UNITED NATIONS, SEPTEMBER 24 (IANS): The reach of humanitarian aid in Afghanistan is increasing since the Taliban took over the country last month, but only a fraction of the people have enough to eat, a UN spo
SEOUL, SEPTEMBER 24 (IANS): Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, on Friday deemed South Korean President Moon Jae-In's proposal to declare a formal end to the Korean War an "admirabl
Port-au-Prince, September 23 (AP): The Biden administration's special envoy to Haiti has resigned, protesting "inhumane" large-scale expulsions of Haitian migrants to their homeland wracked by civ
LONDON, SEPTEMBER 23 (IANS): A Chinese whistleblower has claimed that the first Covid-19 outbreak was intentional and took place in October 2019 at a military tournament in Wuhan -- two months before China noti
Taipei, September 23 (AP): China sent 19 fighter jets toward Taiwan in a large display of force Thursday, after the self-governing island announced its intention to join an 11-nation Pacific trade group that Ch
UNITED NATIONS, SEPTEMBER 23 (IANS): Over half of Yemen's population or 16 million people, are "marching towards starvation", and unless the international community steps up support, food assistan
United Nations, September 23 (PTI): A meaningful reconciliation with the Tamil community through domestic institutions is essential to achieve lasting peace in Sri Lanka, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has said a
Washington, September 23 (PTI): The US has ruled out adding India or Japan to the new trilateral security partnership with Australia and Britain to meet the challenges of the 21st century in the strategic Indo-
United Nations, September 23 (AP): Be realistic. Show patience. Engage. And above all, don't isolate. Those are the pillars of an approach emerging in Pakistan to deal with the fledgling government that is
United Nations, September 23 (AP): The inequity of COVID-19 vaccine distribution will come into sharper focus Thursday as many of the African countries whose populations have little to no access to the life-sav
Geneva, September 22 (AP): The harmful health effects of air pollution kick in at lower levels than previously thought, the World Health Organization said Wednesday as it set a new standard for policymakers and
Geneva, September 22 (AP): The number of new COVID-19 cases continued to fall last week, with 3.6 million new cases reported globally, down from 4 million new infections the previous week, the World Health Orga
Beijing, September 22 (PTI): Special envoys of China, Russia and Pakistan have met the top officials of the Taliban's interim government as well as Afghan leaders Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah in Kabul
Kabul, September 22 (AP): Attackers struck Taliban vehicles in an eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, witnesses said, killing at least two fighters and three civilians in the latest violence since the group's
United Nations, September 22 (PTI): The Taliban have written to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres nominating their spokesman Suhail Shaheen as Afghanistan's new ambassador to the UN and have asked to parti
United Nations, September 22 (AP): Racism, the climate crisis and the world's worsening divisions will take center stage at the United Nations on Wednesday, a day after the U.N. chief issued a grim warning
New Delhi, September 22 (IANS): Officials from the Taliban Cultural Commission of the Ministry of Information and Culture said military equipment of the former government had been transferred out of Afghanistan
New Delhi, September 22 (IANS): There would be around five million Chinese nationals working in Pakistan by 2025, The News has reported.
To meet the health needs of these Chinese nationals, a collaboration b
Kathmandu, September 22 (IANS): Veteran Nepali Congress leader Narayan Khadka has been appointed as country's Foreign Minister. Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has appointed Khadka as new Foreign Minister
New Delhi, September 22 (IANS): An international freedom advocacy group and research organisation has found Pakistan among top 10 countries in the world where Internet freedom has been on the decline and raised