Tokyo, September 29 (AP): Japan's former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida won the governing party leadership election on Wednesday and is set to become the next prime minister, facing the imminent task of add
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Milan, September 28 (AP): Youth climate activists Vanessa Nakate and Greta Thunberg chastised global leaders Tuesday for failing to meet funding pledges and for delivering too much blah blah blah'' as c
Singapore, September 28 (PTI): Singapore's total population shrank by 4.1 per cent to 5.45 million in June this year, largely due to a fall in non-resident numbers amidst the COVID-19 travel restrictions, a
Washington, September 28 (IANS): John Hinckley Jr., who shot and wounded then US President Ronald Reagan in 1981, is set to be freed from the strict conditions of release that he's been living with for seve
Washington, September 28 (IANS) US President Joe Biden on Monday received his Covid-19 vaccine booster shot on camera at the White House. "Boosters are important, but the most important thing we need to
Tokyo, September 28 (AP): Japan's government announced Tuesday that the coronavirus state of emergency will end this week so the economy can be reactivated as infections slow. Prime Minister Yoshihide Su
UNITED NATIONS, SEPTEMBER 28 (IANS): Myanmar is facing a humanitarian crisis with about 3 million people requiring assistance due to the ongoing armed clashes, insecurity, monsoon rains as well as the Covid-19
Kolkata, September 28 (PTI): It was a clear sky over Dimapur, with just a few clouds floating by as Capt. Shahabuddin Ahmed, a Pakistan International Airlines pilot, who had volunteered to fly combat sorties fo
DHARAMSALA, SEPTEMBER 28 (IANS): At the ongoing 48th UN Human Rights Council session, a group of member states of the world body has called on China to respect human rights in Tibet, the Central Tibetan Adminis
Kabul, September 28 (AP): When the Taliban seized power, the operator of the only women's shelter in a northern Afghan city ran away. Left abandoned were 20 women who had fled a variety of domestic horrors,
Seoul, September 28 (AP): North Korea fired a short-range missile into the sea early Tuesday, Seoul and Tokyo officials said, in the latest weapon tests by Pyongyang that raised questions about the sincerity of
Washington, September 28 (PTI): The White House has tried to pacify an upset American media over Joe Biden's off the cuff remarks that the Indian press is "better behaved" than their US counterpar
United Nations, September 28 (PTI): Despite the tone and the content of the remarks made by India and Pakistan against each other during the UN General Assembly, we always remain hopeful that dialogue can happe
Lahore, September 28 (PTI): A Pakistani court here has sentenced to death a woman school principal for committing blasphemy. The district and sessions court on Monday handed down the death sentence to Salma
United Nations, September 27 (PTI): Afghanistan and Myanmar withdrew" their participation from the General Debate of the high-level 76th session of the UN General Assembly, a spokesperson for the President
NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 27 (IANS): The Taliban have banned hairdressers in Afghanistan's Helmand province from shaving or trimming beards, saying it breaches their interpretation of Islamic law, the BBC report
UNITED NATIONS, SEPTEMBER 27 (IANS): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke on Sunday on the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, declaring that nuclear weapons must
The Hague, September 27 (AP): The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court sought urgent clearance on Monday from the court's judges to resume investigations of war crimes and crimes against hum
WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 27 (IANS): The World Health Organization (WHO) is set to relaunch investigations into the origins of the Covid-19, with a fresh probe team, the media reported. A new team consists of ab
TOKYO, SEPTEMBER 27 (IANS): The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) issued the country's first gender bonds on Monday to promote empowerment and education of women and ensure gender equality in de
