SEOUL, JULY 13 (IANS): South Korea on Tuesday protested against Japan's renewed territorial claims to the disputed islets lying halfway between the two countries, called Dokdo by Seoul and Takeshima by Toky
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Washington, July 13 (AP): The Biden administration on Monday renewed genocide allegations against China for repression of Uyghur Muslims and other minorities in its northwest Xinjiang region. It also warned
United Nations/Geneva, July 13 (PTI): The Delta variant is ripping around the world at a scorching pace, driving a new spike in cases and deaths, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said, warning that the
Baghdad, July 13 (AP): The death toll from a catastrophic blaze that erupted at a coronavirus hospital ward in southern Iraq the previous day rose to 58 on Tuesday, Iraqi medical officials said. Two health o
UNITED NATIONS, JULY 13 (IANS): Around one tenth of the global population, between 720 million people and 811 million, were undernourished last year, according to a UN report . Global hunger levels have skyr
Kathmandu, July 13 (PTI): Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba on Tuesday became the country's Prime Minister for the fifth time, media reports said. President Bidya Devi Bhandari appointed him i
Kabul, July 12 (AP): The top US commander in Afghanistan relinquished his command at a ceremony in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Monday, taking the United States a step closer to ending its 20-year war. The
Geneva, July 12 (IANS): While human genome editing technology has opened the doors for treating rare diseases, there are also risks associated with it. To establish human genome editing as a tool for publi
Kathmandu, July 12 (PTI): In a landmark verdict, Nepal's Supreme Court on Monday directed President Bidya Devi Bhandari to appoint Nepali Congress chief Sher Bahadur Deuba as prime minister by Tuesday and r
Washington, July 12 (AP): The Biden administration on Sunday upheld a Trump-era rejection of nearly all of China's significant maritime claims in the South China Sea. The administration also warned China
Dhaka, July 12 (IANS): Five members of the Neo-JMB banned militant outfit were arrested in Bangladesh by a specialised unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP), a top official said on Monday, adding tha
Johannesburg, July 12 (IANS): As South Africa is still reeling a third wave of Covid-19 pandemic-that is more severe than the first and second, the country will remain at adjusted level 4 of lockdown for anothe
New Delhi, July 12 (IANS): Many Afghans who hoped that the Taliban would reform their extreme views amid ongoing talks with the Afghan government and the US troop withdrawal have been disappointed by the new se
Port-Au-Prince (Haiti), July 12 (AP): The head of Haiti's national police announced Sunday that officers arrested a Haitian man accused of flying into the country on a private jet and working with the maste
Houston, July 12 (PTI): Indian-American astronaut Sirisha Bandla says it was an incredible" and a "life-changing" experience to see the Earth from space during her maiden trip on Virgin Galactic&
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M., July 12 (AP) — Swashbuckling billionaire Richard Branson hurtled into space aboard his own winged rocket ship Sunday, bringing astro-tourism a step closer to reality and beati.jpg)
Bangkok, July 11 (AP): Myanmar is facing a rapid rise in COVID-19 patients and a shortage of oxygen supplies. The situation comes as the country is consumed by a bitter and violent political struggle since t
NEW DELHI, JULY 11 (IANS): Pakistans strategy in the coming days, weeks and months would be to portray themselves as being left to fend for themselves after the withdrawal of US troops, and that they will be be
JOHANNESBURG, JULY 11 (IANS): South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for calm after some people looted shops and burnt trucks calling for the release of former leader Jacob Zuma. "President
Washington, July 11 (PTI): The Taliban has the momentum right now in Afghanistan as it has gained control over more territories than ever before, the Pentagon acknowledged on Sunday, blaming the civilian leader
