Kabul, October 4 (AP): Taliban forces raided an Islamic State affiliate's hideout in the Afghan capital and killed several insurgents, hours after a deadly bombing outside a mosque in Kabul, the Taliban sai
Kabul, October 4 (AP): Taliban forces raided an Islamic State affiliate's hideout in the Afghan capital and killed several insurgents, hours after a deadly bombing outside a mosque in Kabul, the Taliban sai
Seoul, October 4 (AP): North Korea restored dormant communication hotlines with South Korea in a small, fragile reconciliation step Monday in an apparent hard push to win outside concessions with a mix of
Vatican City, October 4 (AP): Pope Francis and dozens of religious leaders on Monday signed a joint appeal to governments to commit to ambitious targets at the upcoming UN climate conference, while promising to
Tokyo, October 4 (AP): Japan's parliament on Monday elected Fumio Kishida, a former moderate turned hawk, as prime minister. He'll face an economy battered by the pandemic, security threats from Ch
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 4 (IANS): China has rejected the genocide allegations of Uyghur Muslims of Xinjiang province by launching an all-out propaganda drive to counter the reports of oppression. On September 26, th
Islamabad, October 4 (PTI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that his government would investigate all the citizens mentioned in the Pandora Papers, hours after over 700 Pakistanis, including some mi
Amman, October 3 (AP): Jordan's King Abdullah II received a call on Sunday from Syrian President Bashar Assad, the first conversation between the two leaders after a decade of strain over Syria's civil
Kabul, October 3 (AP): A bomb exploded in the entrance of a mosque in the Afghan capital on Sunday, leaving "number of civilians dead , a Taliban spokesman said, in the first major attack on the city after
KABUL, OCTOBER 3 (IANS): The Afghan Journalists Safety Committee (AJSC), an independent media group, has resumed all its activities about 45 days after the Taliban took over the country.
"After the poli
SAN FRANCISCO, OCTOBER 3 (IANS): Former US President Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit in Florida seeking to force Twitter to reinstate his account, arguing the platform's ban violates the First Amendment an
Rome, October 3 (AP): A blaze, possibly sparked by a gas canister explosion, destroyed part of an historic bridge spanning the Tiber River in Rome before firefighters extinguished the flames early Sunday.
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Seoul, October 3 (AP): North Korea has warned the UN Security Council against criticising the isolated country's missile programme, in a statement Sunday that included unspecified threats against the intern
United Nations, October 2 (IANS) Hostilities, an economic crisis, and the Covid-19 pandemic have made the already dire situation of civilians in northwest Syria even more difficult, said UN humanitarians.
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Manila, October 2 (AP) Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday announced he was retiring from politics and dropping plans to run for vice president in next year's elections when his term ends, avoi
TOKYO, OCTOBER 1 (IANS): Fumio Kishida, the new leader of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), unveiled a lineup of party executives on Friday.
Kishida was elected LDP President on Wednesday an
Canberra, October 1 (AP): Australia has outlined plans to lift a pandemic ban on its vaccinated citizens travelling overseas from November. But no date has yet been set for welcoming international tourists back
Seoul, October 1 (AP): As North Korea goes back to its pattern of pressuring South Korea to get what it wants from the United States, the powerful sister of leader Kim Jong Un has emerged as the face of its cam
New Delhi, October 1 (PTI): India was not taken into confidence on various aspects of the Doha deal inked between the US and the Taliban last year and the latest developments in Afghanistan will have "very
Washington, October 1 (PTI): Warming ocean waters have caused a drop in the brightness of the Earth, according to a study which found that our planet is now reflecting about half a watt less light per square me