South Korea and Japan said, in an apparent reprisal for fresh san
United Nations, January 14 (AP): The United Nations chief warned Thursday that millions of Afghans are on the verge of death," urging the international community to fund the UN's USD 5 billio
London, January 14 (IANS): The Buckingham Palace has announced that Duke of York Prince Andrew's "military affiliations and royal patronages have been returned to the Queen"
In a brief statemen
Kabul, January 14 (IANS): The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that the rights of Afghan women and girls are "under attack" and that they need the world body's su
Seoul, January 14 (IANS): North Korea on Friday warned that it will have to take "stronger and certain reaction" after the US imposed new sanctions over Pyongyang's recent missile launches.
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