Washington, June 7 (IANS): The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 173.1 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.72 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
In its latest upda
Miami, June 7 (IANS): At least three people were killed and multiple others injured during a shooting at a graduation party in Miami-Dade County located in the US state of Florida, police said.
A barrage of
Amman, June 7 (IANS): Jordan's Lower House of Parliament voted to expel MP Osama Ajarmeh over his "insulting statements" against King Abdullah II.
The Lower House on Sunday held an emergency se
Mexico City, June 7 (IANS): Mexicans voted in the historic midterm electionsy, with tens of thousands of candidates vying to fill more than 20,000 public posts, according to authorities.
On, about 90 million
Islamabad, June 7 (IANS): At least 36 people were killed and more than 50 others injured after two passenger trains collided on Monday in Pakistan's Sindh province, authorities said.
A Sir Syed Express T
Guatemala City, June 7 (IANS): US Vice President Kamala Harris has arrived in Guatemala City for her first foreign trip after taking office in January following a technical issue with her aircraft delayed the d
Moscow, June 7 (IANS): Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law withdrawing Moscow from the Open Skies treaty, an arms control pact with the US that permitted unarmed surveillance flights over military
Taipei, June 7 (IANS): Strict virus control measures will be extended across Taiwain through late June, officials announced on Monday, noting that the emergence of new coronavirus infections have not slowed dow
London, June 6 (IANS): UK Health Minister Matt Hancock on Sunday said that the ‘Delta’ variant of Covid-19, first reported in India, is 40 per cent more transmissible than the ‘Alpha’ st
London, June 6 (PTI): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will call on fellow G7 leaders to make concrete commitments to vaccinate the entire world against coronavirus by the end of 2022 at the Leaders' Summit
Dhaka, June 6 (PTI): Bangladesh on Sunday scrapped the gallantry awards of four convicted ex-military officers who are on the run, evading death sentences for assassinating the country's founding father Ban
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS): Pakistani establishment appears to have realised that in case the Taliban captured Afghanistan by force, there can be a serious blowback against Islamabad, which it can ill-afford.
NAY PYI TAW, JUNE 6 (IANS): Myanmar is willing to work together with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to safeguard the domestic stability of the country and implement the relevant consensus, S
Kabul, June 6 (AP): A minivan carrying civilian passengers in northwest Afghanistan was hit by a roadside bomb, leaving at least 11 passengers dead, including three children, an Afghan official said Sunday.
COLOMBO, JUNE 6 (IANS): Heavy rains followed by landslides and flooding in Sri Lanka killed at least 14 people and has affected over 250,000 more in the past two days with warnings that adverse weather conditio
Beijing, June 6 (PTI): China has authorised the emergency use of CoronaVac, a COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by Chinese firm Sinovac, for children aged between 3 and 17 years, Sinovac Chairman Yin Weidong said.
Kolkata, June 6 (IANS) Villagers in Myanmar fought security forces with catapults and crossbows in the Ayeyarwady river delta region, with local media reporting that 20 lives were lost in the violence.
State
Seoul, June 5 (IANS): Reports of ransomware attacks in South Korea have surged in the past year, shutting down hospitals to shopping malls as the coronavirus pandemic led to increased online activities.
Ankara, June 5 (IANS): Turkey has discovered 135 billion cubic meters of addition natural gas in the Black Sea, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
The new discovery in the Amasra-1 field has raised th
Moscow, June 5 (IANS): Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed the need to join efforts globally in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
The world has not yet recovered from the difficulties and res