Jerusalem, November 16 (AP): Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in court for the first time in over half a year on Tuesday as a one-time confidant prepared to take the stand against him i
Bangkok, November 16 (AP): Myanmar's state election commission announced it is prosecuting the country's ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and 15 other senior political figures for alleged fraud in last
Beijing/Washington, November 16 (PTI): Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Joe Biden in a much-awaited virtual summit on Tuesday held candid talks on establishing a working relationship between
Washington, November 15 (IANS): US President Joe Biden's ties with Vice President Kamala Harris is in crisis, with the latter's staff furious that she is being 'sidelined', while the President
Kabul, November 15 (IANS): The delay in providing right to education and employment to women by the Afghan Taliban led interim government in Afghanistan has triggered protests and uproar in the country.
On
Bangkok, November 15 (AP): American journalist Danny Fenster, sentenced only days ago to 11 years hard labour in Myanmar, has been freed and is on his way home, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Bill Richardso
Mogadishu, November 15 (IANS): Food insecurity is likely to worsen significantly in Somalia through May 2022, with many households experiencing widening food consumption gaps and erosion of their coping capacit
Washington, November 15 (AP): Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping have slurped noodles together in Beijing. They've shared deep thoughts about the meaning of America during an exchange on the Tibetan plate
Beijing, November 15 (AP): China has confined nearly 1,500 university students to their dormitories and hotels following an outbreak of COVID-19 in the northwestern city of Dalian.
The order was issued Sunda
LONDON, November 14 (AP): Queen Elizabeth II missed out on the Remembrance Sunday service in London to pay tribute to Britain’s war dead because she sprained her back, Buckingham Palace said Sunday.
Khartoum (Sudan), November 14 (AP): The Qatar-based satellite news network Al-Jazeera said Sunday its bureau chief in Sudan was detained by security forces, a day after mass protests across the country against
Islamabad, November 14 (PTI): Afghanistan does not want conflict with any country, including India, the war-torn country's Taliban-led interim government's acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has
Cairo, November 14 (AP): The son and one-time heir apparent of late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi announced Sunday his candidacy for the country's presidential election next month, Libya's election ag
Glasgow, November 14 (AP): Almost 200 nations accepted a compromise deal Saturday aimed at keeping a key global warming target alive, but it contained a last-minute change that watered down crucial language abo
Bangkok, November 14 (AP): The military takeover in Myanmar has set its economy back years, if not decades, as political unrest and violence disrupt banking, trade and livelihoods and millions slide deeper into
Tokyo, November 14 (AP): A Japanese princess who gave up her royal status to marry her commoner college sweetheart left for New York on Sunday, as the couple pursued happiness as newlyweds and left behind a nat
Manila, November 13 (IANS): Sara Duterte-Carpio, the daughter of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, on Saturday filed her candidacy for Vice President in the May 2022 elections.
Carpio, 43, sent a represe
New Delhi, November 13 (IANS): UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore has said that there is deep concern over reports that child marriages in Afghanistan are on the rise.
"We have received credible r
London, November 13 (IANS): Priti Patel, the Indian-origin British Home Secretary, has triggered a court case against Prime Minister Boris Johnsons decision last year not to dismiss her for alleged unacceptable
Hong Kong, November 13 (AP): Hong Kong authorities declined to renew a visa for a foreign journalist working for The Economist without any explanation, the magazine said.
Sue-Lin Wong, who is Australian, was