Seoul, December 31 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump's secretary of state nominee has expressed "deep condolences" over a recent deadly plane crash in South Korea, which claimed the lives of 179 people.Flo
Washington, December 31 (IANS) A US federal appeals court has upheld a jury's decision ordering President-elect Donald Trump to pay $5 million for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll. The
Seoul, December 30 (IANS) A surge in cancellations of travel deals and airline tickets was reported on Monday as concerns over aviation safety mounted following a deadly airliner crash that claimed 179 lives, a
Washington, December 30 (IANS) World leaders and US politicians have offered their condolences following the death of former US President Jimmy Carter, who passed away on Sunday.Carter, who as president brokere
Seoul, December 29 (IANS) The United States and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will face a "decisive response," including military-technical countermeasures, should they make new missile threats agai
New York, December 29 (IANS) President-elect Donald Trump has declared that he is a "believer in H-1B" visas, quashing the opposition to the programme for qualified professionals to work in the US that pitted t
Seoul, December 29 (IANS) A passenger jet carrying 181 people erupted in flames after going off the runway and hitting a wall at an airport in South Korea's southwestern county of Muan on Sunday, likely leaving
Moscow, December 28 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday offered his apologies to his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev that the incident with the AZAL airliner occurred in Russia’s airspace
Yangon, December 28 (IANS) Myanmar authorities have seized 5.23 million stimulant tablets, 170 kg of ICE (methamphetamine) and 2.6 kg of "Happy Water" drug in Myanmar's Bago region, the state-run daily The Mirr
Kabul, December 28 (IANS) Heavy clashes erupted between Afghan and Pakistani border forces at border crossing points, killing 19 Pakistani soldiers and three Afghan civilians, local media reported on Saturday.T
Washington, December 28 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump has urged the Supreme Court to delay the TikTok ban in order to allow time for a negotiated solution, according to a legal document.The document wa
Seoul, December 27 (IANS) South Korea's National Assembly voted Friday to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo, less than two weeks after he took over for President Yoon Suk Yeol who was impeached for his botc
Kabul, December 26 (IANS) Acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Thursday issued a stern warning to Pakistan, urging Islamabad to learn the lessons of history before targetting Afghanistan."Afghans
Beijing, December 26 (IANS) A Chinese military spokesperson on Thursday condemned US arms sales to Taiwan and vowed to smash any "Taiwan independence" separatist plots and foreign interference.Zhang Xiaogang, a
Seoul, December 26 (IANS) A probe into the top South Korean military intelligence commander's alleged involvement in martial law operations has been transferred to the military prosecution, the state anti-corru
Almaty, December 25 (IANS) A passenger plane operated by Azerbaijan Airlines from Baku to Grozny crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau on Wednesday, Kazakhstan's Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) said.The
Beijing, December 25 (IANS) China strongly urges the United States to abandon its Cold War mentality and ideological bias, and to refrain from implementing the negative content related to China in the National
Washington, December 25 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump slammed outgoing President Joe Biden's decision to commute the sentences of 37 individuals on federal death row."Joe Biden just commuted the Death
Bucharest, December 24 (IANS) Maia Sandu on Tuesday assumed office as president of the Republic of Moldova for a second term.The inauguration ceremony was held at the Palace of the Republic in Chisinau.After th
Jerusalem, December 24 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that "there has been progress" in efforts to secure a ceasefire-for-hostages deal with Hamas, but cautioned that the timeline for rea