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
akarta, April 24 (IANS): Indonesia's General Election Commission (KPU) here on Wednesday declared Prabowo Subianto as the country's eighth President after appeals of two defeated presidential candidates concern
Moscow, April 24 (IANS/DPA): In the midst of Russia's war against Ukraine, a court in Moscow has remanded Deputy Defence Minister Timur Ivanov in custody on suspicion of corruption.Ivanov, 48, must initially re
Bangkok, April 22 (IANS): The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) opened its 80th session in Bangkok on Monday, with global and regional leaders calling for digital in
Seoul, April 22 (IANS/DAP): North Korea has fired an unspecified ballistic missile, the South Korean military said on Monday.North Korea launched the missile towards the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan
Washington, April 22 (IANS): Chinese Ambassador to the United States Xie Feng has said that China does not consider the Thucydides Trap an inevitable part of its relationship with the United States. To avoid st
Gmund, Germany, April 21 (IANS/DPA): Yulia Navalnya, the widow of late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, has warned of the unpredictability of Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying the possibility that he mi
Colombo, April 21 (IANS): India on Sunday said that it condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations "anywhere, everywhere" as Sri Lanka remembered all the lives lost in the horrendous Easter Sunday bo
Ramallah, April 20 (IANS): Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday that solving the Palestinian issue will promote stability in the Middle East region.In an interview with Palestine's official news ag
United Nations, April 20 (IANS): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an end to "stop the dangerous cycle of retaliation in the Middle East," said his Spokesman."The Secretary-General reiterates
Washington, April 20 (IANS): The US has imposed sanctions on three Chinese companies and one from Belarus for supplying missile‐applicable items to Pakistan’s ballistic missile programmes, including its lon
Berlin, April 19 (IANS/DPA): Germany's Foreign Office is disputing as "misleading" an Israeli media report about a heated argument between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and German Foreign Minister A
Beirut, April 19 (IANS/DPA): At least 28 pro-government fighters were killed in suspected attacks by Islamic State militants in Syria, a war monitor said on Friday.The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human
Capri, April 19 (IANS/DPA): The spring meeting of the foreign ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) economically strong democracies is set to end on Friday with discussions on the situation in the Indo-Pacific r
Gaza, April 18 (IANS): The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 33,970, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said in a press statement on Thursday.During the past 24 hours
Jakarta, April 18 (IANS/DPA): Indonesian authorities have issued a tsunami warning and raised the alert for Mount Ruang to the highest level after the volcano near Sulawesi Island had multiple large eruptions o
Islamabad, April 18 (IANS): One of the many adventures in the Pakistan-India series of conflicts 'Operation Koh Paima', also known as the Kargil operation -- that was hailed as a success story by its architect
Kabul, April 18 (IANS): An estimated 15.8 million people in war-ravaged Afghanistan will experience crisis and emergency levels of food insecurity in 2024, said a United Nations (UN) report released on Thursday
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS): Over 30 flights, including those operated by Air India Express, Air India, IndiGo, Emirates and SpiceJet airlines, to and from India have been cancelled due to severe flooding in Dub
Capri, Italy, April 17 (IANS/DPA): German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has called on Iran and Israel to show "maximum restraint" amid fears that the conflict in the Middle East could expand into a major r