Geneva, December 17 (IANS): The first-ever Global Refugee Forum has opened in Geneva, aimed at transforming the way the world responds to refugee situations.
The three-day event brings togethe
Beijing, December 17 (IANS): At least 14 people were killed and two others trapped due an at a coal mine in China on Tuesday, state media said.
The incident occurred at about 1.30 a.m. in Guiz
Kabul, December 17 (IANS): An average of nine children were killed or maimed on a daily basis in the first nine months of this year in "the worlds most lethal warzone" of Afghanistan, according to a Unicef
New Delhi, December 17 (IANS): A retired four-star general of the Pakistan Army, Pervez Musharraf ruled the country through a tumultuous period for nine years after he assumed power in a military coup agai
Islamabad, December 17 (IANS): The Imran Khan-led Pakistan government will "review in detail" a special court's decision to sentence former President Pervez Musharraf to death in the long-drawn high treaso
Beijing, December 16 (IANS): Chinese Premier Li Keqiang told Hong Kong CEO Carrie Lam on Monday that her government must continue its efforts to end the violence and chaos in the city, while also addressin
Dhaka, December 16 (IANS): Myanmar has softened its stance after facing the hearings at the UNs International Court of Justice (ICJ) for alleged genocide against the Rohingya, Bangladesh Foreign Minister A
Edinburgh, December 16 (IANS): SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has said that Scotland "cannot be imprisoned in the union against its will" by the UK government", adding that her party's success in the December
Islamabad, December 16 (IANS): Some 2,60,000 health professionals are taking part in a campaign launched, here on Monday, to immunise over 39.5 million Pakistani children after more than 100 polio cases we
Tokyo, December 16 (IANS): Authorities in the Japanese city of Hiroshima have planned to demolish two buildings that survived the 1945 atomic bomb, but some locals want them preserved as landmarks, it was
Beirut, December 16 (IANS): At least 20 people have been injured after clashes erupted between protesters and security forces in the Lebanese capital for a second straight day since anti-government rallies
Gaza, December 15 (IANS): Israel has banned the Christian minority who live in the Gaza Strip ruled by Hamas from visiting Christian holy sites and churches in the West Bank and Jerusalem to celebrate Chri
Santiago, December 15 (IANS): The walls of Chile's capital Santiago are bearing witness to the biggest wave of protests in the country's democratic history and have become makeshift canvasses for dozens of
London, December 15 (IANS): Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg has apologised for saying world leaders should be "put against the wall", the media reported on Sunday.
The teenage climate act
Qalat (Afghanistan), December 15 (IANS): Five militants were killed after the Afghan security forces targeted Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan's Uruzgan and Kandahar provinces on Sunday, Afghan Army said in a st
Manila, December 15 (IANS): A six-year-old girl was killed when the house she was in collapsed during a magnitude 6.8 earthquake that struck the southern Philippine island of Mindanao.
The loc
Seoul, December 14 (IANS) North Korea said on Saturday it has carried out "another crucial test" at its satellite launch site and the results will be used to strengthen its "reliable strategic nuclear deterrent
Kabul, December 14 (IANS) An insider attack claimed the lives of 23 security personnel in Afghanistan's Ghazni province on Saturday, an official said.
"Seven local security personnel who obviously under patr
New Delhi, December 14 (IANS) In a thumbs up to the Indian government's Unified Payments Interface (UPI) scheme, Google has written to the US Federal Reserve Board detailing the successful example of UPI-based
Washington, December 14 (PTI) US President Donald Trump on Friday said it was unfair that he was being impeached as he had done no wrong and the country under him was doing quite good.
"It's not fair tha