Beijing, April 9 (AP): China accused the US of causing humanitarian disasters through foreign military interventions in a report Friday that was the latest broadside by Beijing amid increasingly contentiou
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Moscow, April 9 (AP): A Russian-US trio of space travellers launched successfully Friday, heading for the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Novitskiy and
Seoul, April 9 (IANS): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called on the ruling Workers' Party to wage a tougher "Arduous March" against sanctions imposed on the country in an effort to relieve pe
Nay Pyi Taw, April 9 (IANS): The Myanmar military's spokesman Zaw Min Tun said the one-year state of emergency imposed by the junta during its February 1 coup could be extended, thereby pushing back potenti
Tokyo, April 9 (IANS): Japan is set to extend a semi-state of emergency over the Covid-19 pandemic to Tokyo and two other prefectures due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus, the government said on Friday.
Jakarta, April 9 (IANS): Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Friday visited the East Nusa Tenggara province, where cyclone-related disasters have left at least 165 people dead and 45 others missing. Soon aft
Seoul/Tehran, April 9 (IANS): Iran has released a South Korean-flagged tanker seized three months ago in the Gulf, the Foreign Ministries in Seoul and Tehran confirmed on Friday. "The ship left safely t
Seoul, April 9 (IANS): South Korea on Friday announced its decision to extend the tightened quarantine measures for three more weeks amid an resurgence of new Covid-19 cases. Under the country's five-tie
Washington, April 9 (AP): President Joe Biden has put on a modest White House ceremony to announce a half-dozen executive actions to combat what he called an "epidemic and an international embarrassment&qu
Seoul, April 9 (AP) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for waging another arduous march to fight severe economic difficulties, for the first time comparing them to a 1990s famine that killed hundreds of
Pak PM Khan's ex-wife Jemima criticises him for remarks blaming women's dress for rise in rape casesIslamabad, April 8 (PTI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's ex-wife Jemima Goldsmith has joined rights groups to criticise him after he blamed women for their "inappropriate" dress for a rise i
Yangon, April 8 (AP): An information blackout under Myanmar's military junta worsened Thursday as fiber broadband service, the last legal way for ordinary people to access the internet, became intermittentl
ISLAMABAD, APRIL 8 (IANS): Pakistans National Assembly Standing Committee on Interior has approved a Bill that would punish those who intentionally criticise the countrys armed forces. The committee has appr-
Hong Kong, April 8 (AP): The British government said Thursday it is setting up a 43 million pound (USD 59 million) fund to help migrants from Hong Kong settle in the country as they escape increasing political
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London, April 8 (PTI): The UK government on Thursday condemned the bullying actions of the Myanmar military junta after the country's ambassador, Kyaw Zwar Minn, was refused entry to his own embassy in Lond
NZ temporarily suspends travel from India to combat surge in COVID-19 infected travellers: PM ArdernMelbourne/Wellington, April 8 (PTI): New Zealand has for the first time imposed a temporary ban on travellers coming from India, including its citizens, from April 11 to 28 due to a surge in COVID-19 cases amon
Dhaka, April 8 (PTI): A 27-year-old Bangaladeshi Islamic preacher has again been apprehended by the police, this time under the Digital Security Act (DSA) for allegedly making an "anti-state speech" a
Jerusalem, April 7 (AP): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday urged the world not to revive the troubled international nuclear deal with Iran as he opened Israel's annual memorial day for the 6 mi
Washington, April 8 (PTI): Democracies around the world, including the US and India, are facing challenges, Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi has said. "Today, one cannot escape the feelin
Washington, April 8 (AP): Without coming right out and saying it, President Joe Biden seems ready to let lapse a May 1 deadline for completing a withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. Orderly withdrawals
