Washington, July 3 (IANS): US President Joe Biden said on Friday that the drawdown in Afghanistan is "on track", but troops will not leave the country in the next few days.
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United Nations/Geneva, July 3 (PTI): The world is in a very "dangerous period" of the COVID-19 pandemic compounded by more transmissible variants like Delta, which is continuing to evolve and mutate,
Tokyo, July 3 (IANS): Two bodies were found and about 20 people remained missing after a massive mudslide triggered by torrential rain hit Atami city of Shizuoka prefecture in central Japan on Saturday, local a
Washington, July 2 (AP): As the last US combat troops prepare to leave Afghanistan, the question arises: When is the war really over? For Afghans the answer is clear but grim: no time soon. An emboldened Tal
Geneva, July 2 (AP): The head of the World Health Organisation says the world is in a very dangerous period of the COVID-19 pandemic, noting the more contagious delta variant is identified in nearly 100 countri
Islamabad, July 2 (PTI): Pakistan on Friday rejected India's claims that a drone was spotted over the Indian High Commission complex here last week and said no proof has been shared with it to substantiate
NEW DELHI, JULY 2 (IANS): One of the most galling atrocities committed against Uighur women in the camps is the Chinese Communist Partys (CCP) forced sterilisation campaign. In multiple reports, The Washingt
NAY PYI TAW, JULY 2 (IANS): The Myanmar government has imposed a stay-at-home order in nine townships across the Bago and Mandalay regions due to the recent spike of Covid-19 infections. The stay-at-home ord
KOLKATA, JULY 2 (IANS): Students For Free Tibet (SFT), a leading hardline Tibetan group, has tied up to pro-democracy groups in Myanmar, extending their anti-China campaign to new areas in Asia. SFT's Ca
ANKARA, JULY 2 (IANS): Turkish women held protests in cities across the country to denounce the country's withdrawal from an international treaty designated to combat gender violence. Turkey on Thursday
ISLAMABAD, JULY 2 (IANS): In a move that could attract serious sanctions on Pakistan and Turkey and would certainly impact bilateral relations, the US has added both the countries into its Child Soldiers Preven
Dhaka, July 2 (PTI): Bangladesh has recorded its highest single-day virus-related deaths at 143 on Thursday, according to media reports on Friday. The Directorate General of Health Services, in its medical b
Kabul, July 2 (AP): After nearly 20 years, the US military left Bagram Airfield, the epicentre of its war to oust the Taliban and hunt down the al Qaida perpetrators of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on America, tw
Beijing, July 2 (AP): As the World Health Organization draws up plans for the next phase of its probe of how the coronavirus pandemic started, an increasing number of scientists say the U.N. agency it isn't
Beijing, July 2 (AP): China on Friday rejected US accusations it is failing to stop human trafficking and said Washington has no right to criticise due to its history of racial discrimination. Beijing was am
Islamabad, July 2 (IANS): In a bold decision, Pakistan has decided and announced that it will not provide any bases on its soil to the US to operate from, after its troops exit Afghanistan. The decision came
Cape Canaveral (US), July 2 (AP): Virgin Galactic's Richard Branson is aiming to beat fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos into space by nine days. Branson's company announced Thursday evening that its next
Ljubljana, July 2 (IANS): Slovenia has formally taken over the six-month presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) , with a focus on tackling the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery, enhancing resilience
New York, July 2 (AP): Donald Trump's company and its longtime finance chief were charged Thursday in what prosecutors called a sweeping and audacious tax fraud scheme in which the executive collected more
Manila, July 2 (IANS): Evacuations of families living close to an island volcano in the Philippines' Batangas province were underway on Friday, a day after phreatomagmatic eruptions sent "a dark grayis
