ISLAMABAD, DECEMBER 28 (IANS): Pakistan's largest religious party Jamat-e-Islami (JI) has come out with serious criticism of the government and opposition political parties, stating that all parties are &
SEOUL, DECEMBER 28 (IANS): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un could skip a New Year's Day address this week as it was likely that he could unveil policy directions at a ruling Workers' Party Congress, expe
ISLAMABAD, DECEMBER 28 (IANS): Pakistan's largest religious party Jamat-e-Islami (JI) has come out with serious criticism of the government and opposition political parties, stating that all parties are &qu
BEIJING, DECEMBER 28 (IANS): A Chinese research team has discovered 591 high-velocity stars based on data from the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) and the European Space Agenc
TEHRAN, DECEMBER 28 (IANS): Iran has expanded the list of Americans suspected to be involvement in the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, former commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps' Quds Force.
New York, December 28 (PTI): People with severe COVID-19 who also had secondary infections in the bloodstream were sicker, had longer hospital stays, and worse health outcomes, according to a study that may lea
Washington, December 28 (PTI): US President Donald Trump has signed into law a bill which calls for establishing a US consulate in Tibet and building an international coalition to ensure that the next Dalai Lam
SUVA, DECEMBER 28 (IANS): More than 1,500 homes were totally destroyed, while 6,000 others partially damaged in Vanua Levu, the second largest island in Fiji, due to tropical cyclone Yasa.
According to the F
BEIJING, DECEMBER 28 (IANS): China's meteorological authority on Monday issued an orange alert for a strong cold wave expected to sweep across most parts of the country's central and eastern regions.
NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 28 (IANS): The deplorable state of freedom of speech and expression in Turkey has once again been brought to the fore with the shutting down of a Turkish channel, just 26 days after its laun
MOSCOW, DECEMBER 28 (IANS): Seventeen people were missing and two others rescued after a Russian fishing boat sank in the Barents Sea, local media reported on Monday.
The fishing boat, Onega, sank near the N
Washington, December 28 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 80.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.76 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
In i
KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 27 (IANS): Nepal health officials and experts have warned of a further spread of the novel coronavirus as protests have erupted across the Himalayan nation after the House of Representatives
Geneva, December 27 (IANS): World Health Organisation Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Sunday called on countries to make greater investment in their public health systems to make the world better
Dar Mangi, December 27 (AP): Arifullah Khan had just administered another polio vaccine when the gunfire blasted from the nearby hills.
It happened so suddenly. There was so much gunfire it felt like an expl
Kathmandu, December 27 (PTI): A high-level Chinese delegation led by a vice minister of the Chinese Communist Party arrived in Kathmandu on Sunday to "take stock" of Nepal's political situation af
Tehran, December 27 (AP): A series of avalanches in Iran killed 10 people in a mountainous area north of the capital, state TV reported on Sunday.
The report said rescue teams were searching for a number of
Yaounde, December 27 (AP): More than 37 people are dead and 18 others seriously injured after a bus crash in Cameroon's western village of Nemale, officials said.
A 70-seater bus was on its way to the ca
Rome, December 27 (AP): Doctors, nurses and the elderly rolled up their sleeves across the European Union to receive the first doses of the coronavirus vaccine on Sunday in a symbolic show of unity and moment o
London, December 27 (PTI): The coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca should be effective against the highly transmissible new strain of the virus, a UK media report said on Sunday.