Geneva, April 26 (IANS/DPA): Numerous women and girls have been detained in Iran for failing to heed head-covering regulations, and hundreds of businesses have been closed for failing to enforce them, UN rights
Moscow, April 26 (IANS): Russia and Europe will no longer be able to resume their past relations under the current circumstances, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.There is a lack of willingness to
Washington, April 26 (IANS/DPA): The US is preparing to negotiate with the military leadership in Niger about the "organized and responsible withdrawal" of its troops from the country.More than 1,000 US soldier
Islamabad, April 26 (IANS): Pakistan has "categorically" rejected a report by the US State Department over the human rights violations in the country last year, saying that only a "politically motivated report
Bangkok, April 26 (IANS/DPA): Several civilians were killed and many more injured in a heavy airstrike by the military in Myanmar on a rebel-controlled region on the border with India.The bombs hit a hospital i
New York, April 25 (IANS/DPA): A UN resolution tabled by the US and Japan against an arms race in space has failed in the UN Security Council due to a veto by Russia.The draft resolution received 13 out of 15 v
Seoul, April 25 (IANS): The overall direction of South Korea's alliance with the US will not change no matter who wins the White House in November, as the breadth and depth of the alliance has never been greate
Chennai, April 25 (IANS): The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have deployed its elite Nahal Brigade in the Rafah region of the Gaza Strip.This a clear message that the Rafah ground invasion is imminent even as the
Seoul, April 25 (IANS): North Korea on Thursday reaffirmed its commitment to further strengthening ties with Russia on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the first-ever summit between North Korean leader
Tehran, April 14 (IANS/DPA): A stadium ban for women is to be reintroduced in Iran, multiple local news reports said on Wednesday.The reports said that the Iranian FA has ordered the ban to be imposed in the no
London, April 24 (IANS/DPA): Human rights worldwide are facing their most serious threats in decades, the London-based advocacy group Amnesty International said in its annual report on Wednesday.The organisatio
akarta, April 24 (IANS): Indonesia's General Election Commission (KPU) here on Wednesday declared Prabowo Subianto as the country's eighth President after appeals of two defeated presidential candidates concern
Moscow, April 24 (IANS/DPA): In the midst of Russia's war against Ukraine, a court in Moscow has remanded Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov in custody on suspicion of corruption.Ivanov, 48, must initially re
Bangkok, April 22 (IANS): The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) opened its 80th session in Bangkok on Monday, with global and regional leaders calling for digital in
Seoul, April 22 (IANS/DAP): North Korea has fired an unspecified ballistic missile, the South Korean military said on Monday.North Korea launched the missile towards the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan
Washington, April 22 (IANS): Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng has said that China does not consider the Thucydides Trap an inevitable part of its relationship with the United States. To avoid st
Gmund, Germany, April 21 (IANS/DPA): Yulia Navalnya, the widow of late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, has warned of the unpredictability of Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying the possibility that he mi
Colombo, April 21 (IANS): India on Sunday said that it condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations "anywhere, everywhere" as Sri Lanka remembered all the lives lost in the horrendous Easter Sunday bo
Ramallah, April 20 (IANS): Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday that solving the Palestinian issue will promote stability in the Middle East region.In an interview with Palestine's official news ag
United Nations, April 20 (IANS): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an end to "stop the dangerous cycle of retaliation in the Middle East," said his Spokesman."The Secretary-General reiterates