BRUSSELS, MARCH 22 (IANS): The European Union (EU) is sanctioning China for human rights abuses against the Uighur ethnic minority, an informed source from the 27-member bloc said on Monday.
The source told
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Jerusalem, March 22 (AP): Israelis vote Tuesday in their fourth parliamentary election in just two years. Once again, the race boils down to a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu, who
Brussels, March 22 (AP): The European Union is set to slap sanctions on 11 officials in Myanmar accused of involvement in the military coup and the violent crackdown on protesters that followed, EU foreign poli
Washington, March 21 (AP): Iran has made threats against Fort McNair, an Army base in the nation's capital, and against the Army's vice chief of staff, two senior US intelligence officials said. They
Kuala Lumpur, March 21 (AP): North Korean diplomats vacated their embassy in Malaysia and were expelled Sunday, after the two nations cut diplomatic relations in a spat over the extradition of a North Korean cr
Manila (Philippines), March 21 (AP): The Philippine defense chief on Sunday demanded more than 200 Chinese vessels he said were manned by militias leave a South China Sea reef claimed by Manila, saying the
BRUSSELS, MARCH 21 (IANS): The European Union's (EU) top diplomat and the President of the EU Commission on Sunday condemned Turkey's decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention on women's rig-
Kabul, March 21 (AP): State media reported that US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived on Sunday in Kabul on his first trip to Afghanistan as Pentagon chief, amid swirling questions about how long American t
UNITED NATIONS, MARCH 21 (IANS): The Unicef has expressed concerns over the death and injury of children by a landmine in the Libyan capital of Tripoli. "Unicef is deeply concerned over the death and in
TEHRAN, MARCH 21 (IANS): Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that Washington's maximum pressure policy against Tehran has been a failure. The enemies of Iran, led by the US, sought to b
Mandalay, March 21 (AP): A peaceful march at dawn on Sunday by medical professionals in Myanmar's second biggest city kicked off another day of protests around the country against last month's coup. Sec
Washington, March 21 (IANS): Former US President Donald Trump is still sticking to his unproven claims of election fraud more than four months after he was defeated by Joe Biden. "Sadly, the election wa
London, March 21 (IANS): Thousands of British pubs have not survived the raging coronavirus pandemic, and the ones that have will need financial support "for years if they are to recover", according t
Berlin, March 21 (IANS): More than 20,000 people rallied against Germany's coronavirus restrictions in the city of Kassel during which clashes broke out between police and participants. Protesters on Sat
Bangkok, March 21 (AP) Scores of people were injured and arrested in the Thai capital after police used water cannons, tear gas and rubber bullets Saturday night to break up a rally by pro-democracy protesters
Washington, March 21 (IANS) The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has surpassed 122.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.70 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its
Sao Paulo, March 20 (AP): Police in Brazil are starting to employ a dictatorship-era national security law against critics of President Jair Bolsonaro, while lawyers and activists rally to provide them with leg
Washington, March 20 (IANS): Despite a less restrictive policy on marijuana under US President Joe Biden, five White House employees have lost their jobs due to past drug use, Press Secretary Jen Psaki announce
Paris, March 20 (IANS): A month-long coronavirus lockdown went into effect in Paris and other French regions on Saturday as the country is struggling to contain a third wave of the pandemic. About one in thr
Kathmandu, March 20 (IANS): Nepal's drug regulatory body has approved India's Covaxin jab against Covid-19 for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA). Nepal's EUA approval for Covaxin, produced b
