BAKU/YEREVAN, OCTOBER 12 (REUTERS): Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces accused each other on Monday of launching new attacks in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, increasing strains on a two-day old humanitarian c
SEOUL, October 12 (Reuters): North Korean leader Kim Jong Un became visibly emotional during a speech at a military parade over the weekend as he thanked troops for their sacrifices and apologised to citizens f
Stockholm, October 12 (IANS): The 2020 Nobel Prize in Economics was on Monday awarded to American economists, Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson "for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new
WASHINGTON, October 12 (Reuters): Top U.S. infectious diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Sunday he had not agreed to be featured in an ad by President Donald Trump's re-election campaign and tha
Dhaka, October 12 (IANS): The Bangladesh Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday approved a legal amendment to elevate the maximum punishment in rape cases to death from life imprisonment.
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Dodoma, October 12 (IANS): Tanzania National Parks Authority (TANAPA) said that a fire broke out on Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest peak, adding that efforts were on to contain it.
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Islamabad, October 12 (IANS): A Pakistani official from the Ministry of National Health Services has expressed hope that the country would acquire a vaccine against the novel coronavirus in the next six months.
SEOUL, October 12 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watched tens of thousands of dancers, gymnasts and other performers in a large-scale celebration on Sunday of the 75th anniversary of the founding o
Washington, October 12 (IANS) The overall number of global coronavirus cases was nearing the 37.4 million mark, while the deaths have soared to more than 1,075,700, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
MOSCOW, October 11 (Reuters): Security forces in Belarus detained dozens of protesters on Sunday and used force, including water cannon and batons, to break up crowds demanding a new presidential elec
LONDON, October 11 (Reuters): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce new measures to tackle a growing coronavirus crisis on Monday, moving to work more closely with local leaders from
BAGHDAD, October 11 (Reuters): An array of Iran-backed Iraqi militia groups have suspended rocket attacks on U.S. forces on condition that Iraq's government present a timetable for the withdrawal of Am
LONDON, October 11 (Reuters): Britain is at a "tipping point" in the coronavirus crisis and the country must act now to stop history repeating itself, the deputy chief medical officer for England
DUSHANBE, October 11 (Reuters): Tajikistan's Russian-allied President Imomali Rakhmon looks sure to secure a fifth term in office in Sunday's election as his four competitors' campaigns admit t
BAKU/YEREVAN, October 11 (Reuters): A Russian-brokered humanitarian ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh was under severe strain on Sunday, a day after it was agreed, with Azerbaijan and Armenia accusing each oth
DOHA/KABUL, OCTOBER 11 (IANS): There has been no progress in the Afghanistan peace negotiations in Doha as formal meetings between the two sides comprising representatives of the Kabul government and Taliban, h
SEOUL, October 11 (Reuters): South Korea urged the North on Sunday to stick to agreements that bar armed clashes between the neighbours, in comments made a day after North Korea unveiled new strategic and
CAIRO, October 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): A former Cairo university student appeared in court on Saturday charged with blackmail and indecent assault of at least three women in a closely-watched case
VATICAN CITY, October 11 (Reuters): Pope Francis on Saturday urged people to pull investments from companies that are not committed to protecting the environment, adding his voice to calls for the economic
JERUSALEM, October 11 (Reuters): Israel will oppose any U.S. sale of F-35 warplanes to Qatar, Israel's intelligence minister said on Sunday, citing a need to maintain Israeli military superiority in th