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
UNITED NATIONS, JUNE 27 (IANS): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed shock at the killing of three staff members of Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) or Doctors Without Borders in Ethiopia's conf
London, June 27 (PTI): The UK government said on Sunday that it will launch an investigation into how footage from inside a departmental office was leaked and ended in Matt Hancock resigning as Health Secretary
Beijing, June 27 (PTI): As China's ruling Communist Party is set to celebrate its centenary on July 1, experts warn that the potential of President Xi Jinping's continuation in power, unlike his predece
Beirut, June 27 (AP): Lebanese troops deployed in the northern city of Tripoli early Sunday taking positions around major state institutions after a night of protests and riots against worsening living conditio
Bogota, June 26 (IANS): Colombian President Ivan Duque said that a helicopter carrying him and several other officials was struck by multiple bullets in the southern Catatumbo region.
The incident took
New York, June 26 (IANS): As SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing Covid-19, evolves it tends to mutate and bring new variants as well as cause changes to the spike protein -- a fact that can render the current va
Toronto, June 25 (AP): Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday he has urged Pope Francisco to come to Canada to apologize for church-run boarding schools where hundreds of unmarked graves have been found, and
Washington, June 26 (IANS): At least four people have been confirmed dead while the number of the missing rose to 159 after a 12-story residential building partially collapsed early on Thursday in Miami-Dade Co
Washington, June 26 (IANS): Former US police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced on Friday to 270 months, or 22.5 years in prison, for the murder of African American George Floyd last year in Minneapolis,
Washington, June 26 (IANS): The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 180 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.90 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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Brussels, June 26 (IANS): European Union (EU) leaders have failed to agree on the way forward on relations with Moscow, with most of them rejecting a proposal by France and Germany to hold a summit with Russian
United Nations, June 26 (AP): With no progress toward ending the 10-year Syrian conflict, the United Nations special envoy for Syria called Friday for new international talks on concrete steps like exchanging p
Washington, June 25 (IANS): At least three people were dead, and 12 others injured, while 99 people were possibly missing after a 12-story residential building partially collapsed early Thursday in Miami-Dade C
Washington, June 25 (IANS): The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 179.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.89 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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Baghdad, June 25 (IANS): The Iraqi judiciary has issued death penalties against 13 people for joining the Islamic State (IS) terror group and being involved in a plot to carry out deadly attacks.
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Berlin, June 25 (IANS): German Chancellor Angela Merkel defended patent protection for Covid-19 vaccines in a government statement in the Bundestag or the lower house of Parliament.
"A politically enfor
Ottawa, June 25 (IANS): The Cowessess First Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada, has announced a preliminary discovery of 751 unmarked graves at a cemetery near a former indigenous residential school.
The school
United Nations, June 25 (IANS): The UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, Tor Wennesland, has warned that the Egypt-brokered ceasefire reached last month between Israel and Hamas remains ver