Jerusalem, December 13 (IANS) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that it has "severely damaged" Syria's air defences, destroying over 90 per cent of identified strategic surface-to-air missile systems.In
Washington, December 12 (IANS) President Joe Biden on Thursday commuted sentences of nearly 1,500 people and pardoned 39 convicts of non-violent crimes, making it the largest grant of clemency in a single day i
Seoul, December 12 (IANS) South Korea's main Opposition Democratic Party (DP) introduced a new impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday over his failed bid to impose martial law, days afte
Washington, December 12 (IANS) US President-elect Donald Trump has called the resignation announcement of FBI Director Christopher Wray "a great day for America." Wray, on Wednesday, informed FBI employee
Washington, December 12 (IANS) FBI director Christopher Wray on Wednesday told agency employees that he intends to resign at the end of President Joe Biden’s tenure. This would clear the way for a smooth tran
Kabul, December 11 (IANS) Afghanistan's Acting Minister for Refugees and Repatriation Khalil Rahman Haqqani was killed in a suicide attack inside the ministry on Wednesday, a spokesman for the Ministry of Inter
Seoul, December 11 (IANS) South Korea Prime Minister Han Duck-soo apologised on Wednesday over President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law last week, saying he voiced 'clear' opposition to the plan.Han
Washington, December 11 (IANS) US President Joe Biden called President-elect Donald Trump's tariff approach "a major mistake.""He seems determined to impose steep universal tariffs on all imported goods brought
Seoul, December 11 (IANS) South Korean National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik said Wednesday he has invoked the authority to conduct a parliamentary probe into President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived imposition o
New York, December 11 (IANS) Prosecutors of Manhattan urged a New York criminal court to keep President-elect Donald Trump's hush money case alive, even if sentencing is pushed out past Trump's next presidentia
Ankara, December 11 (IANS) Turkey will not allow Syria to become a conflict zone and be divided once again, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said."Any attack on the stability of the new Syrian government
Jerusalem, December 10 (IANS): Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that Israel was creating a "sterile defence zone" in southern Syria to prevent hostile forces from approaching its borders.Spe
New York, December 10 (IANS): US President-elect Donald Trump has named Republican Party activist Harmeet Dhillon to be the assistant attorney general for civil rights."In her new role at the DOJ (Department of
Moscow/New Delhi, December 10 (IANS): Reiterating India's commitment towards Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership with Russia, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday spotlighted new opportunities for
Washington, December 10 (IANS): US President-elect Donald Trump's planned sweeping changes could be an uphill climb, experts have said."Trump will not be able to deport as many people as he says because of the
Seoul, December 10 (IANS): South Korea on Tuesday voiced hopes for the end of all violence, as well as the establishment of peace and stability in Syria following the recent fall of the Assad family's half-cent
Dharamsala, December 10 (IANS): The democratically elected Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) on Tuesday reiterated that it “remains committed to finding a peaceful resolution to the Sino-Tibet conflict thr
Seoul, December 10 (IANS): Former Defence Minister of South Korea, Kim Yong-hyun issued an order to prevent 150 lawmakers from gathering at the National Assembly on the night of last week's martial law declarat
Seoul, December 10 (IANS) Prosecutors on Tuesday called in the South Korean chief of the military's counterintelligence command to question him over his role in the botched martial law declaration last week, of
Jerusalem, December 10 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to testify on Tuesday for the first time in his trial for bribery, fraud and breach of trust charges.His testimony will begin in an