New York, August 27 (IANS) An Indian-American candidate running for a town council seat in North Carolina state was shocked to find her face "scratched off" and replaced with a Black person's phot

Honolulu, August 26 (IANS) Nearly 400 people remain unaccounted for following the devastating wildfires in Hawaii's Maui Island which have claimed at least 115 lives since its eruption on August 8.

Damascus, August 26 (IANS) Seven members of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebel group were killed by the Syrian Army in the northern province of Aleppo, a war monitor reported. The Army hit two vehicles of

New Delhi, August 25 (IANS) Russia on Friday rejected the inclusion of the Ukraine conflict in the Chair’s Summary and Outcome Document, which was released at the culmination of the G20 Trade and Investme

Moscow, August 25 (IANS) The Russian Defence Ministry on Friday claimed to have destroyed 42 Ukrainian drones over Crimea, the latest in a series of recent reported attacks by Kiev on the occupied Peninsula.

Geneva, August 25 (IANS) The ongoing brutal conflict in Sudan has led to more than 2 million children forced out of their homes -- an average of over 700 kids newly displaced every hour, according to the Unicef

Colombo, August 25 (IANS) With the support of India, Sri Lanka plans to transform the country's Eastern port district Trincomalee to a multi-faceted regional hub. President Ranil Wickremesinghe said this

Washington, August 25 (IANS) Taking a jab at Indian-American Vice President Kamala Harris' accent, saying she "speaks in rhyme", former US President Donald Trump said that he does not see her as a

New York, August 25 (IANS) Conservative pundit and author Ann Coulter has been slammed for making racist comments targeting Indian-American presidential aspirants Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy, calling their

Vancouver, August 25 (IANS) Amid a record wildfires in British Columbia, a good news for nature in a challenging moment came, with representatives of 185 countries agreed at the Global Environment Facility'

Washington, August 25(IANS) US space agency NASA has released the first data maps from its new pollution-monitoring instrument, launched to space earlier this year. From its orbit 22,000 miles above the equa

New Delhi, August 24 (IANS): BRICS nations on Thursday re-emphasiseed on the importance of implementing the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Paris Agreement and the princip

New Delhi, August 24 (IANS) The BRICS nations on Thursday recognised the need for fast, inexpensive, transparent, safe, and inclusive payment systems and  noted that it looks forward to a report by the BRI

New Delhi, August 24 (IANS) BRICS nations on Thursday reiterated their stated positions on the Ukraine conflict, proposing to peacefully resolve the situation through mediation. (adsbygoogle = windo

Moscow, August 24 (IANS) Wagner mercenary group's chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who stage a failed mutiny against Russia's military leaders, died in a plane crash in Tver region in Moscow, and a probe has be

Colombo, August 24 (IANS): India's External Affairs Minister (EAM), S. Jaishankar, expressed his hope for a reconciliation process in Sri Lanka that addresses the aspiration of the Tamil community. Joini

Dhaka, August 24 (IANS): Over 500 dengue deaths have been recorded in Bangladesh this year as the South Asian country grapples with a record outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease this year, the Directorate Gen

Washington, August 24 (IANS): For the first time in the history of the US, two Indian-American presidential candidates locked horns over the country's foreign policy in the Republican party's first pres

Tokyo, August 24 (IANS): Japan started releasing nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday. The water discharge commenced at a

Moscow, August 24 (IANS): Wagner mercenary group's chief Yevgeny Prigozhin, who stage a failed mutiny against Russia's military leaders, died in a plane crash in Tver region in Moscow, and a probe has b