Kabul, December 5 (IANS): A judge of the Afghan Supreme Court has been assassinated in the country's capital, a local media report said Saturday.
Abdul Jamil was shot dead after Friday prayers outside a
KUWAIT CITY, DECEMBER 5 (IANS): Voting was underway on Saturday for the parliamentary elections in Kuwait with 326 candidates running for 50 seats.
The voting process started at 8 a.m. and will proceed conti
ISLAMABAD, DECEMBER 5 (IANS): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that his government was introducing a new system of 'reward and punishment under which civil servants would not be transferred but s
SAN FRANCISCO, DECEMBER 5 (IANS): About 25,000 residents have been evacuated due to a wind-driven wildfire occurring near Irvine City in southern California, according to local firefighting authorities.
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SEOUL, DECEMBER 5 (IANS): North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) has passed a number of new laws on foreign culture, tech and telecom, state media reported on Saturday.
In a report, the Korean
GENEVA, DECEMBER 5 (IANS): The Covid-19 pandemic has not settled down into a predictable pattern, as the situation of transmission and cases in different countries varies a lot, said an expert from World Health
KABUL, DECEMBER 5 (IANS): At least 25 Taliban militants, including two commanders, were killed and eight others injured during a raid in Afghanistan's Helmand province, the Army said on Saturday.
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Washington, December 5 (PTI): US President-elect Joe Biden has said the presidential inauguration on January 20 will not be a "gigantic" event, but something closer to what the Democratic convent
Beijing, December 5 (PTI): Eighteen of the 23 workers were killed in a coal mine in China due to an excessive level of carbon monoxide, local officials said on Saturday.
The accident happened at around 5 pm
BANGKOK, DECEMBER 5 (IANS): Thirteen people have been killed due to flash floods in Thailand's Nakhon Si Thammarat province, disaster management officials said on Saturday.
According to a report of the D
Washington, December 5 (IANS): The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 65.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.51 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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United Nations, December 5 (IANS): As the world awaits the first wave of Covid-19 vaccinations, the chief scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO), hailed the "incremental" nature of scientifi
Washington, December 4 (PTI): China is the "greatest threat" to democracy and freedom since World War II and Beijing was preparing for confrontation with the US and intended to dominate the world &quo
SAN FRANCISCO, DECEMBER 4 (IANS): NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has urged US President Donald Trump to pardon Wikileaks founder Julian Assange during his last days in the White House.
In a tweet, Snowden
Warsaw (Poland), December 4 (AP): Polish government officials insisted on Friday that they are sticking to their tough negotiating position ahead of a key European Union summit next week that should finalise th
NEW YORK, DECEMBER 4 (IANS): TIME magazine has put an Indian American teen "scientist and inventor" Gitanjali Rao on its first ever 'Kid of the Year' cover, selected from a field of more than
UNITED NATIONS, DECEMBER 4 (IANS): An additional 207 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty by 2030, due to the severe long-term impact of the coronavirus pandemic, bringing the total number to mor
UNITED NATIONS, DECEMBER 4 (IANS): Equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines, medicines and medical equipment will be secured in global response to the ongoing global pandemic, according to speakers at a special se
SINGAPORE, DECEMBER 4 (IANS): Singapore on Friday announced its decision to contribute $5 million to support low- and lower-middle-income countries procure Covid-19 vaccines.
The announcement was made in a j
London, December 4 (PTI): Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday announced an ambitious new target to reduce the UK's greenhouse gas emissions by at least 68 per cent by 2030 compared to the levels in 1990.