Bangkok, August 11 (AP): The former longtime military ruler of Myanmar, Than Shwe, has been hospitalised with an unspecified illness, an official said Wednesday.
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Algiers, August 11 (IANS): At least 25 Algerian soldiers were killed on Tuesday as they attempted to extinguish the wildfires raging in the northeastern provinces of Tizi Ouzou and Bejaia, the Algerian Defense
New York, August 11 (IANS): Besieged by allegations of sexual harassment, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, a Democratic Party stalwart once hailed as a champion of women's rights, is the latest American poli
Washington, August 11 (IANS): US President Joe Biden has said he does not regret his decision to withdraw the American troops from Afghanistan, underlining that the Afghan troops must fight for themselves. B
London, August 11 (AP): Lawyers acting on behalf of the US government on Wednesday challenged a British judge's decision to block the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face espionage charge
Colombo, August 11 (AP): Sri Lanka has filed 23,270 charges against 25 people in connection with the 2019 Easter Sunday suicide bomb attacks on churches and hotels that killed 269 people, the president's of-
Bangkok, August 11 (AP): Five people jumped from an apartment building in Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, to escape government security forces who were raiding the building, and at least two died, according
WASHINGTON, AUGUST 11 (IANS): NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter has been awarded 'Laureate' for its "extraordinary achievements in aerospace" by the Aviation Week Network. The prestigiou
Washington, August 11 (PTI): President Joe Biden has ruled out any change in the US plan to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan despite the Taliban increasingly gaining control over large swaths of the war-tor
Geneva, August 11 (AP): A top official at the World Health Organization described the huge gap between access to COVID-19 vaccines in rich and poor countries as the moral catastrophe of our time and said it was
ISLAMABAD, AUGUST 10 (IANS): Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that the "irresponsible" withdrawal of the US and NATO forces from Afghanistan may give benefit to militants and
Washington, August 10 (IANS): The situation in Afghanistan hinges on Afghan civilian and military leadership, Pentagon Press Secretary John F Kirby said during a news conference. Taliban forces have taken at
Beijing, August 10 (AP): A Chinese court on Tuesday rejected a Canadian drug convict's appeal of a death sentence in what appeared to be an effort to step up pressure on Canada to release a detained executi
Seoul, August 10 (AP): The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ripped South Korea for proceeding with military exercises with the United States she claimed are an invasion rehearsal and warned Tu
United Nations, August 10 (PTI): The United Nations humanitarian chief has voiced extreme concern over the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan and called for a ceasefire, saying there are serious threats to-
Islamabad, August 10 (PTI): Hamid Mir, a prominent Pakistani journalist who was taken off air indefinitely for making hard-hitting remarks against the powerful military establishment, has said that Imran Khan i
United Nations, August 10 (AP): Earth is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to prevent, according to a report released M
Kabul, August 9 (IANS): UNICEF said that it is shocked by the rapid escalation of grave violations against children in Afghanistan. A UNICEF statement said in the last 72 hours, 20 children have been killed
New Delhi, August 9 (IANS): United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC) said that the IPCC report, released on Monday, underscored t
New York, August 9 (IANS): Healthy young people diagnosed with Covid-19, regardless of their symptom severity, have problems with their nervous system when compared with healthy control subjects, according to a
