Vientiane, October 11 (IANS): Deepening further the close partnership between two countries, India and Laos signed seven agreements, including on defence cooperation, following the bilateral talks between Prime
Oslo, October 11 (IANS): As nuclear powers modernise their arsenals and threaten their use amid various global conflicts, Japanese organisation Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors fro
Washington, October 11 (IANS) Hurricane Milton has left a trail of death and destruction in the US state of Florida with reports of more than 3 million customers without electricity. At least 10 people are repo
New Delhi, October 10 (IANS): South Korean author and poet Han Kang, who came to global prominence with her unsettling novel "The Vegetarian" (2015), about a woman seeking to reclaim her agency through her food
Vientiane, October 10 (IANS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday arrived in Vientiane, where he was warmly welcomed by Laos' Minister of Home Affairs, Vilayvong Bouddakham. Upon his arrival in the S
Jerusalem, October 10 (IANS): Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a phone talk with US President Joe Biden, the first since August, amid rising tensions between Israel and its arch-foe Iran, as conf
New York, October 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a "total killer" with the nation's adversaries and turned down offers of help when India faced threats, former US President Donald Trump has said."He'
New Delhi, October 9 (IANS) John Bolton, the US National Security Adviser (NSA) to former President Donald Trump from 2018-2019 and a former US Ambassador to the United Nations, has said that the future of the
Stockholm, October 9 (IANS) Two Google DeepMind scientists Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper, along with Washington University Professor David Baker, on Wednesday won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Th
Jerusalem, October 9 (IANS): Israel's military said that it launched extensive airstrikes targeting underground Hezbollah command centres in Lebanon, in which more than 50 militants were killed.The Israel Defen
Seoul, October 9 (IANS): North Korea's military said it will cut off all roads and railways connected to South Korea starting on Wednesday."A project will be launched first on October 9 to completely cut off ro
Washington, October 9 (IANS) The US continues to monitor North Korea's support for Russia, a Pentagon spokesperson has said, following a news report that six North Korean military officers were killed in a Ukra
New Delhi, October 8 (IANS) The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences on Tuesday awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton for pioneering research in machine learning.The sc
Seoul, October 8 (IANS) North Korea is likely to deploy members of its regular armed forces to Ukraine in support of Russia, South Korea's Defence Minister Kim Yong-Hyun said on Tuesday, in the latest sign of d
Jerusalem, October 8 (IANS) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Tuesday announced the killing of Suhail Hussein Husseini, commander of the Lebanese militant organisation Hezbollah headquarters.According to a sta
Rio De Janeiro, Oct 8 (IANS) Some 200 people may have been buried after a landslide occurred in a port area of Manacapuru, Brazil's Amazonas state, according to official sources.The Military Firefighters Corps
Gaza, October 8 (IANS) The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced that they had killed and wounded several Israeli soldiers in an attack in Gaza City.According to a press statement from the A
Jerusalem, October 7 (IANS) Expressing gratitude to the heroism of male and female fighters in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and security personnel - regular and reserve, army and police, Shin Bet and Mossad
Stockholm, October 7 (IANS): The Nobel Assembly at Sweden's Karolinska Institutet on Monday awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to American scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun fo
Tel Aviv, October 7 (IANS): Several world leaders on Monday paid homage to the victims of last year's October 7 massacre during Hamas' attack on Israel that killed over 1200 people.French President Emmanuel Mac