Senegalese leaders propose June elections after court rejects president’s 10 month delay
DAKAR, 28 Feb: A group of Senegalese civic and religious leaders proposed holding elections in early June, the first new date offered since the...
Pakistani Taliban warns journalists against calling them terrorists and extremists
Peshawar, Sep 7 (PTI) The banned Tehr eek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an umbrella organistaion of armed Islamist groups, has warned the country's media and journalists...
UN rights chief to visit China next week, travel to Xinjiang
GENEVA , 21 May (AP) — The United Nations’ top human rights official will visit China next week on a trip that will take...
Car bomb hits outside Mogadishu airport in Somalia; 8 killed
Mogadishu, Jan 12 (AP) A car bomb exploded on Wednesday outside the international airport in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, killing at least eight people and...
Journalist hacked to death in Bangladesh, PEC demands justice
GENEVA, 8 Aug: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expressed shock over the murder of a journalist in the...
Risk of hospitalisations higher with Delta variant: UK study
London, Aug 28 (PTI) Those infected with the Delta variant of COVID-19 in the UK have been found to be twice as likely to...
Trump becomes first fmr US president to be convicted of felony
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NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, 31 May: Donald Trump has become the first former US president to be convicted of a felony after a grand...
Chinese prez calls for elevating Chinese armed forces to world-class standards
BEIJING, 9 Mar: Amid escalating tensions with the US, China's President Xi Jinping has called for more quickly elevating the armed forces to world-class...
Ukraine marks Independence Day six months after start of war
KYIV, Ukraine, 24 Aug (AP) — Residents of Kyiv woke up to air raid sirens as Ukraine observed its Independence Day on Wednesday, which...
16 Killed, 24 Injured After Blast In Afghanistan: Report
Kabul, Nov 30 (AFP): At least 16 people were killed and 24 others wounded Wednesday by a blast at a madrassa in Afghanistan's northern...
Triple vaccinated can fight Omicron variant efficiently: Study
Berlin, Feb 4 (PTI) People who are triple-vaccinated against COVID-19 develop a high-quality antibody response which can neutralise the Omicron variant efficiently, according to...
China’s air pollution worsens for first time in a decade: Report
Beijing, 22 Dec: China's air pollution worsened in 2023, the first time it has done so in a decade, a study released on Friday...
Pakistani troops kill 2 militants in raid near Afghan border
ISLAMABAD, 3 Feb: Pakistani troops on Friday raided a militant hideout in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban militant group, in the country’s...
Swiss to unfreeze $430M as Egypt money laundering probe ends
Geneva, Apr 13 (AP) Swiss prosecutors will not file any charges after concluding a decade-long investigation into alleged money laundering and organised crime linked...
UAE envoy: Yemen’s Houthis used missiles in Abu Dhabi attack
Dubai, Jan 19 (AP) Yemen's rebels used cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and drones in an attack on Abu Dhabi this week that killed three...
Silence and heavy security in China and Hong Kong mark 35th anniversary of the...
BEIJING, 4 Jun (AP) — Beijing’s Tiananmen Square had checkpoints and police vehicles on Tuesday as China tried to silence the 35th anniversary of...
NATO readies military plans to defend against bruised but unbowed Russia
BRUSSELS, 3 Jul: Russia’s armed forces are bruised but by no means beaten in the war in Ukraine, a top NATO military officer said...
Homemade Bombs Target Italian Embassy Cars In Athens: Report
Athens, 2 Dec (AP): Two explosive devices targeted cars belonging to the Italian embassy in Greece on Friday, one of which went off causing...
Belgian unions demonstrate in Brussels to demand better worker protection
BRUSSELS (AP) — Almost 20,000 Belgian trade union members mounted a demonstration on Monday to protest what they see as increasingly bad working conditions...
Uganda blocks operations of UN rights office in the country
KAMPALA, 8 Feb: Ugandan authorities say they will not renew the mandate of the United Nations human rights office in the East African country,...