ROME, JUNE 29 (IANS): A Global Coalition to Defeat IS (Islamic State) has said that although nearly eight million people have been freed from the terror group's control in Iraq and Syria, it still remains a
Beijing, June 29 (PTI): Two doses of the China-made COVID-19 vaccine, CoronaVac, are safe and produce a strong antibody response among children and adolescents aged 3-17 years, according to a study published in
Brussels, June 28 (IANS): Providing every country with equal access to vaccines can help vaccinate everyone and help the world beat the Covid pandemic as well as spur growth in the global economy, the United Na
Hong Kong, June 28 (AP): An editorial writer of the now-defunct Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily was arrested at the airport on Sunday night while attempting to leave the city, local media reported
Islamabad, June 28 (PTI): Pakistan on Monday claimed that more than 5,000 militants of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were present in Afghanistan, a day after Kabul denied the presence of the banned terro
Seoul, June 28 (AP): Heartbroken North Koreans have been worrying tearfully about leader Kim Jong Un's emaciated looks, state media quoted a local resident as saying, in a rare acknowledgement of forei
Kolkata, June 28 (IANS): U Zaw Htay, who served as the spokesman of the Aung San Suu Kyi-led ousted government of Myanmar, has been freed from military custody in capital Nay Pyi Taw after more than four months
Mogadishu, June 28 (IANS): Somali National Army (SNA) said that 41 al-Shabab militants were killed and several others injured in a suicide attack in the country's Galmudug state.
An SNA commander to
Damscus/Washington, June 28 (IANS): At least five members of paramilitary group were killed in US airstrikes on the border region between Iraq and Syria, a war monitor said on Monday.
The Syrian Observa
Washington, June 27 (IANS): The death toll from the partial collapse of a 12-story residential building in the US beachside town of Surfside, southeastern state Florida, has risen to five, authorities said on S
TEHRAN, JUNE 27 (IANS): Iran will not negotiate endlessly over the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, a top official said here, while also urging the US to abandon the "failed legacy" of former Preside
UNITED NATIONS, JUNE 27 (IANS): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed shock at the killing of three staff members of Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders in Ethiopia's conf
London, June 27 (PTI): The UK government said on Sunday that it will launch an investigation into how footage from inside a departmental office was leaked and ended in Matt Hancock resigning as Health Secretary
Beijing, June 27 (PTI): As China's ruling Communist Party is set to celebrate its centenary on July 1, experts warn that the potential of President Xi Jinping's continuation in power, unlike his predece
Beirut, June 27 (AP): Lebanese troops deployed in the northern city of Tripoli early Sunday taking positions around major state institutions after a night of protests and riots against worsening living conditio
Bogota, June 26 (IANS): Colombian President Ivan Duque said that a helicopter carrying him and several other officials was struck by multiple bullets in the southern Catatumbo region.
The incident took
New York, June 26 (IANS): As SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing Covid-19, evolves it tends to mutate and bring new variants as well as cause changes to the spike protein -- a fact that can render the current va
Toronto, June 25 (AP): Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday he has urged Pope Francisco to come to Canada to apologize for church-run boarding schools where hundreds of unmarked graves have been found, and
Washington, June 26 (IANS): At least four people have been confirmed dead while the number of the missing rose to 159 after a 12-story residential building partially collapsed early on Thursday in Miami-Dade Co
Washington, June 26 (IANS): Former US police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced on Friday to 270 months, or 22.5 years in prison, for the murder of African American George Floyd last year in Minneapolis,