Yangon, October 2 (IANS): Myanmar has kicked off a nationwide population and household census across the country on Wednesday.The report said census collection teams from the Ministry of Immigration and Populat
Tel Aviv, October 2 (IANS): Israel on Wednesday declared UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres persona non grata and banned him from entering the country for his failure to "unequivocally condemn" Iran's missil
Mexico City, October 2 (IANS) Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo has been sworn in as Mexico's first woman serving the presidency during a solemn ceremony in Congress."I swear to uphold and enforce the Political Constitut
Jerusalem/Tehran, October 2 (IANS) Israel has vowed to retaliate after Iran launched several waves of missile attacks at Israel on Tuesday night.Hours after the Iranian strike, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin N
Washington, October 2 (IANS) US President Joe Biden has directed American forces to aid Israel's defence against Iran, which launched missile attacks against the Jewish state.US National Security Council spokes
Jerusalem, October 2 (IANS) The Iranian military launched a barrage of ballistic missiles targeting "military and security establishments" in Israel on Tuesday night. Media reports, citing a statement fro
Paris, October 1 (IANS): National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Tuesday called on French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, reiterating India's commitment to implement the Horizon 2047 roadmap between t
Seoul, October 1 (IANS): North Korea on Tuesday warned of taking a "corresponding" measure against the deployment of US strategic assets to the Korean Peninsula ahead of a US heavy bomber's flight over a South
Tokyo, October 1 (IANS): Outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida resigned with his Cabinet on Tuesday, marking an end to his three-year tenure marred by political scandals and rising living costs, local
Washington, October 1 (IANS) US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin reiterated America's strong support for Israel's right to defend itself against Hezbollah and prevent attacks similar to those on October 7. &nb
Jerusalem, October 1 (IANS) Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has warned of an impending new phase in Israel's offensive against Hezbollah, amid reports of planned ground operations in Lebanon."The next pha
Beijing, September 30 (IANS) US military assistance to the Taiwan region, regardless of the amount, will not sway in the slightest China's resolve to oppose "Taiwan independence" and safeguard national sovereig
Jerusalem, Sep 30 (IANS) The Israeli military has said that it killed more than 20 Hezbollah militants of varying ranks in its strikes in Beirut, during which the group's top leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, wa
Beirut, Sep 30 (IANS) Hezbollah has confirmed that the group's senior leader Ali Karaki, head of the southern front, was killed, along with top leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in the Israeli airstrikes targetin
Beirut, Sep 30 (IANS) Three people of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a residential building in the al Cola area in Beirut.This marked Israel's fi
Beirut, September 30 (IANS) At least 105 people were killed and 359 injured in Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon, according to the country's Health Ministry.The highest death toll was in the South Governorate,
Washington, September 30 (IANS) US President Joe Biden has said that he would speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as tensions in the Middle East increase following Israel's assassination of Hez
Kathmandu, September 29 (IANS) A total of 148 people have been confirmed dead in monsoon rain-induced landslides and floods in Nepal by Sunday afternoon, police said.The disasters have left 101 injured and 55 o
Beirut/Jerusalem, September 29 (IANS) The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Sunday that senior Hezbollah commander Nabil Qaouk was killed in an airstrike on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Saturday nig
United Nations, September 29 (IANS): While amplifying the voice of the Global South, External Affairs Minister (EAM), S. Jaishankar, presented India's social and economic "leapfrogging" as a model for the Globa