Damascus, July 19 (IANS) The Syrian authorities on Saturday declared an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire, marking a significant turning point in the deadly sectarian clashes in southern Syria, which prompt
New York, July 19 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has claimed that his threat of a 10 per cent tariff on members of the BRICS scared them off, and almost no one showed up for a meeting the next day. But the BR
New Delhi: The 'Desh Gorte July Padayatra’, or the 'July Walkathon for Nation Building', organised by Bangladesh's unregistered National Citizen Party (NCP) on the first anniversary of the violent July uprisi
Nairobi, July 18 (IANS) The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said on Friday that its efforts to rescue Northern White Rhinos (NWR), a critically endangered species, from extinction through artificial fertilization
Guangzhou, July 18 (IANS) South China's Guangdong Province has activated a Level IV emergency response at 6 pm Friday as Typhoon Wipha moves closer, according to the provincial flood control and drought relief
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS): The US has officially designated The Resistance Front (TRF) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) entity -- a move that gives a ma
Islamabad, July 18 (IANS): At least 63 more people have died in the last 24 hours in Pakistan's Punjab province, marking the deadliest day of the current monsoon season in the province to date, the National Dis
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS): US President Donald Trump has been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) -- a condition where leg veins do not allow blood to flow back to the heart -- explaining the swol
Islamabad, July 18 (IANS): Amid growing concerns over the erosion of civil liberties, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), in collaboration with the European Union, convened a national roundtable in
Damascus, July 18 (IANS): The death toll from this week's deadly clashes in southern Syria's Sweida province has risen to nearly 600, as tensions continued amid an Israeli airstrike on the outskirts of the prov
Seoul, July 18 (IANS): North Korea on Friday lambasted Japan for describing it as an "urgent threat" in this year's defence white paper, calling it "a war scenario" for aggression and accusing Tokyo of trying t
New York, July 18 (IANS): India reiterated its strong commitment to the Pact for the Future and its annexes, the Global Digital Compact (GDC) and the Declaration on Future Generations, during the third interact
Washington, July 18 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has been diagnosed with a common and benign vein condition after experiencing swelling in his lower legs, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announ
Jerusalem, July 18 (IANS) Israel "deeply regrets" a bombing of Gaza's only Catholic church, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, in an attack that killed three people and wounded at least 10 others.I
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS): Reacting strongly to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte's recent comments on countries engaging in business with Russia, India on Thursday reiterated that there should be no "double-st
Damascus, July 17 (IANS): Syria condemned the Israeli airstrikes that struck government buildings in the capital Damascus, calling them a "blatant violation" of national sovereignty and international law.In a s
Washington, July 17 (IANS): US President Donald Trump unveiled a plan to impose a unified tariff rate on more than 150 countries and regions, according to a media report."It's all going to be the same for every
Baghdad, July 17 (IANS): Around 50 people were killed in a massive fire at a hypermarket in Iraq's Wasit province, the regional governor said on Thursday.Wasit Governor Mohammed Jamil Al-Mayahi has declared a t
Addis Ababa, July 16 (IANS): Ethiopia's National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) said that it has apprehended 82 suspects who were allegedly plotting terrorist operations in various parts of the East A
New Delhi, July 16 (IANS): A 24-member Sri Lankan delegation met Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri in New Delhi on Wednesday and discussed the deepening bilateral ties between the two nations. The delegation