Brasilia (Brazil), June 30 (AP): Accusations that Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro turned a blind eye to possible corruption in a deal to purchase coronavirus vaccines have heightened threats to his presidenc
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Bangkok, June 29 (AP): Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi suffered a legal setback Tuesday when a judge denied her lawyers' motion to disqualify prosecution testimony against her on a sedition cha
Beijing, June 29 (PTI): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday asked the Communist Party cadres to set their sights on the ruling party to remain in power for the next century as it geared up to celebrate its
Beijing, June 29 (IANS): The Chief of Lancet Covid-19 Commission has dismissed claims by the Chinese government that he is being pushed by the US government to favour the Wuhan lab-leak theory, the media report.jpeg)
BANGKOK, June 29 (AP): The military takeover in Myanmar has given the junta full control of the country’s lucrative and conflict-ridden jade mining, providing it with profits and leverage for consolidatin
Johannesburg, June 29 (PTI): The apex court in South Africa on Tuesday sentenced the country's former president Jacob Zuma to 15 months' imprisonment for contempt of court after he walked out of hearing
Athens, June 29 (IANS): All young Greeks aged between 18 and 25 will be offered a prepaid card worth 150 euros ($179) after receiving their first Covid-19 vaccine dose, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said h
Canberra, June 29 (IANS): Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has been fined A$200 ($151) for failing to wear a face mask inside a petrol station in New South Wales (NSW) state. Joyce, also the le
Johannesburg, June 29 (IANS): The South African Constitutional Court on Tuesday found former President Jacob Zuma guilty of contempt of court and sentenced him to a 15-month jail term. A BBC report says
ROME, JUNE 29 (IANS): A Global Coalition to Defeat IS (Islamic State) has said that although nearly eight million people have been freed from the terror group's control in Iraq and Syria, it still remains a
Beijing, June 29 (PTI): Two doses of the China-made COVID-19 vaccine, CoronaVac, are safe and produce a strong antibody response among children and adolescents aged 3-17 years, according to a study published in
Brussels, June 28 (IANS): Providing every country with equal access to vaccines can help vaccinate everyone and help the world beat the Covid pandemic as well as spur growth in the global economy, the United Na-
Hong Kong, June 28 (AP): An editorial writer of the now-defunct Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily was arrested at the airport on Sunday night while attempting to leave the city, local media reported
Islamabad, June 28 (PTI): Pakistan on Monday claimed that more than 5,000 militants of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were present in Afghanistan, a day after Kabul denied the presence of the banned terro
Seoul, June 28 (AP): Heartbroken North Koreans have been worrying tearfully about leader Kim Jong Un's emaciated looks, state media quoted a local resident as saying, in a rare acknowledgement of forei
Kolkata, June 28 (IANS): U Zaw Htay, who served as the spokesman of the Aung San Suu Kyi-led ousted government of Myanmar, has been freed from military custody in capital Nay Pyi Taw after more than four months
Mogadishu, June 28 (IANS): Somali National Army (SNA) said that 41 al-Shabab militants were killed and several others injured in a suicide attack in the country's Galmudug state. An SNA commander to
Damscus/Washington, June 28 (IANS): At least five members of paramilitary group were killed in US airstrikes on the border region between Iraq and Syria, a war monitor said on Monday. The Syrian Observa
Washington, June 27 (IANS): The death toll from the partial collapse of a 12-story residential building in the US beachside town of Surfside, southeastern state Florida, has risen to five, authorities said on S
TEHRAN, JUNE 27 (IANS): Iran will not negotiate endlessly over the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, a top official said here, while also urging the US to abandon the "failed legacy" of former Preside
