Johannesburg, July 20 (PTI): Former South African president Jacob Zuma's long-running corruption trial has been postponed to August 10 as a high court on Tuesday granted his request for a delay in the case.
Moscow, July 20 (AP): With much fanfare, Russian aircraft makers on Tuesday unveiled a prototype of a new fighter jet that features stealth capabilities and other advanced characteristics.
Russian President
Washington, July 20 (IANS): "Horrific things" happened to Native American children at boarding schools run by the US government, according to a media report.
Hundreds of thousands of Native America
Boston, July 20 (AP): Human rights and press freedom activists are up in arms about a new report on NSO Group, the notorious Israeli hacker-for-hire company.
The report, by a global media consortium, expands
Beijing, July 20 (AP): China on Tuesday rejected an accusation by Washington and its Western allies that Beijing is to blame for a hack of the Microsoft Exchange email system and complained Chinese entities are
GENEVA, JULY 20 (IANS): Petteri Taalas, chief of the Geneva-based World Meteorological Organization (WMO), said extreme weather events and natural disasters will continue to increase, adding that climate change
WASHINGTON, JULY 20 (IANS): "Horrific things" happened to Native American children at boarding schools run by the US government, according to a media report.
Hundreds of thousands of Native America
KOLKATA, JULY 20 (IANS): IFEX, the global network of over 100 organisations dedicated to defending the freedom of expression and information, has urged Myanmars military junta to drop all charges under its repr
Lima, July 20 (AP): Rural teacher-turned-political novice Pedro Castillo has become the winner of Peru's presidential election after the country's longest electoral count in 40 years.
Castillo, whose
Kabul, July 20 (AP): At least three rockets hit near the presidential palace on Tuesday shortly before Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was to give an address to mark the major Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.
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Cairo, Jul 20 (AP) Muslims around the world were observing Tuesday yet another major Islamic holiday in the shadow of the pandemic and amid growing concerns about the highly infectious delta variant of the coro
Washington, July 19 (AP) President Joe Biden tempered his assessment that social media giants are killing people by hosting misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines on their platforms, saying Monday that he h
Kathmandu, July 19 (PTI): Nepal's newly-appointed Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Monday thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for the congratulatory message and said he shared views with him on
Washington, July 19 (AP): The Biden administration on Monday transferred a detainee out of the Guant namo Bay detention facility for the first time, sending a Moroccan man back home years after he was recommend
Lahore, July 19 (PTI): At least 30 people were killed, mostly labourers who were going to their hometown to celebrate Eid-ul Azha, and over 40 others injured on Monday when a passenger bus collided with a trail
Moscow, July 19 (AP): The Russian military reported another successful test launch of a new Zircon hypersonic cruise missile on Monday.
Russia's Defence Ministry said the missile was launched from an Adm
Kathmandu, July 19 (IANS): While speaking to his newly-appointed Nepal counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday assured Covid-19 vaccine supply to the Himalayan nation.
Kabul, July 19 (IANS): Afghan forces regained control of Dara-e-Suf Bala district in Samangan province, forcing the Taliban militants to flee, a police spokesman said on Monday.
"The security force
Seoul, July 19 (IANS): A majority of overseas South Korean military unit, dispatched to the waters off Africa on an anti-piracy mission, were confirmed to have been infected with Covid-19, the SJoint Chief
Washington, July 19 (IANS): The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 190 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.08 million and vaccinations soared to over 3.61 billion, according to th