Brussels, December 21 (AP): Problems increased Monday in the bid to put a trade deal between the European Union and the United Kingdom on the rails before a Brexit transition period ends on New Year's Day,
KATHMANDU, DECEMBER 20 (IANS): In a first, the Nepal government has decided to issue licenses for mountaineering guides to climb the Himalayan mountains.
To date, based on the recommendation of the Nepal Mou
San Francisco, December 20 (IANS): As US president Donald Trump keeps tweeting about his win even after the US Electoral College officially certified Joe Biden's victory in the November 3 presidential
LONDON, DECEMBER 20 (IANS): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a new Tier Four of coronavirus restrictions for London and other parts of England to combat an alarming surge in new coronavirus cases l
Islamabad, December 20 (PTI): A lawyer representing the parents of slain US journalist Daniel Pearl has produced a handwritten letter in Pakistan's Supreme Court in which the key accused in the case claimed
Kabul, December 20 (AP): A car bomb blast that rocked Afghanistan's capital Sunday morning killed at least nine people, according to the Afghan Interior Ministry.
Interior Minister Masoud Andarabi told r
Kathmandu, December 20 (PTI): Nepal's embattled Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli on Sunday sprang a surprise on his rivals and got the President to dissolve Parliament, a controversial move amidst a prolonged
SEOUL, DECEMBER 20 (IANS): South Korea on Sunday reported 1,097 new coronavirus cases, the highest-ever single-day spike after staying above 1,000 for five straight days, raising the overall infection tally to
THIMPHU, DECEMBER 20 (IANS): Thimphu, the capitalof Bhutan, went into a complete lockdown on Sunday after a 25-year-old woman, who visited a flu clinic at the National Referral Hospital in the city, tested posi
Beijing, December 19 (PTI): Chinese President Xi Jinping has appointed a new General as the Commander of the People's Liberation Army's Western Theatre Command which oversees the China-India border, ami
URUMQI, DECEMBER 19 (IANS): Chinese archaeologists examining an ancient tomb in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have conjectured that the site was dedicated to the worship of the sun
Washington, December 19 (AP): Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Russia was pretty clearly behind the gravest cyberattack against the United States on record, the first administration official to publicly tie
Washington, December 19 (PTI): Moderna has become the second company to get emergency use authorisation for its anti-coronavirus vaccine from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), a week after the one deve
SEOUL, DECEMBER 19 (IANS): A website dedicated to track events in North Korea said in its latest report that a "mysterious structure" has been set up in Pyongyang, which might be a part of the the rul
WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 19 (IANS): US Vice President Mike Pence announced that service members in the Space Force, which has assigned approximately 16,000 military and civilian personnel, will be called "guar
London, December 19 (PTI): The Oxford University vaccine against COVID-19 being produced by AstraZeneca is likely to get regulatory approval from the UK's independent regulator by the end of this year for a
Washington, December 19 (PTI): Urging the international community to demand transparency from China about the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the US has accused Beijing of "obstructing" a WHO prob
Islamabad, December 18 (AP): Pakistan's information minister said Friday that Islamabad has started the legal process to reach an extradition treaty with Britain that would pave the way for the UK to hand o
UNITED NATIONS, DECEMBER 19 (IANS): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for ensuring that migrants, irrespective of their legal status, are included in every country's response to the coronavir
GENEVA, DECEMBER 19 (IANS): The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that there were at least 3,174 deaths on migratory routes across the world this year, compared to 5,327 in 2019.
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