Jakarta, March 26 (IANS): An Indonesian man survived at sea for about two weeks clinging to a wooden board after his boat was rammed by a large ship, a rescue official said on Friday.
Muhammad Kartoyo, 18, w
Ismailia (Egypt), March 26 (AP): A giant container ship remained stuck sideways Friday in Egypt's Suez Canal, as authorities race to free the vessel and reopen traffic in a crucial East-West waterway f
Dhaka, March 26 (IANS): Bangladesh on Friday marked 50 years with President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paying rich tributes to all the victims of the 1971 Liberation War.
President H
San Francisco, March 26 (IANS): Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg refused to own up any responsibility for the January 6 attack on the US Capitol as he put the blame on former US President Donald Trump for his "
Dhaka, March 26 (IANS): Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday received her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and rolled out the red carpet to welcome him on his two-day official visit.
Hasina rece
Seoul, March 26 (AP) North Korea on Friday confirmed it had tested a new guided missile, as President Joe Biden warned of consequences if Pyongyang escalates tensions amid stalled nuclear negotiations.
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Beijing, March 25 (PTI): China said on Thursday that it was firmly opposed to the Quad alliance consisting of the US, India, Australia and Japan as it asked Washington to refrain from making "troubles out
WASHINGTON, MARCH 25 (IANS): A White House economic adviser has said that there were now 4.2 million fewer women working than in February 2020, in large part because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
"Millions
Jerusalem, March 25 (PTI): Mansour Abbas, an Arab leader in Israel seems to have emerged as the unusual "kingmaker" whose possible support has split open differences not only in the ruling Likud party
WASHINGTON, MARCH 25 (IANS): Virginia has become the first state in the US South to stop executions after Governor Ralph Northam signed a legislation to abolish the death penalty.
The Democratic Governor sig
MOSCOW, MARCH 25 (IANS): Russian authorities on Thursday said jailed opposition figure Alexei Navalny was in "good" health, after reports by his staff that his condition was deteriorating in a prison
Istanbul, March 25 (AP): Hundreds of Uyghurs staged protests in Ankara and Istanbul on Thursday, denouncing Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Turkey and demanding that the Turkish government take
Islamabad, March 25 (PTI): The IMF has agreed to release the next tranche of USD 500 million loan for Pakistan after approving four pending reviews of the cash-strapped country's economic progress.
The I
Seoul, March 25 (AP): New US president, same old North Korean playbook. Almost.
Two months after President Joe Biden took office, North Korea is again turning to weapons tests to wrest outside concessions. B
MOGADISHU, MARCH 25 (IANS): The UN humanitarian agency on Wednesday said attacks on aid workers delivering humanitarian supplies in Somalia resulted in the 15 deaths last year.
The UN Office for the Coo
MOSCOW, MARCH 25 (IANS): The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) should deal with urgent problems that its member countries are facing, the Russian Foreign Ministry said, after the bloc accused Moscow of
Yangon, March 25 (AP): Protesters against last month's military takeover in Myanmar returned to the streets in large numbers on Thursday, a day after staging a silence strike in which people were urged to s
DHAKA, MARCH 25 (IANS): The UN has donated $14 million to help rebuild Rohingya camps in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar district after they were destroyed in a massive blaze earlier this week, leaving thousan
Jerusalem, March 25 (AP): Vote tallying in Israel resumed Thursday in the deadlocked parliamentary elections held earlier this week, with neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor those determined to topple
Bucaramanga, March 25 (AP): Thousands of Venezuelans are seeking shelter in Colombia this week following clashes between Venezuela's military and a Colombian armed group in a community along the nations'