GENEVA, APRIL 22 (IANS): The World Health Organization (WHO) is launching a new initiative which aims to halt transmission of malaria in 25 more countries by 2025.
The initiative will be launched on World Ma
KATHMANDU, APRIL 22 (IANS): The Nepali government has implemented a quota system for mountaineers to climb Mt. Everest aimed at preventing overcrowding on the world's tallest peak.
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Karachi, April 22 (PTI): A powerful bomb blast in the parking area of a luxury hotel in the restive southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta has killed at least four persons and injured 12 others, authorities have
COLOMBO, APRIL 21 (IANS): Sri Lanka on Wednesday marked the second anniversary of the Easter Sunday bombings with religious ceremonies, as Catholics called for investigations into the attacks to be expedited.
ISLAMABAD, APRIL 21 (IANS): The Islamic Republic of Pakistan, a country formed on the basis of freedom of religious rights for its citizens, is a Muslim majority state, where religious groups and organisations
The Hague, April 21 (AP): In an unprecedented vote Wednesday, member states of the global chemical weapons watchdog suspended Syria's voting rights at the organisation as a punishment for the repeated use o
Jakarta, April 21 (AP): Indonesia's navy is searching for a submarine that went missing north of the resort island of Bali with 53 people on board, the military said Wednesday.
Military chief Hadi Tjahja
Moscow, April 21 (AP): President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday sternly warned the West against further encroachment on Russia's security interests, saying Moscow's response will be quick and tough.
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Islamabad, April 21 (IANS): Pakistan continues to remain as one of the most unsafe countries for journalists, as targeted attacks, abductions, killings and assassination attempts on senior scribes continue unab
Islamabad, April 21 (IANS): The United Arad Emirates (UAE) has decided to help Pakistan with a $2 billion bailout package, committing "every possible support to Pakistan".
The UAE's support c
Moscow, April 21 (AP): Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered his annual address to the nation Wednesday amid a sweeping Kremlin crackdown on opposition protests and soaring tensions with the West.
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Washington, April 21 (PTI): A US grand jury has found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all three charges he faced over the custodial death of African-American George Floyd last year, a
Brussels, April 21 (AP): The European Union reached a tentative climate deal that should make the 27-nation bloc climate-neutral by 2050, with member states and parliament agreeing on the targets on the eve of
Kabul, April 21 (AP): Turkey announced early Wednesday that a conference Washington had hoped would move Afghanistan's warring sides to a final peace agreement was postponed, as fresh violence rattled the A
Bangkok, April 21 (AP): Aid workers and activists are warning Myanmar's political upheavals risk causing a regional refugee crisis as the strife following a February coup displaces growing numbers of people
GENEVA, APRIL 20 (IANS): The World Health Organization (WHO) said that only 1 per cent of the 100 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine were administered last week went in the lowest-income countries.
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N'Djamena, April 20 (AP): Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno, who ruled the central African nation for more than three decades, was killed Tuesday on the battlefield in a fight against rebels, the military
Geneva, April 20 (AP): Independent experts working with the UN human rights office on Tuesday called on the United Arab Emirates' government to provide more details about the fate of a daughter of Dubai'
BRUSSELS, APRIL 20 (IANS): The European Union (EU) has imposed fresh sanctions on 10 individuals and two companies in Myanmar for their alleged involvement in the February 1 military coup.
The individuals &q
NEW DELHI, APRIL 20 (IANS): Global energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are on course to surge by 1.5 billion tonnes in 2021,the second-largest increase in history, reversing most of last year's de