Battles force Palestinians out of hospitals in Gaza, leaving patients, babies and medics stranded
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip, 13 Nov (AP) — Battles around hospitals have forced thousands of Palestinians to flee from some of the last shelters...
India likely to achieve SDG for reduction in newborn deaths: WHO official
CAPE TOWN, 16 May: India, which has taken proactive steps to reduce neonatal mortality, is likely to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets...
Heavy gunfire rocks Iraq”s Green Zone amid violent protests
Baghdad, Aug 30 (AP) Supporters of a prominent Iraqi Shiite cleric fired rocket-propelled grenades into Iraq's Green Zone as machine gun fire crackled overhead...
Meta fined record $1.3 billion and ordered to stop sending European user data to...
LONDON (AP) — The European Union slapped Meta with a record $1.3 billion privacy fine Monday and ordered it to stop transferring users personal...
Five journalists were shot in one day in Mexico, officials confirm
MEXICO CITY, 29 Nov (AP) — Prosecutors in Mexico confirmed Wednesday that a reporter was shot and wounded the previous day in the western...
Boris Johnson hit with dramatic defection, rebel plot over partygate scandal
London, Jan 19 (PTI) Embattled British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced dramatic developments on Wednesday over the so-called partygate scandal that has threatened his...
Biden administration announces new partnership with 50 countries to stifle future pandemics
WASHINGTON, 16 Apr: President Joe Biden’s administration will help 50 countries identify and respond to infectious diseases, with the goal of preventing pandemics like...
Train derailment in east Iran kills at least 21, injures 47
TEHRAN, Iran , Jun 8 (AP) — A passenger train traveling through eastern Iran struck an excavator and derailed nearly half its cars before...
China to subsidise refiners if global oil prices surpass USD 130
Beijing, Jun 29 (PTI) China, the world's largest importer of oil, announced on Wednesday that it will subsidise its oil refiners and suspend the...
Ukraine mourns dead from major Russian strike, vows response with underground weapons production
POLTAVA, 7 Sep: Funeral services were held Saturday for victims of one of the deadliest Russian airstrikes since the war in Ukraine began, as...
Monoclonal antibody treatment combo cuts hospitalisation among high-risk Covid patients: Study
Washington, Aug 31 (PTI) A combination of two monoclonal antibody treatments keeps high-risk COVID-19 patients out of the hospital when infected with mild to...
UN biodiversity summit moved from China over COVID-19 policy
Beijing, Jun 21 (AP) A United Nations summit on biodiversity will be held in Canada instead of China, organisers announced Tuesday, the second major...
Oxford Dictionaries names ‘goblin mode’ its word of the year
LONDON , 6 Dec (AP) — Asked to sum up 2022 in a word, the public has chosen a phrase.
Oxford Dictionaries said Monday that...
Sri Lanka to procure 750 jeeps, 500 buses from India: Government
Colombo, Jan 4 (PTI) Sri Lanka has decided to procure a fleet of 750 jeeps and 500 buses from India under the credit line...
Developed nations must enact laws for zero-emission goal by 2030: India
Washington, Oct 15 (PTI) Developed countries must take measures and legislate for net-zero emissions by the current decade itself, India demanded on Friday.
India made...
Ukraine, Russia envoys talk under shadow of nuclear threat
Kyiv, Feb 28 (AP) Russian and Ukrainian delegations met for talks Monday amid high hopes but low expectations for any diplomatic breakthrough, after Moscow...
Head of UN agency for Palestinian refugees warns of service cuts without more funding
BEIRUT , 20 Jun (AP) — The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said Tuesday that without a new injection of funding,...
Germany to supply around 40 armored carriers to Ukraine
BERLIN, 6 Jan: Germany aims to supply around 40 Marder armored personnel carriers to Ukraine in this year’s first quarter, the government said Friday.
Officials...
Philippines secures supersonic anti-ship missiles from India
MANILA, Philippines, Jan 28 (AFP): The Philippine defense chief signed an 18.9 billion peso ($378 million) deal Friday with India to acquire the military’s...
Toyota’s Japan production halted over suspected cyberattack
Tokyo, Feb 28 (AP) Toyota is suspending production at all 28 lines of its 14 plants in Japan starting on Tuesday, because of a...