Washington, February 11 (PTI): US President Joe Biden has announced a series of sanctions on the military leaders of Myanmar in response to their recent action to overthrow a democratically elected leadership i
Jakarta, February 10 (AP): A strong undersea earthquake shook western Indonesia on Wednesday, but no injuries were immediately reported.
The US Geological Survey said the magnitude 6.2 quake struck at a dept
Washington, February 10 (AP): Opening arguments will begin Wednesday in Donald Trump's impeachment trial after an emotional first day that wrenched senators and the nation back to the deadly January 6 attac
Kathmandu, February 10 (PTI): Chairperson of the Nepal Communist Party's splinter faction Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' on Wednesday warned that a million people would be forced to picket Singha Du
Tehran, February 10 (AP): Iran's President Hassan Rouhani urged the West on Wednesday to restore the 2015 nuclear deal as the nation marked the anniversary of the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution on wh
Wuhan, February 10 (AP): A World Health Organisation team is leaving China on Wednesday after gaining some new insights into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic that has now killed more than 2.3 million peo
Dubai, February 10 (AP): Yemen's Houthi rebels on Wednesday targeted Abha International Airport in southwestern Saudi Arabia, causing a civilian plane on the tarmac to catch fire, the kingdom's sta
Beijing, February 10 (PTI): The frontline troops of China and India at the south and north banks of the Pangong Lake in eastern Ladakh started synchronised and organised disengagement from Wednesday, the Chines
London, February 10 (PTI): Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla have received their first of two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, the royal couple's Clarence House office said on Wednesday.
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CAIRO, FEBRUARY 10 (IANS): Leaders of a dozen Palestinian factions, including the two main rivals Fatah and Hamas, have concluded a two-day reconciliation dialogue in Egypt and agreed to cooperate to in holding
Dhaka, February 10 (PTI): A special anti-terrorism tribunal in Bangladesh on Wednesday sentenced to death eight Islamic militants, including a sacked military officer, for killing a publisher of books on secula
ISLAMABAD, FEBRUARY 10 (IANS): The Pakistan Supreme Court on Wednesday barred the execution of three mentally-ill convicts on death row, saying that as it does not "meet the ends of justice".
The v
NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 10 (IANS): In the face of China's aggressive actions against India, the US will stand with New Delhi, according to State Department spokesperson Ned Price.
"We are concerned by Be
Kabul, February 10 (AP): A chain of bomb explosions targeting Kabul police on Wednesday killed a district police chief and his bodyguard, and also wounded five people, officials said.
No one immediately clai
Washington, February 10 (AP): One of the lawyers heading former President Donald Trump's defense at his second impeachment trial did what Trump himself has not: conceded Joe Biden won the presidential elect
SEOUL, FEBRUARY 10 (IANS): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un specified policy direction related to this year's economic development plan at a meeting of the ruling party, a state-media report said on Wednesda
Beijing, February 10 (AP): A Chinese spacecraft appears poised to enter orbit around Mars, one day after an orbiter from the United Arab Emirates did so and about a week ahead of an American attempt to put down
Yangon, February 10 (AP): Crowds demonstrating against the military takeover in Myanmar again defied a ban on protests Wednesday, even after security forces ratcheted up the use of force against them and raided
WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 10 (IANS): The total number of global coronavirus cases has topped 106.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.33 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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Wuhan (China), February 9 (IANS): While saying that "accidents do happen," a team of international experts, including those from the World Health Organisation (WHO), investigating the origins of Covid