BEIJING, MAY 23 (AP): Twenty-one people running a mountain ultramarathon have died in northwestern China after hail, freezing rain and gale-force winds hit the high-altitude race, state media reported Sunday.
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Dhaka, May 23 (PTI): A prominent Bangladeshi senior woman investigative journalist was released from jail on Sunday after a court granted interim bail to her, a week after she was arrested on charges of violati-
Rome, May 23 (AP): A cable car taking visitors to a mountaintop view of some of northern Italy's most picturesque lakes plunged to the ground Sunday, killing at least nine people and sending two childr
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Nepal tightens security as Opposition alliance prepares to move court against Parliament dissolutionKathmandu, May 23 (PTI): Authorities in Nepal on Sunday tightened security around the Supreme Court building and government offices here as top leaders of the Opposition alliance prepared to file a writ petitio
Sanaa, May 23 (IANS): The Saudi-led Arab coalition launched multiple airstrikes on Houthi positions in Yemen's oil-rich province of Marib, a government military source said. The strikes on Saturday targe
Islamabad, May 23 (IANS): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has inaugurated the largest Chinese-built nuclear power plant, as the country tried to stretch itself away from dependency of fossil fuels for its en
Sanaa, May 23 (IANS): The Saudi-led Arab coalition launched multiple airstrikes on Houthi positions in Yemen's oil-rich province of Marib, a government military source said. The strikes on Saturday targe
London, May 23 (IANS): Former BBC Director-Deneral Tony Hall announced that he has resigned as the National Gallery's chairman after an inquiry into the British broadcaster's 1995 interview with the lat
Dubai, May 22 (IANS): Healthcare groups in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have offered work to nurses from Kerala who have been stranded in the country due to Covid job scams, according to a news report. In
Berlin, May 22 (IANS): Germany is adjusting its classification of the UK to identify it as a "virus variant area" due to the spread of the coronavirus strain first identified in India, the Robert Koch
Abuja, May 22 (IANS): Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other officers died in an air force plane crash in the country's Kaduna state, a military spokesman said. The 11 victims we
Beijing, May 22 (IANS): An earthquake measuring 7.4 on the Richter scale jolted China's Qinghai province on Saturday, authorities said, adding there were no reports of any casualties. The quake struck Ma
Gaza, May 22 (IANS): A relative calm has dominated the Gaza Strip after an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas militants came into effect in the besieged enclave afte
Nay Pyi Taw, May 22 (IANS): Myanmar's Union Election Commission held talks with political parties on findings related to voting irregularities in the November 2020 general elections. The commission has c
Jakarta, May 22 (IANS): An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale jolted Indonesia's East Java province, authorities said, adding that there were minor damages but no casualties. The quake occurre
Tehran, May 22 (IANS): The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has rejected a recent ruling by a Canadian court on the Ukrainian plane crash near Tehran in January 2020. "Everyone knows that the Canadia
London, May 22 (IANS): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that he was "obviously very concerned" about the findings of the inquiry into the BBC's 1995 interview with the late Princess Diana, whi
Karachi, May 22 (IANS): Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said that the cordial relations between the country and China are growing deeper and stronger day by day. Speaking virtually at the inauguration ce
New Delhi, May22 (PTI): At least 3 million people are estimated to have died from the COVID-19 pandemic globally in 2020, about 2 times higher than the 1.8 million official fatality figure reported by countries
United Nations, May 21 (PTI): At least 3 million people are estimated to have died from the COVID-19 pandemic globally in 2020, about 2 times higher than the 1.8 million official fatality figure reported by cou
