Hong Kong, March 17 (AP): The US sanctioned an additional 24 Chinese and Hong Kong officials over Beijing's ongoing crackdown on political freedoms in the semi-autonomous city, just ahead of the Biden admin
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Yangon, March 17 (AP): Protesters against the military takeover in Myanmar were not relenting Wednesday as the deadly crackdown on peaceful demonstrations took an increasing toll. The verified death toll amo
Washington, March 17 (PTI): Vast amounts of ancient water may have been trapped beneath the surface of Mars, according to a NASA-funded study which challenges the current theory that the Red Planet's water
PHNOM PENH, MARCH 17 (IANS): The National Assembly of Cambodia on Wednesday expressed its "utter dismay" over the European Parliament's recent resolution on the mass trials against perpetrators li
Washington, March 17 (IANS) The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has surpassed the grim milestone of 120.6 million as the pandemic is still raging, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.66 million,
Atlanta, March 17 (AP) Shootings at two massage parlours in Atlanta and one in the suburbs Tuesday evening left eight people dead, many of them women of Asian descent, authorities said. A 21-year-old man suspec
Yangon, March 16 (AP): At least two people protesting last month's military coup were reported shot and killed by security forces Tuesday after a morning of peaceful marches in parts of Myanmar. Security
Beijing, March 16 (PTI): China has made it mandatory for people coming from India and 19 other nations to get Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines if they want to travel to this country. "For the purpose of r
ISLAMABAD, MARCH 16 (IANS): Pakistan's Supreme Court has expressed its displeasure with the Imran Khan government, saying it was incapable of running the country or taking decisions. Hearing the local bo
Berlin, MarCH 16 (AP): An American return to the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran remains possible, but both sides need to be prepared to negotiate, the head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog suggested to
Taipei (Taiwan), March 17 (AP): China has approved a new COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, one that was developed by the head of its Centre for Disease Control, adding a fifth shot to its arsenal. Gao Fu,
SANAA, MARCH 16 (IANS): Yemen's Houthi militia said they launched a new attack on Tuesday at the King Khalid Airbase in Saudi Arabia's Khamis Mushait city. "The attack hit the target accurately,-
Canberra, March 16 (AP): The Vatican's edict that same-sex unions cannot be blessed because they are sinful was met Tuesday with criticism by rights activists and gay Catholics in parts of the Asia-Pacific
United Nations, March 16 (PTI): UN chief Antonio Guterres has said that he is appalled by the escalating violence in Myanmar and urged the international community to work collectively and bilaterally to help br
Tokyo, March 16 (AP): Defence and foreign ministers from the United States and Japan are meeting Tuesday to discuss their shared worry over China's growing territorial ambitions in the East and South China-
Jerusalem, March 16 (AP): Israeli archaeologists on Tuesday announced the discovery of dozens of new Dead Sea Scroll fragments bearing a biblical text found in a desert cave and believed hidden during a Jewish
Seoul, March 16 (AP): In North Korea's first comments directed at the Biden administration, Kim Jong Un's powerful sister on Tuesday warned the United States to refrain from causing a stink if it wants
Washington, March 16 (IANS) The overall number of global Covid-19 cases has surpassed the grim milestone of 120 million as the pandemic is still raging, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.65 million, a
WASHINGTON, MARCH 15 (IANS): Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, has said that President Joe Biden's administration inherited "a broken system at the border", amid the recent
London, March 15 (AP): In recent days, countries including Denmark, Ireland, and Thailand have temporarily suspended their use of AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine after reports that some people who got a d
