Beijing, September 16 (PTI): A 6.0-magnitude earthquake jolted China's southwestern Sichuan province on Thursday, leaving at least three persons dead and 60 others injured.
The earthquake struck at 4:33
Kabul, September 16 (AP): Friction between pragmatists and ideologues in the Taliban leadership has intensified since the group formed a hard-line Cabinet last week that is more in line with their harsh ru
Islamabad, September 16 (PTI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the international community must engage with the Taliban and "incentivise" them on issues such as women's rights and an i
Seoul, September 16 (AP): North Korea said Thursday it successfully launched ballistic missiles from a train for the first time and was continuing to bolster its defenses, after the two Koreas test-fired missil
Seoul, September 15 (AP): The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday criticized South Korea's president and threatened a complete destruction of bilateral relations after both of th
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 15 (IANS): The Chief of Army Staff of the Taliban, Fasihudin, has said that those who defend democracy in Afghanistan and oppose the Taliban will be suppressed.
He added that they will s
Geneva, September 15 (AP): The WHO said there were about 4 million coronavirus cases reported globally last week, marking the first major drop in new infections in more than two months.
In recent weeks, ther
Paris, September 15 (AP): The key defendant in the 2015 Paris attacks trial said Wednesday that the Islamic State network which struck the city was attacking France, and that the deaths of 130 people was nothin
Brussels, September 15 (AP): Stung by the swift collapse of the Afghan army and the chaotic US-led evacuation through Kabul airport, the European Union on Wednesday unveiled new plans to develop its own defense
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 15 (IANS): Global support to producers in the agricultural sector amounts to $540 billion per year, making up 15 per cent of total agricultural production value.
By 2030, this is pr
Hong Kong, September 15 (AP): Nine Hong Kong activists and ex-lawmakers on Wednesday were handed jail sentences of up to 10 months over their roles in last year's banned Tiananmen Square candlelight vigil,
Seoul, September 15 (AP): The rival Koreas test-launched ballistic missiles hours apart from each other on Wednesday in a display of military assets that came amid a faltering diplomatic push to strip North Kor
CANBERRA, SEPTEMBER 14 (IANS): Australia's biggest koala conservation organisation on Tuesday warned that the iconic marsupial is facing extinction.
The Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) accused the fede
BEIJING, SEPTEMBER 14 (IANS): With the resurgence of the Delta variant of Covid-19 in China's Fujian province, the country has shut schools, called off events, and imposed travel restrictions to curb the sp
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 14 (IANS): Afghan women around the world are protesting the Taliban's new hijab diktat in schools by posting photos of themselves wearing colorful traditional dresses on social media, C
Houston, September 14 (AP): Hurricane Nicholas, now a tropical storm, made landfall along the Texas coast on Tuesday, bringing the threat of up to 20 inches of rainfall to parts of the Gulf Coast, including the
London, September 14 (PTI): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is mourning the death of his mother, professional painter Charlotte Johnson Wahl, who suddenly passed away at a hospital here.
The 79-yea
GENEVA, SEPTEMBER 14 (IANS): United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has named the climate change crisis as "the single greatest challenge to human rights of our era".
I
KABUL, SEPEMBER 14 (IANS): At least 153 Afghan media outlets have stopped operations in 20 provinces following the Taliban takeover of the war-torn nation last month, a media report citing organisations support
WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 14 (IANS: Covid-19 pushed an additional 31 million people into extreme poverty in 2020 compared to 2019, according to a report that highlighted stark disparities caused by the pandemic wor