New York, December 3 (IANS): After the first US case of the Omicron Covid-19 variant was reported in California, the federal government is set to announce on Thursday a bunch of measures to help counter the vir
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New York, December 2 (IANS): US President Joe Biden announced a country-wide plan to administer Covid vaccine booster doses for all adults, keep schools and workplaces open, expand free-at-home testing, new pro
Copenhagen, December 2 (AP): At least 50 people in and around Norway's capital have been infected with the omicron coronavirus variant and the cases are connected to a Norwegian company's Christmas part
Seoul, December 2 (IANS): South Korea and the US agreed on Thursday to update their joint wartime contingency plans to deter North Korea's evolving nuclear and missile threats, the two sides said, in a sign
Mogadishu, Dec 2 (IANS) Somali security forces said on Thursday they have killed 12 senior fighters of al-Shabab, a terror group, in a sting operation conducted in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. The Nati
Seoul, December 2 (IANS): South Korean President Moon Jae-in met US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday and asked for Washington's support for Seoul's efforts to declare a formal end to the 1950-
Donghae, December 2 (IANS): South Korea's Coast Guard rescued 17 Vietnamese sailors on Thursday after their cargo ship sank near the eastern island of Ulleung a day earlier, officials said. The 5,765-ton
Ankara, December 2 (IANS): Turkey's Finance and Treasury Minister Lutfi Elvan has resigned amid a sharp plunge of the Turkish lira, according to a presidential decree issued in the Turkish official gazette
Kabul, December 2 (IANS): Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has confirmed a clash between the border forces of Iran and Afghanistan and described the incident as a "misunderstanding." According
Ulan Bator, December 2 (IANS): Boycotting the Olympics or politicising sports is wrong, a senior official of the Mongolian National Olympic Committee (MNOC) has said. "The International Olympic Committe
Washington, December 2 (IANS): The conservative majority in the US Supreme Court said that they would uphold a law in the state of Mississippi barring abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, a decision directly c
London, December 2 (IANS): In a year that began with a deadly insurrection at the US Capitol, American lawmakers have seen a sharp rise in the number of threats against them, and fears are mounting that such a
Kampala, December 2 (IANS): Uganda is striving to consolidate the country's gains in the fight against HIV/AIDS despite the impact of Covid-19, a senior health official said. "Covid-19 did not spare
United Nations, Dec 2 (IANS) In a diplomatic setback to the Taliban, the permanent representative of the democratically-elected government of Afghanistan Ghulam Isaczai has received a temporary reprieve after t
Dhaka, December 2 (IANS): A Chinese firm has signed four project investment agreements on a waste-to-energy project with its Bangladeshi partners here. According to the agreements signed on Wednesday, China
Phnom Penh, December 2 (IANS): Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen revealed on Thursday that his eldest son Hun Manet will be one of the prime ministerial candidates after the father's possible r
Canberra, December 2 (IANS) :The state government of South Australia (SA) has tightened its border restrictions in response to the latest coronavirus outbreak. SA on Thursday reported 18 new Covid-19 cases,
Tokyo, December 2 (IANS): The Japanese government on Thursday withdrew its request for airlines to completely stop taking reservations for inbound international flights this month, local media reported. Japa
Kabul, December 2 (IANS): Afghanistan's acting air force commander Mawlawi Amanudin Mansoor has called on the pilots who served under the previous government to return to work and join the current air force
Seoul, December 2 (IANS): South Korea's daily number of Covid-19 cases hit a new record high as the government eased anti-virus measures amid the higher vaccination rate, the health authorities said Thursda
