Geneva, May 17 (AP): World Economic Forum organisers say they have decided to cancel their annual gathering usually held in Davos, Switzerland each year this year amid concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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United Nations, May 17 (AP): UN Security Council diplomats and Muslim foreign ministers convened emergency weekend meetings to demand a stop to civilian bloodshed as Israeli warplanes carried out the deadliest
Bogota, May 17 (IANS): After more than two weeks of violent protests in Colombia, national strike leaders have presented a list of demands to the country's government. Among the demands presented on Sund
Prague, May 17 (IANS): Czech President Milos Zeman has criticised Russia's decision to put his country on a new list of so-called unfriendly foreign states. "The Russian side is committing stupidity
Tel Aviv, May 17 (IANS): A week after the shelling began, Palestinian militants have fired some 3,150 rockets from the Gaza Strip toward Israel, the Israeli Army said on Monday. About 460 of the rockets neve
Rome, May 17 (IANS): The aid ship Sea-Eye 4 has rescued about 330 migrants attempting to make the perilous journey across the Mediterranean in the past few days, the private vessel's German operator announc
Brussels, May 17 (IANS): The European Union's (EU) foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell has highlighted the worsening situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) people as a result of the
London, May 17 (IANS): UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock warned that the coronavirus variant first detected in India can "spread like wildfire" among those who haven't received a vaccine against th
Gaza, May 17 (IANS): Tensions between Israel and Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip have continued unabated for a seventh consecutive day, as the death toll in the coastal enclave climbed to 181, off
Karachi, May 17 (IANS): Authorities in Pakistan's Sindh province have adopted a high alert mode after the country's meteorological department issued warnings over cyclone Tauktae. The Pakistan Meteor
Baku, May 17 (IANS): Azerbaijan has launched a large-scale military exercise as the country was in a border tension with Armenia, according to the Defence Ministry here. Over 15,000 military personnel, 300 t
Toronto, May 17 (IANS): The Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC), along with 80-odd community bodies, launched its 'Oxygen for India marathon fundraiser to collect $2 million to send oxygen equipment
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS): Myanmar's military has finally taken control of the small town of Mindat in the country's western Chin state, after three weeks of savage fighting. The local militia Mindat De
Israel, May 16 (AP): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday renewed his claim that a Gaza building levelled by an Israeli airstrike housed a Hamas office as well as American and Middle East news or
NAY PYI TAW, MAY 16 (IANS): Facebook has reportedly upheld a ban on many organisations in Myanmar that have joined forces to resist the military coup that took place on February 1. The bans were put in place
Vatican City, May 16 (AP): Pope Francis has denounced the unacceptable spiral of violence between Israel and the Palestinians, saying the deaths in particular of children was a sign that they don't want to
Dubai, May 16 (AP): The 57-nation Organisation of Islamic Cooperation opened an emergency meeting Sunday over the heavy fighting between Israel and the Gaza Strip's militant Hamas rulers, the first major mo-
Kabul, May 16 (AP): A three-day cease-fire marked by violent attacks some claimed by the Islamic State group ended Sunday in Afghanistan amid calls for renewed peace talks between the government and Taliban.
Bangkok, May 16 (AP): The US and British embassies in Myanmar expressed concern about reports of fierce government attacks on a town in a western Chin state, where the ruling junta declared martial law because
Gaza City (Gaza Strip), May 16 (AP): Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City flattened three buildings and killed at least 33 people Sunday, medics said, making it the deadliest single attack since heavy fighting broke
