Washington, April 28 (IANS): A conviction for former President Donald Trump on any of the 91 criminal charges he is facing across four separate cases will not prevent him from running for the White House but it
Kiev, April 28 (IANS): Russia attacked Ukraine with nine drones on Sunday, Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk reported as quoted by media reports.Five of them were shot down by the Ukrainian forces,
Dhaka, April 28 (IANS/DPA): The authorities in Bangladesh have issued another heatwave alert for three more days from Sunday as the South Asian country is facing its longest heatwave in 75 years.Bangladesh repo
Baghdad, April 28 (IANS/DPA): The Iraqi Parliament has passed a law criminalising same-sex relations and vowing tough penalties against them in a decision that rights advocates decried as discriminating against
Riyadh, April 27 (IANS/DPA): Senior Western and Arab officials are expected to meet next week in Riyadh to discuss the months-long war in the Gaza Strip on the sidelines of an economic forum in Saudi Arabia, ac
Washington, April 27 (IANS/DPA): Dozens of tornadoes tore across the US Midwest and flattened entire neighbourhoods, particularly in and around the city of Omaha in the state of Nebraska."Numerous houses" in we
Tokyo, April 27 (IANS): An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 on Saturday jolted off Japan's Bonin Islands or Ogasawara Islands, the country's weather agency said.The temblor occurred at 5.36 p.m. l
Kyiv, April 27 (IANS/DPA): At least four thermal power plants were damaged as Russia again targeted Ukraine with a round of massive airstrikes overnight, the operator said on Saturday.Of the 32 missiles and cru
Sanaa, April 27 (IANS): Yemen's Houthi group said early Saturday that they had launched a missile attack and hit a British oil tanker in the Red Sea and shot down a US drone in northern Yemen."Our naval forces
Geneva, April 26 (IANS/DPA): Numerous women and girls have been detained in Iran for failing to heed head-covering regulations, and hundreds of businesses have been closed for failing to enforce them, UN rights
Moscow, April 26 (IANS): Russia and Europe will no longer be able to resume their past relations under the current circumstances, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.There is a lack of willingness to
Washington, April 26 (IANS/DPA): The US is preparing to negotiate with the military leadership in Niger about the "organized and responsible withdrawal" of its troops from the country.More than 1,000 US soldier
Islamabad, April 26 (IANS): Pakistan has "categorically" rejected a report by the US State Department over the human rights violations in the country last year, saying that only a "politically motivated report
Bangkok, April 26 (IANS/DPA): Several civilians were killed and many more injured in a heavy airstrike by the military in Myanmar on a rebel-controlled region on the border with India.The bombs hit a hospital i
New York, April 25 (IANS/DPA): A UN resolution tabled by the US and Japan against an arms race in space has failed in the UN Security Council due to a veto by Russia.The draft resolution received 13 out of 15 v
Seoul, April 25 (IANS): The overall direction of South Korea's alliance with the US will not change no matter who wins the White House in November, as the breadth and depth of the alliance has never been greate
Chennai, April 25 (IANS): The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have deployed its elite Nahal Brigade in the Rafah region of the Gaza Strip.This a clear message that the Rafah ground invasion is imminent even as the
Seoul, April 25 (IANS): North Korea on Thursday reaffirmed its commitment to further strengthening ties with Russia on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the first-ever summit between North Korean leader
Tehran, April 14 (IANS/DPA): A stadium ban for women is to be reintroduced in Iran, multiple local news reports said on Wednesday.The reports said that the Iranian FA has ordered the ban to be imposed in the no
London, April 24 (IANS/DPA): Human rights worldwide are facing their most serious threats in decades, the London-based advocacy group Amnesty International said in its annual report on Wednesday.The organisatio