Meeting Narendra Modi the ‘most significant aspect’ of India trip: Nepal PM Prachanda
Kathmandu, 3 Jun: Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” on Saturday said meeting his counterpart Narendra Modi was “the most significant aspect” of...
Israeli group asks court to punish Netanyahu over legal plan
TEL AVIV, Israel, 26 Mar: An Israeli good governance group on Sunday asked the country’s Supreme Court to punish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for...
Doctors visiting a Gaza hospital are stunned by the war’s toll on Palestinian children
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza, 28 Mar: An international team of doctors visiting a hospital in central Gaza was prepared for the worst. But the gruesome...
Bangladesh mourns some 200 deaths as student protests wind down and thousands are arrested
DHAKA, Bangladesh, 30 Jul (AP) — Bangladesh observed a day of mourning Tuesday in memory of more than 200 people killed in recent weeks...
Djokovic: Not isolating after COVID infection was ‘error’
Melbourne, Jan 12 (AP) Novak Djokovic knew he'd tested positive for COVID-19 when he attended a newspaper interview and photo shoot in Serbia last...
Car blast kills daughter of Russian known as ‘Putin’s brain’
MOSCOW, 21 Aug (AP) — The daughter of an influential Russian political theorist who is often referred to as “Putin’s brain” was killed in...
UN chief urges ”rapid” emission cuts to curb climate change
Geneva, Sep 16 (AP) The head of the United Nations called Thursday for immediate, rapid and large-scale cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to curb...
NATO-calibre weapons being transferred to ISIL-K by Taliban, Al-Qaeda-affiliated groups like TTP: UN report
United Nations, Aug 12 (PTI) NATO-calibre weapons were being transferred to ISIL-K by groups affiliated with the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, such as Tehrik-e Taliban...
Explosion in north Afghanistan kills at least 10, injures 40
Kabul, Apr 21 (AP) A powerful explosion in a Shiite Muslim mosque in northern Afghanistan on Thursday killed at least 10 worshippers and injured...
Putin in Tehran for talks with leaders of Iran, Turkey
TEHRAN, Iran , Jul 19 (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived Tuesday in Iran for a visit intended to deepen ties with regional...
Several Gorillas At US Zoo Being Treated For Coronavirus
Washington, Sep 12 (AFP): Several gorillas at Zoo Atlanta in the southern US state of Georgia have tested positive for the Covid-19 virus, the...
Afghanistan death toll in ‘Pakistan strikes’ rises to at least 47: officials
Kabul, 17 Apr (AP): The death toll from Pakistani military air strikes in the eastern Afghanistan provinces of Khost and Kunar has jumped to...
7 dead as California mourns 3rd mass killing in 8 days
HALF MOON BAY, Calif., Jan 24 (AP) — A gunman killed seven people at two agricultural businesses in Northern California, plunging the state into...
Most land mine use by US military banned, except for Korea
Washington, Jun 21 (AP) President Joe Biden's administration announced Tuesday that it would restrict the use of anti-personnel land mines by the US military,...
Pakistan rejects reports of Udaipur accused links to Karachi-based Ismalist organisation
Islamabad, Jun 29 (PTI) Pakistan's Foreign Office on Wednesday rejected reported insinuation in India to link the accused in the brutal killing of a...
Philippine supply boats reach forces at China-guarded shoal
Manila (Philippines), Nov 23 (AP) The Philippine navy successfully transported food supplies to Filipino forces guarding a disputed shoal in the South China Sea...
North Korea restores border guard posts as tensions rise over its satellite launch, Seoul...
SEOUL, 27 Nov: North Korea is restoring front-line guard posts that it had dismantled during a previous period of inter-Korean rapprochement, South Korea’s military...
China’s new-generation rocket launches 22 satellites into space
Beijing, Feb 27 (PTI) China's new Long March-8 rocket placed 22 satellites in space on Sunday, setting a domestic record for the most spacecraft...
Pak business chamber urges government to give permission for vegetables import from India as...
Islamabad, Aug 30 (PTI) A leading Pakistani business chamber on Tuesday urged the government to give permission to resume import of vegetables from India...
39 missing after Chinese fishing boat capsizes in the middle of the Indian Ocean
BEIJING , 17 May (AP) — Several ships and aircraft searched Wednesday for 39 people reported missing after a Chinese fishing boat capsized in...