San Francisco, June 5 (IANS): Facebook has suspended US former President Donald Trump from its platforms for two years, the maximum penalty under a newly revealed set of rules for suspending public figures, a m
Brasilia, June 5 (IANS): Record levels of deforestation continue unabated in the Brazilian Amazon and in May alone, 1,180 square kilometres of the rainforest were chopped down, according to official data.
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Brussels, June 5 (IANS): Starting from Saturday, Belarusian air carriers' will be banned from flying over the European Union (EU) airspace and also using runways in response to the forced diversion of a Rya
Washington, June 5 (IANS): An unruly US passenger was arrested after he allegedly tried to breach the cockpit on a Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to Nashville, said authorities Friday.
Delta on Frid
Moscow, June 5 (IANS) It is unfounded for the United States to accuse China of causing the Covid-19 pandemic, a columnist of Russia's RIA Novosti news agency has said.
"The only information on which
New Delhi, June 5 (PTI): Social media behemoth Facebook said the account of former US President Donald Trump will remain suspended for two years, and post that period it will re-assess the ban.
Facebook, alo
Nay Pyi Taw, June 5 (IANS) Envoys of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are in Myanmar to hold talks with top officials about the current political situation in the country following the Februar
London, June 4 (IANS): The US' top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci, who has over the last week been embroiled in criticism of his emails, is an "undeniable asset", said the White House
MEXICO CITY, JUNE 4 (IANS): A massive water-filled sinkhole which opened up for unknown reasons in a field in central Mexico is getting bigger, local authorities said.
The sinkhole, which was just five metre
Lahore, June 4 (PTI): A top Pakistani court here has set aside a death sentence handed down to a Christian couple by a lower court seven years ago and acquitted them of blasphemy charges, citing lack of evidenc
KABUL, JUNE 4 (IANS): Afghanistan's Acting Minister of Public Health Wahid Majrooh has expressed concerns over the coronavirus situation in the country and urged the civilians to follow the government-issue
London, June 4 (AP): A people's tribunal set up to assess whether China's alleged rights abuses against the Uyghur people constitute genocide opened in London on Friday, with witness alleging that inmat
Seoul, June 4 (AP): South Korea's air force chief stepped down Friday in the face of public anger over the death of a female master sergeant whose family says she killed herself after being sexually abused
Hong Kong, June 4 (AP): Police arrested an organizer of Hong Kong's annual candlelight vigil remembering the deadly Tiananmen Square crackdown and warned people not to attend the banned event Friday as auth
Jakarta, June 4 (IANS): Indonesia's most active volcano Merapi erupted four times with lava flowing as far as 1,500 metres from the crater, according to the Geological Disaster Technology Research and Devel
Colombo, June 4 (IANS): The Sri Lankan government announced that it has launched a search operation to locate the Voyage Data Recorder (VDR) from the Singapore-flagged X Press Pearl container ship which caught
Gaza, June 4 (IANS): The Hamas-run Ministry of Agriculture in Gaza announced othat it has stopped importing Israeli fruits after the Jewish state banned the export of vegetables from the besieged enclave to the
Beirut, June 4 (IANS): Ferid Belhaj, World Bank Group Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa, said the global lender is ready to contribute towards the reconstruction of Beirut following the widesp
London, June 4 (IANS): The UK's Queen Elizabeth II will meet US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at the Windsor Castle next week, the Buckingham Palace has confirmed.
In a statement issued o
United Nations, June 4 (IANS): With factors contributing to transnational corruption becoming increasingly complex, the UN has launched an initiative to "empower all countries" to find practical solut