Berlin, July 15 (AP): The head of the World Health Organisation acknowledged it was premature to rule out a potential link between the COVID-19 pandemic and a laboratory leak, and he said Thursday he is asking
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Washington, July 16 (IANS): US President Joe Biden said on Thursday the US is only sending marines to bolster security at its embassy in Haiti but the idea of sending American troops into the Caribbean cou
Kabul, July 16 (PTI): Danish Siddiqui, a Pulitzer Prize winner Indian photojournalist who worked for Reuters news agency, has been killed in Afghanistan while covering the fierce fighting between Afghan troops
Berlin, July 16 (AP): The death toll from devastating floods across parts of western Germany and Belgium rose above 90 on Friday, as the search continued for hundreds of people still unaccounted for and officia
Johannesburg, July 16 (IANS): A total of 117 people have lost their lives during violent protests which have been taking place for a week in South Africa, said Acting Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo N
Buenos Aires, July 16 (IANS): Argentina has declared five days of national mourning for the Covid-19 victims as the country's overall death toll crossed the 1 million mark. On Thursday, President Al
BERLIN, July 16 (AP) — More than 60 people have died and dozens were missing Thursday as severe flooding in Germany and Belgium turned streams and streets into raging torrents that swept away cars and cau
Berlin, July 15 (AP): The head of the World Health Organisation acknowledged it was premature to rule out a potential link between the COVID-19 pandemic and a laboratory leak, and he said Thursday he is asking
KOLKATA, JULY 15 (IANS): The residents of Kani township in Myanmar's Sagaing Division have paid a heavy price for resisting the entry of Burmese soldiers into the town last month. The Kani defence force
GENEVA, JULY 15 (IANS): The world is now in the early stages of a third wave, amid rising cases of Covid's Delta variant, World Health Organisation Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said. T
LOS ANGELES, JULY 15 (IANS): The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has voted to draft an apology for the historical mistreatment of Native Americans in the most populous US county, local media reported.
UNITED NATIONS, JULY 15 (IANS): A UN agency has confirmed that the current funding in response to the humanitarian needs in Somalia is the worst in six years. In a statement on Wednesday, the UN Office for t
Kabul, July 15 (AP): American diplomats are escalating a charm offensive with Central Asian leaders this week as they work to secure a close-by spot to respond to any resurgence of outside militants in Afghanis
DHAKA, JULY 15 (IANS): A hunt is underway for Mahmudul Hasan Gunbi, the top leader of 'Dawatul Islam', an Al Qaeda-linked militant outfit in Bangladesh. According to authorities, Dawatul Islam follow
Berlin, July 15 (AP): More than 30 people have died and dozens of people were missing Thursday in Germany and neighbouring Belgium after heavy flooding turned streams and streets into raging torrents, sweeping
Beijing, July 15 (PTI): With India firmly conveying to China that the prolongation of the existing situation in eastern Ladakh was visibly impacting the bilateral ties in a "negative manner", Beijing
Maine (US), July 15 (IANS) Former US President George W. Bush has labelled the withdrawal of US and NATO troops from Afghanistan "a mistake", in an interview with DW. "I'm afraid Afghan wo
United Nations/Geneva, July 14 (PTI): The increased transmissibility associated with the COVID-19's Delta variant is likely to substantially increase cases and put a greater pressure on healthcare systems,
Port-Au-Prince (Haiti), July 14 (AP): A former Haitian senator, a fired government official and an informant for the US government are the latest suspects identified as part of a sweeping investigation into the
New Delhi, July 14 (PTI): Emphasising that the future of Afghanistan cannot be its past, India on Wednesday presented a three-point roadmap for the conflict-ridden country that entailed cessation of violence an
