Tehran, February 27 (IANS): Iran will keep supporting the Syrian government in the fight against terrorism, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a telephone conversation with the Syrian Foreign
New York, February 27 (IANS): US regulators are working "rapidly" to finalise emergency use authorisation for a Johnson & Johnson vaccine which is on track to become America's third shot again
Washington, February 27 (IANS): The total number of global Covid-19 cases has topped 113 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.51 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
In its lat
Washington February 27 (AP): Saudi Arabia's crown prince likely approved an operation to kill or capture a US-based journalist inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, according to a newly declassified US in
WASHINGTON, February 27 (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday that Iran should view his decision to authorize U.S. airstrikes in Syria as a warning that it can expect consequences for its support of mili
Washington, February 26 (AP): The nation is poised to get a third vaccine against COVID-19, but because at first glance the Johnson and Johnson shot may not be seen as equal to other options, health officials a
Jerusalem, February 26 (IANS): The number of people vaccinated against the Covid-19 virus in Israel has reached 4,649,709, the state's Ministry of Health said on Friday.
Israel has thus vaccinated about
Moscow, February 26 (AP): A group of Russian diplomats and their family members returned to Russia from North Korea on a hand-pushed rail trolley on Thursday because the coronavirus pandemic has halted all pass
Beijing, February 26 (PTI): China on Friday expressed support to Sri Lanka at the UNHRC as it faced a resolution expressing serious concern over the rights situation in the island nation, saying Beijing was opp
Yangon, February 26 (AP): Myanmar security forces cracked down on anti-coup protesters in the country's second-largest city on Friday, injuring at least three people, two of whom were shot in the chest by r
Baghdad, February 26 (AP): A US airstrike in Syria targeted facilities belonging to a powerful Iranian-backed Iraqi armed group, killing one of their militiamen and wounding a number of others, an Iraqi mi
United Nations, February 26 (AP): The newest pledges by countries to cut greenhouse gas emissions are falling far short of what's needed to limit global warming to what the Paris climate accord seeks, a new
NEW DELHI, FEBRUARY 26 (IANS): US President Joe Biden spoke to King Salman of Saudi Arabia over the phone hours ahead of a new report was set to be made public in the sensational killing of acclaimed journalist
LAGOS, FEBRUARY 26 (IANS): Unidentified gunmen on Friday abducted scores of students after storming an all-girl school in Nigeria, an official said.
Abubakar Dauran, Zamfara State Commissioner of Security an
Yangon (Myanmar), February 26 (AP): Security forces in Myanmar's largest city on Friday fired warning shots and beat truncheons against their shields while moving to disperse more than 1,000 anti-coup prote
Brussels, February 26 (AP): The top European Union diplomat supervising the international agreement aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions called Friday for a concerted effort to reinvigorate the pa
Moscow, February 26 (IANS): Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that his country is faced with foreign pressure in the form of a continued "policy of containment" aimed at provoking internal i
New York, February 26 (IANS): The US condemns terrorists infiltrating the Line of Control (LoC) and expects Pakistan to play a "constructive role" in Kashmir, according to State Department Spokesperso
New York, February 26 (IANS): President Joe Biden, who has ordered an end to his predecessor Donald Trump's ban on issuing green cards and work visas, is committed to ensuring that highly skilled workers ca
London, February 26 (IANS): Queen Elizabeth II has urged the citizens to "think about other people" and get a Covid dose when they are offered one.
The monarch, 94, and the Duke of Edinburgh,