KUALA LUMPUR, APRIL 20 (IANS): Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was accused on Tuesday of coming up with a "cock and bull story" to try to overturn his 12-year jail sentence for corruption
Beijing, April 20 (PTI): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday hit out at the US, saying there should be no "bossing" and "meddling" in the internal affairs of other countries as Beijing i
KABUL, APRIL 20 (IANS): Six armed militants were killed and 28 people were freed from a Taliban detention centre after the Afghan army launched a special operation in Helmand province, the Defence Ministry said
London, April 20 (AP): Now that the Royal Family has said farewell to Prince Philip, attention will turn to Queen Elizabeth II's 95th birthday on Wednesday and, in coming months, the celebrations marking he
Minneapolis, April 20 (AP): Former Vice President Walter F. Mondale, a liberal icon who lost one of the most lopsided presidential elections after bluntly telling voters to expect a tax increase if he won, died
Geneva, April 20 (IANS) New Covid-19 cases worldwide have increased for the eighth week running, with a record 5.2 million infections reported in the past seven days and an alarming growth rate in young people,
ISLAMABAD, APRIL 19 (IANS): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has lashed out at political and religious parties in the country for misusing religion for their own personal gains.
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Yangon, April 19 (AP): Security forces in Myanmar used violence on Monday against demonstrators who sought to celebrate last week's formation of a shadow government to serve as an alternative to the militar
Berlin, April 19 (AP): High-level talks in Vienna aimed at bringing the United States back into the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran are moving ahead with experts working on drafting proposals this week, but a solut
Cape Canaveral (US), April 19 (AP): NASA's experimental Mars helicopter rose from the dusty red surface into the thin air Monday, achieving the first powered, controlled flight on another planet.
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Paris, April 19 (AP): The French government bears "significant" responsibility for "enabling a foreseeable genocide," a report commissioned by the Rwandan government concludes about France
Moscow, April 19 (IANS): Detained Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny is in "satisfactory" condition after he was moved to a prison hospital, the country's jail authority said on Monday.
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London, April 19 (IANS): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has cancelled his trip to India in the wake of the severity of the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in the country, the Downing Street confir
Beijing, April 19 (IANS): Bejing will announce the name of its first Mars rover on the Space Day of China, which falls on April 24, according to authorities on Monday.
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Cairo, April 19 (IANS): At least 11 people were killed and 98 others were wounded in a train derailment on Sunday in the Delta city of Toukh, north of the Egyptian capital Cairo, the Egyptian Health Ministry sa
San Francisco, April 19 (IANS): In what could be another Autopilot mode failure, two people were killed in a fiery Tesla crash in Texas with no one in the driver's seat.
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Tokyo, April 19 (AP) Japan's government said on Monday it is asking Myanmar to release a Japanese journalist who was arrested by security forces in its largest city of Yangon the previous day.
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Washington, April 19 (IANS) The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 141.1 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.01 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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Cairo, April 18 (AP): A passenger train derailed Sunday north of Cairo, injuring around 100 people, Egyptian authorities said. It was the latest of several rail accidents to hit the country in recent years.
Moscow, April 18 (AP): Activists for imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Sunday called for massive protests in the heart of Moscow and St Petersburg as Navalny's health reportedly is dete