PAYERNE, Switzerland, August 25 (Reuters): A parachutist completed the world's first jump from a solar-powered aircraft on Tuesday after the plane soared to a height of 1,520 metres (nearly 5,000 ft) o
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UNITED NATIONS, AUGUST 25 (IANS): A top UN official has called for attention to new challenges brought by the global coronavirus pandemic to counter-terrorism efforts. "This pandemic environment raises
MEXICO CITY, August 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): The arrest of three Mexican women accused of trafficking more than 20 children from within their extended family has been criticized by rights activists
DUBAI, August 25 (Reuters): If the United States wants an agreement with Iran, it must first come back to Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with six powers that Washington abandoned two years ago, Iranian Pre
KABUL, August 25 (Reuters): Taliban insurgents set off a truck bomb on Tuesday in an attack on Afghan army commandos, killing three people and wounding 41, the defence ministry said, despite steps towards
MOSCOW, August 25 (Reuters): The Kremlin said on Tuesday it saw no need for now to investigate the circumstances leading up to opposition politician Alexei Navalny's illness and that a German clinic
BANGKOK, August 25 (Reuters): Police in Thailand said they had arrested human rights lawyer Anon Nampa for a third time this month on Tuesday, to charge him for sedition over his role in a political rally
THE HAGUE, August 25 (Reuters): Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic returned to a United Nations court on Tuesday to appeal his 2017 conviction for genocide and crimes against humanity during the
BANGKOK, August 25 (Reuters): Facebook blocked access within Thailand to a group with 1 million members that has criticised the country's king, but said it was planning a legal challenge to the governm
DHAKA, August 25 (Reuters): Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh held a "silent protest" on Tuesday to mark the third anniversary of clashes between Rohingya insurgents and Myanmar security for
GENEVA, August 25 (Reuters): The COVID-19 pandemic is still expanding, but the rise in cases and deaths has slowed globally, except for southeast Asia and the eastern Mediterranean regions, the World
YANGON, August 25 (Reuters): Aspiring politician Abdul Rasheed was born in Myanmar and is one of the very few members of the Rohingya Muslim minority to have Myanmar citizenship. His father was a civil
August 25 (ANI): A Hong Kong man, who had first tested positive for COVID-19 in March and made a full recovery was re-infected months later after making a trip overseas, according to researchers. A pre-print
Washington, August 25 (IANS) The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 23.5 million, while the deaths have increased to over 811,000, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Tuesday
New York, August 25 (IANS): During the first night of the Republican National Convention (RNC), former US Ambassador to the UN and breakout Indian-American politician Nikki Haley urged citizens to re-elect Pres
MINSK, August 24 (Reuters): Belarusian Nobel laureate author Svetlana Alexievich has been called in for questioning by state investigators over a criminal case opened against an opposition council, the gro
GENEVA, August 24 (Reuters): The Syrian Constitutional Committee, which began its first session in nine months in Geneva on Monday as part of efforts to find a political solution to end Syria's wa
WASHINGTON, August 24 (Reuters): Kellyanne Conway's departure from the White House comes at an inopportune time for President Donald Trump, who will be losing one of his most vocal advocates and loyal
MONTREAL, August 24 (Reuters): Canada and families of the victims of a downed Ukrainian jetliner are pressing Iran for additional answers, after an announcement by Tehran on Sunday provided "limited a
BAMAKO, August 24 (Reuters): Mali's military junta and regional mediators on Monday discussed the make-up and goals of an interim administration following an Aug. 18 coup, rather than the possibility o
