Madrid, December 11 (IANS): Teenage activist Greta Thunberg has called upon world leaders to stop using "clever accounting and creative PR" to avoid real action on climate change.
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Buenos Aires, December 11 (IANS): Alberto Fernandez, of the Everyone's Front coalition, was sworn in as President of Argentina on Tuesday at a ceremony in the National Congress.
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Islamabad, December 11 (IANS): Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack in which more than 160 died in 2008, was indicted on Wednesday by an anti-terrorism court in Lahore.
Mogadishu, December 11 (IANS): The death toll from Tuesday evening's attack on a hotel in the Somali capital of Mogadishu has risen to 10 while 11 others were injured, police confirmed on Wednesday.
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The Hague, December 11 (IANS): Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday rejected the genocide allegations against Myanmar's military amid accusations of mass killings, rape, and expulsion of
Washington, December 11 (PTI): US President Donald Trump has warned Russia against any attempt to interfere in the 2020 presidential polls and also urged Moscow to resolve its conflict with Ukraine, the Wh
Doha/Kabul, December 10 (IANS): Sources close to the ongoing US-Taliban peace talks in Doha have said that the two sides were yet to agree on a number of points including the reduction of violence, a cease
Washington, December 10 (IANS): US House Democrats will on Tuesday announce articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.
Two articles of impeachment focusing on abuse of power and o
Santiago, December 10 (IANS): A Chilean military aircraft enroute to Antarctica with 38 people onboard, has disappeared off the radar, the country's Air Force confirmed in a statement.
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Lahore, December 10 (PTI): Pakistan's ailing former dictator Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf has informed a court here that he is ready to record his statement from a hospital bed in Dubai in the treason trial
London, December 10 (IANS): Senior UK politicians were quizzed on housing, climate change and Brexit by an audience of young British voters in an election special debate that aired on the BBC.
Tehran, December 10 (IANS): Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that the country was "fully ready" to exchange more prisoners with the US after Washington freed an Iranian stem cell scien
Hong Kong, December 10 (IANS): A Hong Kong court on Tuesday lifted a ban on face masks by refusing the governments request to suspend an earlier ruling that found it unconstitutional.
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Hong Kong, December 9 (IANS): Hong Kong universities, which turned into anti-government battlegrounds last month, were struggling to recover from the protest chaos, with some holding classes in hotels and
Helsinki, December 9 (IANS): The 34-year-old Sanna Marin is set to become the world's youngest Prime Minister as head of a women-led coalition government in Finland, it was reported on Monday.
Kabul, December 9 (IANS): At least eight Afghan soldiers were killed in a suicide car bombing in the Afghanistan's Helmand province, a Taliban stronghold, on Monday, a source said.
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Wellington, December 9 (IANS): At least five people were killed after the White Island or the Whakaari volcano in New Zealand erupted on Monday, police said, adding that the toll was likely to increase as
Jerusalem, December 8 (IANS): The Israeli military said on Sunday that it carried out airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, hours after three rockets were fired by militants in the besieged enclave.
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Seoul, December 8 (IANS): North Korea said on Sunday that it has conducted a "very important test" at its western satellite launching site, saying the successful testing will play a key role in changing th
Hong Kong, December 8 (IANS): Hong Kong police arrested 11 people and seized weapons including a firearm during citywide raids on Sunday, which officers believed would be used to "create chaos" at a m