Seoul, January 25 (IANS): Lee Jae-yong, the de facto head of Samsung Group, has decided not to appeal the ruling that sentenced him to two and a half years in prison for corruption charges, including bribery, h
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Tallinn, January 24 (AP): Estonia's two biggest political parties say they have clinched a deal to form a new government to be led by a female prime minister for the first time in the Baltic country's h
KATHMANDU, JANUARY 24 (IANS): Discord and division continue inside the Nepal Communist Party, which has not split formally but has virtually fallen apart after Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli unilaterally decide-
Lisbon, January 24 (AP): Portugal held a presidential election Sunday, with the moderate incumbent candidate strongly favored to earn a second five-year term as a devastating COVID-19 surge grips the European U
Islamabad, January 24 (PTI): Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Sunday that his country was ready to work with the new US administration and asserted that the world has changed a lot i-
Jakarta, January 24 (AP): Indonesian authorities said that they seized an Iranian tanker and Panamanian tanker suspected of carrying out the illegal transfer of oil in their country's waters Sunday. The
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Johannesburg, January 24 (PTI): Cashing in on the fearful atmosphere prevailing in South Africa amidst a second wave and a new variant of the COVID-19 virus, some Hindu priests in the country are allegedly char
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Beijing, January 24 (PTI): Eleven miners, trapped underground for two weeks following a blast in a gold mine in east China's Shandong Province, have been rescued, the state media reported on Sunday. Auth
London, January 24 (IANS): The organiser of a wedding attended by 400 guests in London is facing a fine of 10,000 pounds ($13,682) for a "shameful" breach of the ongoing Covid-19 lockdown, police said
Tehran, January 24 (IANS): A top Iranian official has said that the Islamic Republic has had no contact with the administration of new US President Joe Biden, stressing that any possible talks could only be hel-
Washington, January 24 (PTI): Expressing concern over Chinese military pressure on Taiwan, the United States has said that such intimidating tactics threaten regional peace and stability. The United States n
Carson City (US), January 24 (AP): One of the keys to President Joe Biden's USD 2 trillion clean energy plan could be a mineral that lies in a salt flat above a prehistoric volcano just south of the Oregon-
Dubai (United Arab Emirates), January 22 (AP): Twitter said on Friday it had permanently banned what it called a fake account thought to be connected to the office of Iran's supreme leader, shortly aft
Wuhan, January 23 (AP): A year ago, a notice sent to smartphones in Wuhan at 2 a.m. announced the world's first coronavirus lockdown that would last 76 days. Early Saturday morning, residents in the cent
Baghdad, January 23 (IANS): The Iraqi military said on Saturday that three rockets were fired at the Baghdad airport, just three days after the capital city witnessed two back-to-back suicide bombings. The r
London, January 23 (PTI): Early evidence suggests the variant of coronavirus that emerged in the UK towards the end of last year may be more deadly, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said. Based on preliminar
Manila, January 23 (IANS): At least 13 people were killed, including a police officer, and four others injured on Saturday during a shootout in the Philippines' Maguindanao province, according to authoritie
Washington, January 22 (IANS): Retired US Army general Lloyd Austin was on Friday confirmed as Secretary of Defence in the Joe Biden administration. Austin received 93 votes in the Senate, while two vot
Wellington, January 22 (IANS): New Zealand has begun a three-month firearms buy-back as part of the government's ambitious firearms reform program, Police Minister Poto Williams said on Friday. The last
Beijing, January 22 (PTI): Corruption remained the biggest risk for the ruling Communist Party of China, President Xi Jinping said on Friday, as he vowed to pursue his anti-graft efforts for a long period as pe
