Dubai (United Arab Emirates), January 22 (AP): Twitter said on Friday it had permanently banned what it called a fake account thought to be connected to the office of Iran's supreme leader, shortly aft
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Wuhan, January 23 (AP): A year ago, a notice sent to smartphones in Wuhan at 2 a.m. announced the world's first coronavirus lockdown that would last 76 days. Early Saturday morning, residents in the cent
Baghdad, January 23 (IANS): The Iraqi military said on Saturday that three rockets were fired at the Baghdad airport, just three days after the capital city witnessed two back-to-back suicide bombings. The r
London, January 23 (PTI): Early evidence suggests the variant of coronavirus that emerged in the UK towards the end of last year may be more deadly, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said. Based on preliminar
Manila, January 23 (IANS): At least 13 people were killed, including a police officer, and four others injured on Saturday during a shootout in the Philippines' Maguindanao province, according to authoritie
Washington, January 22 (IANS): Retired US Army general Lloyd Austin was on Friday confirmed as Secretary of Defence in the Joe Biden administration. Austin received 93 votes in the Senate, while two vot
Wellington, January 22 (IANS): New Zealand has begun a three-month firearms buy-back as part of the government's ambitious firearms reform program, Police Minister Poto Williams said on Friday. The last
Beijing, January 22 (PTI): Corruption remained the biggest risk for the ruling Communist Party of China, President Xi Jinping said on Friday, as he vowed to pursue his anti-graft efforts for a long period as pe
Kathmandu, January 22 (PTI): The unconstitutional dissolution of Nepal's Parliament by Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli has posed serious threats to the country's hard-earned federal democratic republic sy
Nairobi, January 22 (AP): The UN special representative on sexual violence in conflict says serious allegations of sexual violence have emerged in Ethiopia's embattled Tigray region, while women and girls f
BAGHDAD, JANUARY 22 (IANS): The Islamic State (IS) terror group has claimed responsibility for the twin suicide bombings at a crowded market area in Baghdad, that killed 32 people and injured 116 others, Iraqi-
NEW DELHI, JANUARY 22 (IANS): History was made at the US presidential inauguration last night and it wasn't just about an outgoing President not attending the ceremony for the first time in 152 years. As Hs
UNITED NATIONS, JANUARY 22 (IANS): The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution to promote a culture of peace and tolerance to safeguard religious sites all across the world. The resolution adopted on Th
San Diego (US), January 22 (AP): In the days before Joe Biden became US president, construction crews worked quickly to finish Donald Trump's wall at an iconic cross-border park overlooking the Pacific Ocea-
United Nations, January 22 (AP): The first-ever treaty to ban nuclear weapons entered into force on Friday, hailed as a historic step to rid the world of its deadliest weapons but strongly opposed by the w
Washington, January 22 (IANS): The total number of global coronavirus cases has topped 97.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.08 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its
Washington, January 22 (PTI): US President Joe Biden has signed a series of executive orders to address COVID-19 challenges, including making coronavirus test followed by quarantine mandatory for all travellers
Washington, JanUARY 21 (AP): President Joe Biden has confidence in FBI Director Chris Wray and plans to keep him in the job, the White House press secretary said Thursday. FBI directors are given 10-year ter
Washington, January 22 (AP): Dr Anthony Fauci is back. In truth, the nation's leading infectious-diseases expert never really went away. But after enduring nearly a year of darts and undermining comments fr
Kathmandu, January 21 (IANS): The Covid-19 vaccines that India has granted to Nepal arrived in Kathmandu on Thursday. Indian Ambassador to Nepal handed over the vaccines to Health Minister Hridesh Tripathi a
