New Delhi, October 10 (IANS): Bangladesh is facing acute environmental and public‑health risks from rising pesticide and chemical fertiliser use, a new report has said.The report from Dhaka-based The Daily St
United Nations, October 10 (IANS): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and foreign ministers of eight countries criticised the US announcement of sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) as an
Washington, October 10 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has sharply criticised the Nobel Peace Prize committee for overlooking his claims of having ended eight international conflicts, calling the decision an e
Washington, October 10 (IANS) President Donald Trump's agreement to secure Russian diesel supplies has triggered accusations of double standards from American commentators and social media users, who questioned
United Nations, October 9 (IANS) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hailed on Friday the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Navanethem Navi Pillay as a tribute to all those working to uphold and defend internati
New Delhi, October 9 (IANS) South Africa's High Commissioner to India, Anil Sooklal, on Friday hailed Indian-origin South African jurist Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, a former International Criminal Court judge, fo
Jerusalem, October 9 (IANS) Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar, who fought against the attacking co-pilot in a Flydubai aircraft and helped save 174 people onboard last week, will receive Israel's Presidential
New Delhi, October 9 (IANS): Recognising the contribution of international courts in upholding the rule of law and human rights amid indiscriminate conflicts, Indian-origin South African jurist Navanethem "Navi
Washington, October 9 (IANS) Two Democratic lawmakers have sharply criticised the Trump administration's decision to suspend Microsoft and other technology companies from a key employment-based green-card progr
Washington, October 8 (IANS) NASA and the US Department of Energy have signed an agreement to accelerate the development of nuclear-powered spacecraft and lunar infrastructure, including plans for a space react
New Delhi, October 8 (IANS) Canadian classicist, author and academician Anne Carson, whose oeuvre defies traditional genres by merging poetry, prose, fiction, nonfiction, and translation, including a work juxta
Washington, October 8 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has said the war with Iran will end very soon and predicted a sharp fall in global oil prices once the conflict is over, while insisting that Tehran would
Sanaa, October 8 (IANS) Yemen's Houthi group has said that Saudi forces had carried out 156 air and missile strikes on the Houthi-held capital Sanaa and five other provinces, as the group reported fresh fightin
Washington, October 8 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has declared that Iran will never be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons under President Donald Trump, accusing Tehran of building a massive missile
Washington, October 7 (IANS): The global economy is being pulled between an artificial intelligence investment boom and an energy supply shock while governments grapple with record public debt, IMF Managing Dir
Washington, October 7 (IANS): The Trump administration is pursuing a new Golden Fleet designed to restore American maritime dominance for the next century, linking an expansion of naval power with a broader eff
New Delhi, October 7 (IANS): The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Wednesday said that it awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2026 to French chemist Henri B. Kagan and Japanese chemist Kenso Soai for their
Washington, October 7 (IANS) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States and international agencies are monitoring a suspected plague case in Russia hour by hour, while urging Moscow to provide mor
Riyadh, October 6 (IANS) As many as three people were injured, and property was damaged after attacks targeted two airports in Saudi Arabia on Monday evening, according to the country's civil aviation authority
Seoul, October 6 (IANS): South Korea has received a message from Ukraine containing an apology over its disclosure of the transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war (POWs) to Seoul, Foreign Minister Cho Hyun