BEIJING, DECEMBER 28 (IANS): China's meteorological authority on Monday issued an orange alert for a strong cold wave expected to sweep across most parts of the country's central and eastern regions.
NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 28 (IANS): The deplorable state of freedom of speech and expression in Turkey has once again been brought to the fore with the shutting down of a Turkish channel, just 26 days after its laun
MOSCOW, DECEMBER 28 (IANS): Seventeen people were missing and two others rescued after a Russian fishing boat sank in the Barents Sea, local media reported on Monday.
The fishing boat, Onega, sank near the N
Washington, December 28 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 80.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.76 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 27 (IANS): Nepal health officials and experts have warned of a further spread of the novel coronavirus as protests have erupted across the Himalayan nation after the House of Representatives
Geneva, December 27 (IANS): World Health Organisation Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Sunday called on countries to make greater investment in their public health systems to make the world better
Dar Mangi, December 27 (AP): Arifullah Khan had just administered another polio vaccine when the gunfire blasted from the nearby hills.
It happened so suddenly. There was so much gunfire it felt like an expl
Kathmandu, December 27 (PTI): A high-level Chinese delegation led by a vice minister of the Chinese Communist Party arrived in Kathmandu on Sunday to "take stock" of Nepal's political situation af
Tehran, December 27 (AP): A series of avalanches in Iran killed 10 people in a mountainous area north of the capital, state TV reported on Sunday.
The report said rescue teams were searching for a number of
Yaounde, December 27 (AP): More than 37 people are dead and 18 others seriously injured after a bus crash in Cameroon's western village of Nemale, officials said.
A 70-seater bus was on its way to the ca
Rome, December 27 (AP): Doctors, nurses and the elderly rolled up their sleeves across the European Union to receive the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine on Sunday in a symbolic show of unity and moment o
London, December 27 (PTI): The coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca should be effective against the highly transmissible new strain of the virus, a UK media report said on Sunday.
KARACHI, DECEMBER 27 (IANS): Pakistan's Sindh province will not release the four men accused of kidnapping and murdering American journalist Daniel Pearl 18 years ago, a media report said on Sunday citing i
MOSCOW, DECEMBER 27 (IANS): Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said that it, together with the country's interior ministry, had foiled a terror attack attempt in the city of Makhachkala, the Republ
ISLAMABAD, DECEMBER 27 (IANS): A Pakistan Army helicopter crashed in the Gilgit Baltistan (GB) region, leaving four people dead, a military statement said on Sunday.
The helicopter crashed on Saturday due to
WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 27 (IANS): In yet another grim milestone, the overall number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed the 80 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.75 million, according
Rabat/Tel Aviv, December 26 (IANS): Since agreeing to the full normalisation of diplomatic relations earlier this month, Moroccan King Mohammed VI and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held their first
London, December 26 (IANS): In her message to the nation on Christmas Day, the UK's Queen Elizabeth II reassured anyone struggling without friends and family this year during the festivities due to the Covi
Islamabad, December 26 (IANS): The Imran Khan-led government of Pakistan is confronted with yet another setback in the Riko Diq case as the high court in the British Virgin Islands has directed it to present as
Washington, December 26 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 79.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.74 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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