Yangon (Myanmar), February 26 (AP): Security forces in Myanmar's largest city on Friday fired warning shots and beat truncheons against their shields while moving to disperse more than 1,000 anti-coup prote
Brussels, February 26 (AP): The top European Union diplomat supervising the international agreement aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions called Friday for a concerted effort to reinvigorate the pa
Moscow, February 26 (IANS): Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that his country is faced with foreign pressure in the form of a continued "policy of containment" aimed at provoking internal i
New York, February 26 (IANS): The US condemns terrorists infiltrating the Line of Control (LoC) and expects Pakistan to play a "constructive role" in Kashmir, according to State Department Spokesperso
New York, February 26 (IANS): President Joe Biden, who has ordered an end to his predecessor Donald Trump's ban on issuing green cards and work visas, is committed to ensuring that highly skilled workers ca
London, February 26 (IANS): Queen Elizabeth II has urged the citizens to "think about other people" and get a Covid dose when they are offered one.
The monarch, 94, and the Duke of Edinburgh,
Copenhagen, February 26 (IANS) As Covid-19 transmission rates seemingly decline across the European Region, the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe Hans Kluge expressed health concerns
Washington, February 26 (IANS): The total number of global Covid-19 cases has topped 112.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.50 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
In its l
Canberra, February 26 (AP) Facebook announced on Friday preliminary agreements with three Australian publishers, a day after the Parliament passed a law that would make the digital giants pay for news.
Faceb
Rome, February 25 (AP): Italy paid tribute Thursday to its ambassador to Congo and his bodyguard who were killed in an attack on a UN convoy, honouring them with a state funeral and prayers for peace in Congo a
Brussels, February 25 (AP): European Union leaders are gathering Thursday to try to inject new energy into the bloc's lagging coronavirus vaccination efforts as concern mounts that new variants might spread
Taipei, February 25 (AP): China approved two more COVID-19 vaccines for wider use Thursday, adding to its growing arsenal of shots.
The National Medical Products Administration gave conditional approval to a
Pyongyang, February 25 (IANS): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has presided over a Central Military Commission meeting to discuss the discipline among the military officials and stricter control over the younge
OKLAHOMA, FEBRUARY 25 ((ANS): A man in the United States' Oklahoma has killed a woman neighbour and cut out her heart before cooking it with potatoes.
While obtaining a search warrant, an agent with the
Yangon, February 25 (AP): Facebook announced on Thursday that it is removing all remaining Myanmar military and military-controlled pages from its site and from Instagram, which it also owns.
It said it will
Baghdad, February 25 (AP): Explosive-laden drones that targeted Saudi Arabia's royal palace in the kingdom's capital last month were launched from inside Iraq, a senior Iran-backed militia official in B
New Delhi, February 25 (IANS): For Nepal, the political and constitutional crisis lingering from December 2020 continues to unravel despite the Supreme Court declaring Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's de
Houston, February 25 (AP): With its long-term facilities for immigrant children nearly full, the Biden administration is working to expedite the release of children to their relatives in the US.
US Health an
Beijing, February 25 (PTI): President Xi Jinping on Thursday declared that China has scored a "complete victory" in its fight against poverty by lifting over 770 million people out of it in the last f
UNITED NATIONS, FEBRUARY 25 (IANS): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that human rights must not only be available to the privileged few and joint efforts must be made to deliv