Glasgow, November 9 (IANS): As world leaders meet at COP26 to address the climate crisis, international development charity Christian Aid on Tuesday launched a new report which warns women are disproportionatel
Seoul, November 9 (IANS): North Korea on Tuesday slammed the European Union (EU) for leading a UN resolution condemning its human rights situation, calling the move an act of hostility based on "false and
New Delhi, November 9 (IANS): Amir Khan Muttaqi, the acting Foreign Minister of the Taliban government in Afghanistan, is expected to visit Pakistan in the coming days as part of efforts by both sides to reset
United Nations, November 8 (AP): The UN humanitarian chief urged Myanmar's military leaders on Monday to provide unimpeded access to the more than 3 million people in need of life-saving humanitarian assist
Taipei, November 9 (AP): Taiwan on Tuesday said China is seeking to take control of the island by wearing down its military capabilities and influencing public opinion, while avoiding an all-out military confli
New Delhi, November 8 (IANS): A senior World Health Organization official has cast doubt on Turkmenistan's claim that it has zero Covid cases, the BBC reported.
"[It] has been spreading worldwide as
Glasgow, November 8 (IANS): Activists on Monday demanded focus on introducing climate science to the curricula in schools by asking politicians gathered at the ongoing 26th Conference of Parties to the UN Frame
Beijing, November 8 (PTI): Wang Yaping on Monday became the first Chinese woman astronaut to walk in space as she moved out of the under-construction space station and took part in extravehicular activities for
Seoul, November 7 (AP): North Korea has conducted artillery firing exercises to bolster its defense capability, state media reported Sunday, its latest weapons test as Pyongyang continues to pressure Washington
Baghdad, November 7 (AP): Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi survived an assassination attempt with armed drones that targeted his residence early Sunday and officials said he was unharmed. The attack
Tel Aviv, November 7 (AP): Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett rejected the promised reopening of the main US diplomatic mission for the Palestinians in Jerusalem, saying there was no room in the contested c
New Delhi, November 6 (IANS): A 29-year-old rights activist and lecturer of economics has been shot dead in northern Afghanistan, in what appears to be the first known death of a women's rights defender sin
Freetown (Sierra Leone), November 6 (AP): An oil tanker exploded near Sierra Leone's capital, killing at least 92 people and severely injuring dozens of others after large crowds gathered to collect leaking
United Nations, November 6 (IANS): A Nepalese peacekeeper serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was named the recipient of the 2021 UN Woman Police Officer of the Year.
Superintendent Sangya
United Nations, November 6 (AP): The head of the U.N. body investigating the most serious crimes in Myanmar said Friday that preliminary evidence collected since the military seized power on February 1 shows a
Greenland, November 6 (AP): While conducting research in Greenland, ice scientist Twila Moon was struck this summer by what climate change has doomed Earth to lose and what could still be saved.
The Arctic i
Glasgow, November 5 (AP): The generation of young people who will inherit a warmer future is telling the generation that caused carbon pollution to clean up its mess from both inside and outside United Nations
Dharamsala, November 5 (IANS): Mayor-elect Aftab Pureval, the son of a Tibetan mother and an Indian father, has been appointed the first Tibetan-American to this post in the history of Cincinnati city in Ohio.
New Delhi, November 5 (IANS): The latest resurgence of Covid-19 in China has shown a tendency of spreading among schools, affecting students and kindergarten children, as at least four places have detected outb
Seoul, November 5 (AP): South Korea's conservative former top prosecutor, who has called for a stronger US security guarantee to neutralize North Korean nuclear threats, won the main opposition party's