Damascus, May 28 (AP): Syrian President Bashar Assad was re-elected in a landslide, officials said Thursday, ushering in a fourth seven-year term in the war-torn country following an election described as illeg
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San Francisco, May 28 (IANS): The death toll in a mass shooting in California's San Jose city has increased to 10 after an injured person succumbed in a hospital, authorities said. The news was confirmed
Ottawa, May 28 (IANS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has delivered a formal apology for the internment of Italian Canadians during the Second World War. In June 1940, after Italy joined the war as a
Tokyo, May 28 (IANS): The Japanese government is likely to extend Covid-19 emergency measures in place for Tokyo and and eight other prefectures for another three weeks until June 20, local media reported on Fr
Wellington, May 28 (IANS): Job numbers in New Zealand reached a new high in April 2021, up 0.3 per cent since the previous March 2021 level, the country's statistics department Stats NZ said on Friday. F
Kabul, May 28 (IANS): A total of 23 Taliban militants were killed in airstrikes that targeted hideouts in Afghanistan's Balkh province, an army spokesman said on Friday. The sorties, according to the spo
Kathmandu, May 28 (IANS): The Nepal government has decided to allow once-a-week flights to China, Qatar and Turkey as all international flights, except two flights per week to India, have remained suspended in
Hong Kong, May 28 (IANS): A Hong Kong court on Friday sentenced several activists and opposition figures, including media mogul Jimmy Lai, to up to 18 months in prison. The court sentenced the 73-year-old La
Melbourne, May 27 (IANS) Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday pledged extra vaccines and defence force support for Victoria, country's second-most populous state, which will be placed under
WASHINGTON, May 27 (AP) — President Joe Biden ordered U.S. intelligence officials to “redouble” their efforts to investigate the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, including any possibilit
May 27 (PTI): A 36-year-old Indian-origin Sikh was among eight people killed in a horrific railyard shooting in San Jose in the US state of California, according to media reports on Thursday. Taptejdeep Sing
LAGOS, MAY 27 (IANS): Gunmen in Nigeria released 53 people after several days in captivity, said a local official. Zamfara state commissioner of security and home affairs Abubakar Dauran on Wednesday told re
KOLKATA, MAY 27 (IANS): Global rights bodies are up in arms with authorities in Thailand and want them to unconditionally drop 'politically motivated' charges against children who peacefully express the
Geneva, May 27 (AP): The UN rights chief said on Thursday that Israeli forces may have committed war crimes in the latest, 11-day war with the militant group Hamas that rules the Gaza Strip. The remarks by M
Dharamsala, May 26 (IANS): The Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, has congratulated Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) President-elect Penpa Tsering after his victory in the general ele
Islamabad, May 26 (IANS): After the Pentagon official claimed that Pakistan has allowed the US to use its airspace and ground routes as part of its Afghanistan campaign, a debate is underway in Islamabad regard
San Francisco, May 26 (IANS): The independent Oversight Board on Wednesday overturned Facebook's decision to remove a comment in which a supporter of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny call
Washington/Moscow, May 26 (IANS): US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold their first summit in Geneva, Switzerland on June 16, the White House said on Tuesday. "The leader
Washington, May 26 (IANS): The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 167.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.48 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest upda
NEW DELHI, MAY 26 (IANS): Recognising the urgent need for action, leaders from the United Nations, private sector, national and local governments, youth and other organisations issued a joint call on Wednesday
