Dubai, March 24 (AP): Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, deputy ruler of Dubai and the finance minister of the United Arab Emirates, has died, his brother said on Wednesday. He was 75.
Sheikh Hamdan served
Washington, March 24 (PTI): The Afghan negotiating team has not seen any change in the Taliban's posture, which does not seem to be much different from when they were in power pre-9/11, Afghanistan's Na
Washington, March 24 (AP): North Korea fired short-range missiles this past weekend, just days after the sister of Kim Jong Un threatened the United States and South Korea for holding joint military exercises.
Jerusalem, March 24 (AP): Uncertainty hovered over the outcome of Israel's parliamentary election Wednesday, with both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and sworn political rivals determined to depose him a
Yangon, March 24 (AP): Hundreds of people imprisoned for protesting last month's coup were released Wednesday in the first apparent gesture by the military to try to placate the protest movement.
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New York, March 23 (IANS): Following the doubts expressed by a top US-based health agency over the Covid-19 vaccine trial data, British-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca on Tuesday said that it will share primary a
Jerusalem, March 23 (AP): Israelis began voting on Tuesday in the country's fourth parliamentary election in two years a highly charged referendum on the divisive rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Dhaka, March 23 (IANS): At least seven people died and dozens others injured in a massive blaze that ravaged parts of sprawling Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar district, a fire depart
Washington, March 23 (IANS): Ten people, including a police officer, were killed in a mass shooting at a grocery store in the US state of Colorado, authorities said, adding the suspect has been apprehended
Islamabad, March 23 (IANS): Islamabad authorities are planning to impose smart lockdowns in Covid-19 hotspots across the Pakistani capital city following a surge in the number of fresh cases and deaths, the med
Nay Pyi Taw, March 23 (IANS): More casualties have been reported in Myanmar as demonstrators returned to the streets to protest against the February 1 military takeover of the country.
Media portal Mizzima N
Sofia, March 22 (AP): Two Russian diplomats accused by Bulgarian prosecutors of espionage will be expelled from the country, Bulgaria's foreign ministry announced Monday.
The ministry said that the Russi
Dubai, March 22 (AP): Saudi Arabia announced a plan Monday to offer Yemen's Houthi rebels a cease-fire in the country's yearslong war and allow a major airport to reopen in its capital, the kingdom'
Moscow, March 22 (AP): The Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday that Washington has rejected President Vladimir Putin's offer to arrange a quick public call with US President Joe Biden to help defuse t
Yangon, March 22 (AP): The BBC said Monday that a journalist from its Burmese-language service was released by authorities in Myanmar but gave no details, as protesters in the Southeast Asian nation continued t
KUALA LUMPUR, MARCH 22 (IANS): Malaysia has expelled all diplomats of the North Korean Embassy here in response to the latter's decision to sever diplomatic ties after Kuala Lumpur extradited a Pyongyang na
BRATISLAVA, MARCH 22 (IANS): Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic has agreed to resign under certain conditions, offering a way out of a coalition deadlock triggered by a dispute over the government's coronav
LONDON, MARCH 22 (IANS): While technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) could help the world deal with dangerous climate and environmental change, fake news on social media about global warming and bio
WASHINGTON, MARCH 22 (IANS): Former US President Donald Trump will make a social media comeback on "his own platform" in the next two or three months, an advisor has said.
The former advisor, Jason
JAKARTA, MARCH 22 (IANS): Indonesia's most active volcano Mount Merapi erupted twice on Monday, spewing hot clouds as far as 1,500 metres, according to the Geological Disaster Technology Research and Develo