Washington, August 31 (IANS): US presidential candidate Donald Trump said that "getting along" with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is a "good thing," after his Democratic rival Kamala Harris vowed not to "cosy
Wellington, August 30 (IANS): New Zealand's Maori King, Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII, died on Friday at age 69, days after marking the 18th anniversary of his leadership.According to local media r
Seoul, August 30 (IANS): The unification ministry said Friday it has given the green light to civic groups' requests for contact with North Koreans over flood damage relief, marking its first approval of civili
Dhaka, August 30 (IANS): Over two million children in Bangladesh are at risk as floods sweep through homes, schools and villages, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned.In all, these floods, the
Islamabad, August 30 (IANS): Twelve people were killed when a landslide hit a house in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday morning, rescue teams said.According to the statement released b
Tripoli, August 30 (IANS): Libyan Presidency Council President Mohamed Menfi welcomed a UN Security Council statement calling on Libyan parties to refrain from unilateral actions.Taking to social media platform
Washington, August 30 (IANS): US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has said her “values have not changed” as she has altered her position on key issues that could determine
Ramallah, August 29 (IANS): The Israeli army withdrew from the city of Tubas in northern West Bank after a 30-hour military operation, Palestinian security sources said Thursday.The army withdrew from the Far'a
Nuku'alofa (Tonga), August 29 (IANS): India will undertake one 'Quick Impact Project' or QIP of each country's choice worth USD 50,000 in each of the 14 Pacific island countries, Minister of State (MoS) for Ext
Islamabad, August 29 (IANS): The recent string of terror attacks in Pakistan's Balochistan since Sunday, including the targeted killing of bus passengers after checking their ID cards, shows the violence in the
Kabul, August 29 (IANS): At least 26 children under five have died due to malnutrition and inadequate food in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province over the past five months, a hospital source said on Thursday.Acco
Seoul, August 29 (IANS): A South Korean court issued a warrant to arrest the chief executive of lithium battery maker Aricell in connection with June's deadly fire that claimed 23 lives, marking the first such
Kyiv, August 29 (IANS): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the Ukrainian troops have taken further areas in Russia's Kursk region."The Commander-in-Chief (Oleksandr Syrskyi) also reported on o
Paris, August 29 (IANS): Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the encrypted messaging service Telegram, was released after paying a five-million-euro (about $5.6 million) bail, but he is required to report to th
Vientiane, August 29 (IANS): The member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) pledged to toughen their stance against transnational crime during the 18th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Tran
Nuku'alofa (Tongo), August 28 (IANS): In a move aimed at countering China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacific, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, along with other Pacific leaders, endorsed the Paci
Tehran, August 28 (IANS): In another first, a woman will be the public face of the new Iranian government with Fatemeh Mohajerani being appointed the government spokesperson of Masoud Pezeshkian regime.The appo
Belgrade, August 28 (IANS): Serbia's ongoing drought has drastically lowered crop yields, forcing farmers to start their harvests much earlier than planned, according to local media reports.Sugar beet harvestin
Seoul, August 28 (IANS): South Korea Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul on Wednesday expressed concerns over a new set of laws recently issued by the Taliban in Afghanistan and called on authorities to respect human
Tokyo, August 28 (IANS): Japan's weather agency on Wednesday issued emergency warnings for storms and high waves in Kagoshima prefecture, calling for top-level alerts among residents as powerful typhoon Shansha