Washington, August 26 (AP): US Capitol Police officers who were attacked and beaten during the Capitol riot filed a lawsuit Thursday against former President Donald Trump, his allies and members of far-rig
Kabul, August 26 (AP): Two suicide bombers and gunmen targeted crowds massing near the Kabul airport on Thursday, in the waning days of a massive airlift that has drawn thousands of people seeking to flee the T
Kabul, August 26 (AP): An explosion went off Thursday outside Kabul's airport, where thousands of people have flocked as they try to flee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Western nations had warned of a
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 26 (IANS): Afghanistan's exiled President Ashraf Ghani must be brought to justice and face criminal charges of embezzlement if he indeed fled the besieged country with duffle bags full of
TOKYO, AUGUST 26 (IANS): Schools across Japan are taking action against increasing student suicides that have occurred during the Covid-19 pandemic, holding sessions on mental health and helping pupils to show
KATHMANDU, AUGUST 26 (IANS): The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist) (CPN-UML), the largest political party in the Himalayan nation, has formally split as a faction registered a new party with t
London, August 26 (PTI): Britain on Thursday warned that there was a "very credible" report of an "imminent" terrorist attack by the Islamic State militants targeting those gathering at
Washington, August 25 (IANS): A report of Covid-19 origins by US intelligence agencies has not yielded a definitive conclusion on whether the new coronavirus jumped to humans naturally, or was the result of a l
New Delhi, AugUST 25 (IANS): For the war-torn Afghanistan, acute food shortage is the next key challenge. The land-locked country, which is now in control of the Taliban, is in the grip of a severe drought. Not
Beijing, August 25 (AP): China went on the offensive Wednesday ahead of the release of a US intelligence report on the origins of the coronavirus, bringing out a senior official to accuse the United States of p
London, August 25 (PTI): Britain on Wednesday warned the Taliban against attempts to coercively seal off Afghanistan from the rest of the world and urged the militant group to keep its borders open.
Foreign
Kabul, August 25 (IANS): Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said that Afghan citizens will not be allowed to leave the country any more by the ongoing US evacuation process, while also warning that Washington
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 25 (IANS): After the Taliban took over complete control in Afghanistan, they have now issued a public death decree for an Afghan woman, who had left the worn-torn country four years ago and is
Beijing, August 25 (PTI): China has established its first diplomatic contact with the Taliban in Kabul after the militant group took control of Afghanistan and the two sides now have "unimpeded and effecti
NEW YORK, AUGUST 25 (IANS): A team of researchers has identified what may be the key molecular mechanism responsible for Covid-19 mortality -- an enzyme related to neurotoxins found in rattlesnake venom.
The
SEOUL, AUGUST 25 (IANS): South Korea's childbirth level hit a record low in the first half of this year, the lowest since 1981, statistical office data revealed on Wednesday.
The number of newborn babies
COLOMBO, AUGUST 25 (IANS): Sri Lanka's former Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera passed away after being infected with the coronavirus, local media reported.
Samaraweera had been admitted to the Intens
Washington, August 25 (PTI): Former US President Donald Trump has slammed his successor Joe Biden on his Afghan policy and expressed concerns that thousands of terrorists might have been flown out of Afghanista
Tokyo, August 25 (AP): Japan was set to expand its coronavirus state of emergency for a second week in a row Wednesday, adding several more prefectures as a surge in infections fuelled by the delta variant stra
Beijing, August 25 (PTI): China will introduce President Xi Jinping's political ideology in its national curriculum for schools and colleges, in the latest effort to consolidate the ruling Communist Party