New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) India has become an alternative investment destination for many Western companies, according to the latest World Economic Situation and Prospects report of the UN.The report which has i
Moscow, May 17 (IANS/DPA) Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that at the moment he has no plans to capture the city of Kharkiv, but that Russian forces were establishing a buffer zone in the area b
Moscow, May 17 (IANS/DPA) Russian authorities on Friday reported more than 100 Ukrainian drone attacks, causing at least one fatality and damage in various regions.The Krasnodar region in the south of Russia an
Seoul, May 17 (IANS) North Korea fired several short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Friday, the South Korean military said, a day after South Korea and the United States staged combined aerial
Gaza, May 17 (IANS) The United Nations (UN) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that distributing humanitarian aid "is almost impossible" in Gaza, due to the irregular fuel suppl
Bratislava, May 16 (IANS/DPA) The condition of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is "still serious" following the assassination attempt a day ago, Defence Minister Robert Kalinak said on Thursday after a spe
Jerusalem/Beirut, May 16 (IANS) Dozens of rockets were fired by Lebanese armed group Hezbollah at northern Israel on Thursday in retaliation for overnight Israeli airstrikes in eastern Lebanon, Israeli and Leba
Bratislava, May 15 (IANS): Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, who has taken his central European country to a neutral stance on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, was shot on Wednesday as he interacted with the
Taipei, May 15 (IANS/DPA): Taiwan's Defence Ministry on Wednesday said it had registered 45 Chinese warplanes in Taiwan's airspace within 24 hours.The number marked a recent record high in the number of Chinese
Jakarta, May 15 (IANS/DPA): The death toll from floods and cold lava mudflows in Indonesia's West Sumatra province has climbed to 58, the country's disaster management agency said on Wednesday.Intense monsoon r
Dublin, May 15 (IANS/DPA): Ireland will recognise Palestinian statehood by the end of the month, the Irish Deputy Prime Minister said on Wednesday.Ireland and Spain have been in discussions with other European
Gaza/Tel Aviv, May 14 (IANS/DPA) Almost 4,50,000 people left the city of Rafah in Gaza in the space of one week as hordes of displaced people try to escape from heavy fighting in the south of the coastal strip,
London, May 13(IANS/DPA) Britain's King Charles officially handed over the role of colonel-in-chief of the Army Air Corps to Prince William during a visit to its Hampshire airfield.Charles - who became the inau
Tel Aviv, May 13 (IANS/DPA) The outcome of the ongoing Gaza war between Israel and Hamas will determine the lives of Israelis in the coming decades, Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Monday."This is a war w
Tel Aviv, May 13 (IANS/DPA) As Israel marks Memorial Day on Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the war in Gaza is a battle for Israel's continuing existence."The war is about: it's either us, Israel
Gaza/Tel Aviv, May 12 (IANS/DPA) Israeli troops are engaged in fierce fighting with armed Palestinians in the north of the Gaza Strip, Israeli media reported on Sunday.The military wing of the Palestinian Islam
Islamabad, May 12 (IANS/DPA) At least seven members of the Pakistani security forces were killed in two separate attacks near the Afghan border, the military said on Sunday.In the first attack, according to the
Gaza, May 11 (IANS) At least 31 people were killed and others injured by Israeli bombardment in various areas of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian official news agency WAFA reported.Israeli fighter jets on Friday
Paris, May 11 (IANS/DPA) France has called on Israel to immediately halt its military operation in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.The foreign ministry in Paris announced that the military operatio
Washington, May 10 (IANS) The US "deliberately" excluded then-South Korean President Moon Jae-in from its first-ever summit with North Korea in Singapore in 2018 as he was "too willing" to make concessions, a S