Washington, July 30 (IANS): The US Department of Defense (DoD) has issued a mandate requiring members of the military to provide a proof of their vaccination status or be subject to strict safety protocols aime
Seoul, July 30 (IANS): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has instructed the country's military to complete preparations for coping with "any military provocation of enemies", a state media repo
Washington, July 30 (IANS): The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 196.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.19 million and vaccinations soared to over 3.99 billion, according to
Kabul, July 30 (IANS): At least 100 Taliban militants were killed and about 90 others wounded during multiple offensives carried out by the Afghan security forces across the country in just 24 hours, officials
Hong Kong, July 30 (AP): A pro-democracy protester was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison in the closely watched first prosecution under Hong Kong's national security law as the ruling Communist Party
Kabul, July 29 (AP): Flash flooding killed 150 people in a remote area in Afghanistan's mountainous northeastern Nuristan province controlled by the Taliban, a spokesman for the insurgents said Thursday. Th
Islamabad, July 29 (PTI): The Pakistan government is not a spokesperson for the Taliban and Islamabad cannot be held responsible for the actions of the insurgent group in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of
Islamabad, July 29 (AP): Afghanistan's Taliban took responsibility this week for the killing of a comic in the country's south, raising the specter of revenge killings as the US and NATO put the final t
LIMA, JULY 29 (IANS): Pedro Castillo has been sworn in as the new President of Peru, after weeks of uncertainty following defeating a right-wing rival in a hard-fought presidential runoff.
"It is the fi
Medan (Indonesia), July 28 (AP): A rumbling volcano on Indonesia's Sumatra island on Wednesday shot billowing columns of ash and hot clouds down its slopes.
The ash released by Mount Sinabung in North Su
Dubai, July 28 (PTI): Saudi Arabia has announced a three-year travel ban and hefty penalties on citizens who visit countries on the kingdom's COVID-19 red list, including India.
"Travelling to the b
Tehran, July 28 (AP): Iran's supreme leader on Wednesday called the US stubborn in stalled nuclear talks in Vienna for discussing Tehran's missiles and regional influence.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Al
Singapore, July 27 (AP): US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin decried the actions of Myanmar's military rulers on Tuesday and urged a regional bloc to keep demanding an end to the violence.
Myanmar, also ca
Seoul, July 27 (IANS): South Korea and North Korea have restored their cross-border communication lines that had been severed for over a year, the presidential Blue House in Seoul announced on Tuesday.
Miami, July 27 (IANS): The death toll from the partial collapse of a 12-storey residential building in Surfside, a beachside town in Florida, has increased to 98 following the identification of the last vi
Baghdad, July 27 (IANS): Two airstrikes hit a base belonging to the Iraqi paramilitary Hashd Shaabi or the Popular Mobilization Forces in Najaf province, south of the capital Baghdad, according to an offic
Washington, July 27 (PTI): Astronomers have uncovered the first evidence of water vapour in the atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Ganymede by using new and archival datasets from NASA's Hubble Space Telescop
NAY PYI TAW, JULY 27 (IANS): The Myanmar junta has cancelled the results of the 2020 general elections won by ousted de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party, a move that
Seoul, July 27 (AP): North and South Korea have restored suspended communication channels between them and their leaders agreed to improve ties, both governments said Tuesday, despite a 2 year-stalemate in US-l
Hong Kong, July 27 (AP): The first person to be tried under Hong Kong's sweeping national security law was found guilty of secessionism and terrorism on Tuesday.
The Hong Kong High Court handed down the