Moscow, October 13 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a veiled threat suggesting that all energy infrastructure in the world is a legitimate military target after the Nord Stream pipeline explosio
Taipei, October 13 (IANS) A rollout of Covid restrictions across Shanghai has fuelled fears the city is heading towards another lockdown, as Chinese authorities seek to contain outbreaks while maintaining a sen
A rare protest against Chinese President Xi Jinping and his policies swiftly ended in Beijing Thursday, just days before he is set to secure a third term in power at a key meeting of the ruling Communist Part
A jury in the US state of Connecticut has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $965 million in damages to the family members of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.
San Francisco, October 12 (IANS): Tech tycoon Elon Musk has refuted a claim made by political scientist and founder of Eurasia Group Ian Bremmer that he recently discussed "the minimum the Russian Presiden
United Nations, October 12 (IANS): Lauding the collaboration between the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU) as the best ever, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned major challenges lie ah
United Nations, October 12 (IANS): The UN General Assembly has elected 14 states into the Human Rights Council to succeed outgoing members.
Through secret ballot on Tuesday, Algeria, Morocco, South Africa, S
Bangkok, October 12 (IANS): The Thai government announced on Wednesday that gun and drug control has become a national agenda following a mass shooting at a daycare centre last week which claimed the lives of 3
Moscow, October 12 (IANS): In his address to the Russian Energy Week International Forum, President Vladimir Putin said Russia is ready to resume gas supplies via one link of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that rem
Seoul, October 12 (IANS): North Korean Ambassador to the UN Kim Song on Wednesday lashed out at the US, arguing it is aggravating tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
Addressing a session of the first committee
London, October 12 (IANS): The Buckingham Palace announced that King Charles III will be coronated on May 6, 2023 at Westminster Abbey.
In a statement on Tuesday evening, the Palace said: "The Coronatio
Lhasa, October 12 (IANS): Two Tibetans have died from a pneumonic plague spread by mice and other rodents in a southern county of Tibet, with Chinese authorities now ordering county residents to stay at home, l
Kiev, October 12 (IANS): In the wake of Russian missile strikes all across Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for fresh sanctions against Moscow for "such a new wave of terror".
He ma
Brussels, October 12 (IANS): Nato's secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, said the alliance is "closely monitoring" Russia's nuclear forces and that any deliberate attack against allies' cr
Seoul, October 12 (IANS): North Korea has unveiled a "mosaic mural" of Kim Jong-un, the first known wall painting of the leader who has been ruling the country for 10 years.
In the large-scale mosa
New York, October 12 (IANS): A Purdue University student, who allegedly stabbed his Indian-origin roommate to death on October 6, told reporters he had been "blackmailed" when asked about a motive for
Moscow, October 11 (IANS) Moscow would not turn down a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Joe Biden, at the G20 meeting next month, as per Russia's Foreign Minister, Sergei Lav
Kiev, October 11 (IANS) Germany is sending the first of four IRIS-T SLM air defence systems to Ukraine, Ukrainian media reported, citing the German Defence Ministry.
The recent Russian missile attacks on Kie
Moscow, October 11 (IANS) Sergei Surovikin, the new unified Russian battlefield commander in Ukraine, has been described as "absolutely ruthless, with little regard for human life" and has also brough
United Nation, October 11 (IANS) Fifty-four developing economies accounting for more than half of the world's poorest people need urgent debt relief as a result of "cascading global crises", the U