Washington, December 31 (IANS) The US was watching North Korea closely and hoping the regime would choose a path of peace as it approaches its year-end deadline for denuclearization talks between the two c
Edinburgh, December 31 (IANS) Scotland will be at the "centre of international attention" in 2020, said First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
In her New Year message, the Scottish National Party (SNP) leader
Baghdad, December 31 (IANS) Hundreds of demonstrators staged a protest outside the American Embassy in Baghdad to protest against a US attack on military bases in Iraq and Syria that killed 25 people and i
Karachi, December 31 (IANS) A Pakistan anti-terrorism court has sentenced a journalist to five years in prison in a case pertaining to possessing literature against the state and spreading religious hatred
Dhaka, December 31 (IANS) The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has ordered a shutdown of mobile networks along the borders with India citing security reasons, an order estimated to affect
London, December 31 (IANS) The UK government has announced that a new satellite data centre will analyze the impact climate change was having on the UK, help shape policies on reducing carbon emissions and
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un holds talks with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (not pictured) at the government building in Hanoi on March 1, 2019, one day after his second summit with U.S. Preside
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NEW YORK, DECEMBER 30 (IANS): More than 170,000 grave violations against children in conflict have been verified since the start of the decade in 2010, the Unicef
Beijing, December 30 (IANS): A Chinese court on Monday sentenced scientist He Jiankui to three years in prison for illegally carrying out human embryo gene-editing intended for reproduction, in which three
Kurdish security forces, known as Peshmerga, assemble outside the town of Bashiqah, some 30 km northeast of Mosul, Iraq on November 7, 2016. (IANS File Photo)
Baghdad, December 30 (IANS):
Ali Akbar Velayati. (IANS Photo)
TEHRAN, DECEMBER 29 (IANS): Iran has opposed the creation of a buffer zone in Syria by any country, a top advisor to Tehran's supreme leader said.
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DHAKA, DECEMBER 29 (IANS): Bangladesh began 2019 with things looking up on the economic front coupled with political stability, but major concerns including a dip in export earnin
US-Taliban peace deal signing date to be announced soon.(IANS Photo)
KABUL, DECEMBER 29 (IANS): The Afghan government will disclose a list of delegates for the peace negotiating team once the
Photo taken on November 20, 2016 shows Mt. Amadablam from a hill near Tengboche in Solukhumbu, Nepal. (IANS File Photo)
KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 29 (IANS): Nepali mountain guide
TOKYO, DECEMBER 29 (IANS): Five corpses and two human heads have been discovered inside a shipwreck on the coast of Japan, it was reported.
The boat washed ashore on Japan's Sado Island on Fri
Smoke billows following an Israeli air strike in northern Gaza Strip, on the 17th day of Operation Protective Edge on July 24, 2014. (IANS File Photo)
New Delhi, December 29 (IANS): Five
Washington, December 29 (IANS): US President Donald Trump faced staunch criticism for retweeting a post that included the alleged name of the whistlebower whose complaint has led to his impeachment, the me
New York, December 29 (IANS): At least five people were injured after being stabbed during a Hanukkah celebration at the house of a Rabbi in New York, the Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council said in a s
Sydney, December 29 (IANS): Australian authorities on Sunday asked thousands of tourists and residents to evacuate a popular natural area in the southeast of the country due to forest fires.
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Bangkok, December 28 (IANS): A member of a rescue team that saved 12 boys and their football coach from a flooded cave in Thailand last year has died from an infection he picked up during the operation, of