Seoul, January 9 (IANS): South Korea has confirmed an additional case of highly pathogenic avian influenza at a poultry farm, bringing the total number of cases this season to 34, officials said Friday.The late
London, January 9 (IANS) UK MP and Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Priti Patel, on Friday termed the situation in Bangladesh "concerning and worrying" and called for
Washington, January 9 (IANS) President Donald Trump is framing the US intervention in Venezuela not as a short-term military action but as a long-range economic and geopolitical reset—one that he says reclaim
Washington, January 9 (IANS) US Vice President JD Vance said he is “very involved” in the administration’s ongoing work on Venezuela and chairs regular meetings of White House principals, rejecting claims
Islamabad, January 8 (IANS): A church in Raiwind area of Pakistan's Punjab province came under attack recently as a person forcibly entered the Christian place of worship and carried out an act of destruction t
Kathmandu, January 8 (IANS): As most political parties move ahead to consolidate cadre for the March 5 parliamentary elections, the Nepali Congress (NC) appears to be a divided house.Analysts warn that failure
Washington, January 8 (IANS): Half a dozen members of an underground Protestant church based in Sichuan's Chengdu have been arrested by the Chinese authorities, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) mentioned in a state
Abu Dhabi/New Delhi, January 8 (IANS): Scientists from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have partnered with India for the 45th Antarctic Expedition, said the Indian embassy in the UAE.A team from the UAE’s Khal
Dhaka, January 8 (IANS): Bangladesh witnessed an alarming rise in crime rates in 2025, with women and children bearing the brunt of the violence, while incidents such as murder, banditry, and mob violence were
Seoul, January 8 (IANS): A North Korean party magazine stressed the importance of designating the state leader's successor in a publication in March last year, shortly before leader Kim Jong-un's daughter, Ju-a
Tehran, January 8 (IANS): Iran’s top judicial authority, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, has warned that there will be “no leniency” for anyone accused of aiding what he described as the “enemy against the
Islamabad, January 8 (IANS): A leading international human rights organisation condemned the convictions and severe prison sentences issued in absentia by an Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Pakistan against a gro
United Nations, January 8 (IANS) In a sweeping ideology-driven move targeting the UN, President Donald Trump is pulling the US out of 31 entities linked to it, alleging that they “no longer serve American int
Washington, January 8 (IANS) President Donald Trump has said that Venezuela has agreed to purchase only American-made products using proceeds from a new US-brokered oil deal, describing the arrangement as a maj
Dhaka, January 7 (IANS): Bangladesh's administration has become increasingly dysfunctional since the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government assumed power following the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami Leagu
Taipei, January 7 (IANS): Taiwan's National Security Bureau has accused Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of conducting military drills near the self-ruled island along with cyberattacks, sharing over 19,000 "contr
Washington, January 7 (IANS): The recent arrest of a senior official of an ISIS affiliate organisation, Mehmet Goren, has reignited accusations against Pakistan for providing safe havens to terrorist groups. Go
New Delhi, January 7 (IANS): Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday slammed certain politicians back home who have been holding her and Awami League party responsible for the death of Bangl
New Delhi, January 7 (IANS): The sharp decline in Pakistan’s exports and the damage caused to the agricultural sector due to the floods are expected to pull down the country’s growth rate to below the IMF
New Delhi, January 7 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a telephonic conversation with Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday with both leaders discussing ways to further strengthen the bila