Seoul, December 6 (IANS): South Korean President Moon Jae-in's approval rating rose 1.0 percentage point to 40.5 per cent last week, a new poll revealed on Monday.
The negative assessment on Moon's c
Nay Py Taw, December 6 (IANS): Aung San Suu Kyi, the former de facto leader of Myanmar who was ousted during the February 1 military coup, was on Monday sentenced to four years in prison after she was "fou
Ramallah, December 6 (IANS): Palestine has sent 100 Covid-19 samples to an Israeli hospital to test for the Omicron variant, a senior official said.
The West Bank does not have labs to test for the new varia
Madrid, December 6 (IANS): The ongoing eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the Spanish island of La Palma has caused damages worth 842,33 million euros ($953 million), according to the regional Treasury Dep
Seoul, December 6 (IANS): The South Korean government will beef up efforts to monitor fake news on North Korea that "distort the policy environment" for inter-Korean relations, officials said here on
Canberra, December 6 (IANS): A new poll has revealed that Australia's main opposition Labor Party is the favourite among voters to win the next federal election.
The latest Newspoll, which was published
Brussels, December 6 (IANS): Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Brussels to protest against the Belgian government's latest measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Twenty people we
Los Angeles, Dec 6 (IANS) Police are warning the public againt burglars who pose as gardeners targeting Asian-American homes in Torrance, a city in Los Angeles County, the media reported.
Burglaries have occ
New York, December 5 (AP): CNN fired anchor Chris Cuomo on Saturday less than a week after new information emerged about how he assisted his brother, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, as the politician fac
New Delhi, December 5 (IANS): The US and 22 other allies have issued a joint statement expressing deep concern on the reports of summary killings and enforced disappearances of former members of the Afghan secu
Jakarta, December 5 (IANS): At least 13 people died and 98 others were injured after Mount Semeru in Indonesia's East Java erupted, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said on Sunday.
"Tw
New Delhi, December 5 (IANS): Pakistan human rights and political activist Idris Khattak has been convicted of espionage and sentenced to 14 years rigorous imprisonment, Dawn reported.
"Khattak was foun
Tel Aviv, December 5 (AP): Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday urged world powers to take a hard line against Iran in negotiations to curb the country's nuclear program, as his top defense and
Athens, December 4 (AP): Pope Francis warned Saturday that the “easy answers” of populism and authoritarianism threaten democracy in Europe and called for fresh dedication to promoting the common go
New Delhi, December 4 (IANS): If the US loses Chinese companies, Wall Street will gradually alienate itself from the world's most prosperous market and the US will no longer be the true global financial cen
United Nations, December 4 (IANS): On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which falls on December 3 annually, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that people with disabilities were among
New York, December 4 (IANS): With cases of the Omicron Covid-19 variant reported in several states from New York to Hawaii, US health officials have said that community spread is inevitable, and more vaccinatio
Chicago, December 4 (IANS): Parents of the 15-year-old boy accused of killing four students and injuring seven at Oxford High School in the US state of Michigan have been charged with four counts of involuntary
Islamabad, December 4 (IANS): The so-called "Summit for Democracy" led by the US goes against the basic spirit of democracy and will further polarize the world, resulting in the emergence of new blocs
Beijing, December 4 (AP): China's Communist Party took American democracy to task on Saturday, sharply criticising a global democracy summit being hosted by President Joe Biden next week and extolling the v