New York, September 10 (IANS): Declaring that "our patience is wearing thin" with the resistance to vaccination against Covid-19, US President Joe Biden has ordered companies with at least 100 workers
New Delhi, September 9 (PTI): The territory of Afghanistan must not be used to carry out terror attacks against other countries, the five-nation influential grouping BRICS said on Thursday and strongly called f
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 9 (IANS): Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have been detaining and assaulting journalists and imposing new restrictions on media work, the Human Rights Watch said.
Demand is growing fo
KABUL, SEPTEMBER 9 (IANS): The prolonged war and civil strife have shattered bodies and souls of the Afghans and the country deserves humanitarian supports, peace and prosperity, President of the International
Seoul, September 9 (AP): Soldiers, civil defense forces and troops wearing gas masks and red hazmat suits paraded in North Korea's capital overnight in a celebration of the nation's 73rd anniversary tha
Tokyo, September 9 (AP): Japan announced Thursday it is extending a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and 18 other areas until the end of September as health care systems remain under severe strain, altho
Kabul, September 9 (AP): Reminiscent of their previous harsh rule in the 1990s, the Taliban have already begun to wipe out some of Afghanistan's gains of 20 years. They've denied women a seat at the Cab
Peshawar/Kabul, September 9 (PTI): Afghanistan's acting Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund has appealed to former officials of past governments to return to the country and assured them "full
Beijing, September 8 (AP): An avalanche of changes launched by China's ruling Communist Party has jolted everyone from tech billionaires to school kids. Behind them: President Xi Jinping's vision of mak
Hong Kong, September 8 (AP): Hong Kong police on Wednesday arrested four leaders of the group that organised the city's annual Tiananmen Square commemorations after they refused to cooperate in a national s
Kabul/New Delhi, September 8 (IANS): In response to the new cabinet announced by the Taliban for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the resistance front in Panjshir province led by Ahmad Massoud has said that
New Delhi, September 8 (IANS): A new report analysed 10 disasters from 2020-21, including Cyclone Amphan in the border region of India and Bangladesh, and found that even though they occurred in vastly differen
New Delhi, September 8 (IANS): Though the Taliban leadership structure remains intact, factional differences have emerged over power sharing in the new governing set up, especially the manner in which the
Paris, September 8 (IANS): France is all set to begin a 'historic' trial in the 2015 Paris attacks which left 130 people dead.
The trial is being described as the biggest in France's modern histo
Islamabad, September 8 (IANS): The appointment of veteran Taliban leader Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund as Afghanistan's caretaker Prime Minister, with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar as his deputy, comes as a pl
Mexico City, September 8 (IANS): At least one person was killed after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit the southern Mexican coastal city of Acapulco in Guerrero state on Tuesday night, officials said.
Tremors
MEXICO CITY, September 8 (AP): Mexico's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that it is unconstitutional to punish abortion, unanimously annulling several provisions of a law from Coahuila — a state on the Tex
Sydney, September 8 (IANS): Bird species across the globe are suffering and dying from avian malaria and while these strains are not infectious to humans, they're spreading quickly through global transmissi
Taiyuan, September 8 (IANS): China sent a new Earth observation satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern China's Shanxi Province at 11:01 a.m. Tuesday (Beijing Time).
The
Jakarta, September 8 (IANS): At least 41 people were killed and about 80 others injured as fire broke out at a prison in Tangerang town near the Indonesian capital Jakarta early on Wednesday, officials said.