BRUSSELS, MARCH 21 (IANS): The European Union's (EU) top diplomat and the President of the EU Commission on Sunday condemned Turkey's decision to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention on women's rig
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Kabul, March 21 (AP): State media reported that US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived on Sunday in Kabul on his first trip to Afghanistan as Pentagon chief, amid swirling questions about how long American t
UNITED NATIONS, MARCH 21 (IANS): The Unicef has expressed concerns over the death and injury of children by a landmine in the Libyan capital of Tripoli. "Unicef is deeply concerned over the death and in
TEHRAN, MARCH 21 (IANS): Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that Washington's maximum pressure policy against Tehran has been a failure. The enemies of Iran, led by the US, sought to b
Mandalay, March 21 (AP): A peaceful march at dawn on Sunday by medical professionals in Myanmar's second biggest city kicked off another day of protests around the country against last month's coup. Sec
Washington, March 21 (IANS): Former US President Donald Trump is still sticking to his unproven claims of election fraud more than four months after he was defeated by Joe Biden. "Sadly, the election wa
London, March 21 (IANS): Thousands of British pubs have not survived the raging coronavirus pandemic, and the ones that have will need financial support "for years if they are to recover", according t
Berlin, March 21 (IANS): More than 20,000 people rallied against Germany's coronavirus restrictions in the city of Kassel during which clashes broke out between police and participants. Protesters on Sat
Bangkok, March 21 (AP) Scores of people were injured and arrested in the Thai capital after police used water cannons, tear gas and rubber bullets Saturday night to break up a rally by pro-democracy protesters
Washington, March 21 (IANS) The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has surpassed 122.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.70 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its
Sao Paulo, March 20 (AP): Police in Brazil are starting to employ a dictatorship-era national security law against critics of President Jair Bolsonaro, while lawyers and activists rally to provide them with leg
Washington, March 20 (IANS): Despite a less restrictive policy on marijuana under US President Joe Biden, five White House employees have lost their jobs due to past drug use, Press Secretary Jen Psaki announce
Paris, March 20 (IANS): A month-long coronavirus lockdown went into effect in Paris and other French regions on Saturday as the country is struggling to contain a third wave of the pandemic. About one in thr
Kathmandu, March 20 (IANS): Nepal's drug regulatory body has approved India's Covaxin jab against Covid-19 for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA). Nepal's EUA approval for Covaxin, produced b
Helsinki, March 20 (IANS): The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) on Friday announced a one-week suspension of the AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine in the country despite the previous day's re
London, March 20 (IANS): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was hospitalised last year with a severe bout of Covid-19, has received his first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine against the virus. Taking to Tw
Tokyo, March 20 (IANS): An earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale struck Japan's Miyagi Prefecture on Saturday, authorities said, adding a tsunami advisory has been issued. The temblor occurr
New Delhi, March 20 (IANS): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Faisal Sultan, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on National Health Services, Regulations &
Stockholm, March 19 (AP): The coronavirus brought a year of fear and anxiety, loneliness and lockdown, and illness and death, but an annual report on happiness around the world released Friday suggests the pand-
Dhaka, March 19 (PTI): Hundreds of supporters of an Islamist advocacy group in Bangladesh attacked and vandalised 70 to 80 houses of Hindus in the country's northeastern Sylhet division following a social m
