Beijing, December 19 (IANS) The death from a powerful earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale that jolted China's Gansu province has increased to 118 on Tuesday, with rescuers battling sub-zero temperatur
New Delhi, December 18 (IANS) Amid the fresh global rise in Covid-19 cases, majorly due to the JN.1 Covid sub-variant, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for raising surveillance to tackle the infec
Seoul, December 18 (IANS): North Korea fired an unspecified ballistic missile toward the East Sea on Monday, the South Korean military said, just hours after it launched a short-range missile, amid speculation
New Delhi, December 18 (IANS) October 7, 2023 will be a date that not only Israel and the Middle East will remember, but Ukraine too -- for it seemed to mark a swing in its fortunes.The Western attention and su
Tel Aviv, December 18 (IANS) At least 110 people, including women and children, were killed and 100 others injured in Israeli airstrikes in northern Gaza's Jabaliya region, the Palestinian Health Ministry said
United Nations, December 18 (IANS) The UN Security Council is gearing up for a crucial vote, possibly on Monday, on a draft resolution calling for the facilitation of aid access to the war-torn Gaza Strip throu
Washington, December 17 (IANS) US President Joe Biden's vote bank has been rocked by young Black voters who have joined the Palestinians in the country saying they will vote for him in the 2024 presidential ele
Washington, December 17 (IANS) A seven-year-old Palestinian-American boy was killed while his mother was injured by their landlord in Illinois state of the U.S. ten days after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7
SANAA, DECEMBER 15 (IANS): The Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen has claimed a drone attack on an Israel-bound cargo ship in the Red Sea, amid increasing tensions in the region since the Israel-Hamas war erup
NEW YORK, DECEMBER 15 (IANS): A court in New York has rejected former US President Donald Trump's challenge of the gag order in his civil fraud trial, that bars him and the attorneys from speaking publicly abou
TEL AVIV, DECEMBER 15 (IANS): The Israeli Hostages and Missing Families Forum has demanded visiting International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Mirjana Spoljaric Egger to immediately provide medic
United Nations, December 15 (IANS): The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution to renew the mandate of the monitoring team that supports the Afghanistan Sanctions Committee.Resolution 2716, which won the
Tel Aviv, December 14 (IANS) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday announced cash reward for the Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar and Mohammed Dief who are allegedly considered to be responsible for the October
Damascus, December 14 (IANS) At least 36 people have been killed in heightened Israel attacks on Syrian military sites affiliated with Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group since the beginning of the Gaza war on O
Tel Aviv, December 13 (IANS) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Wednesday said that 10 soldiers were killed in an ambush in northern Gaza, the highest single-day fatalities since the ground offensive was launch
Dubai, December 13 (IANS) The two-week 28th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP28) concluded on Wednesday after few hours of overrun with a historic agreement by 198 parties (197 countries plus the Eur
Dubai, December 10 (IANS) The amount of climate finance flowing to agrifood systems is strikingly low and continues to diminish compared to global climate finance flows, a new report by the Food and Agriculture
United Nations, December 10 (IANS) After the US vetoed the UN Security Council draft resolution which sought an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, many countries expressed disappointment and regret over
New York, December 10 (IANS) Former US president Donald Trump has nudged ahead of Joe Biden in national polling for the 2024 presidential election, a survey revealed, a day after the US President branded his pr
Tel Aviv, December 10 (IANS) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Sunday said dozens of Hamas men have surrendered before it in South Gaza.Sources in the IDF told IANS that the Hamas men, during interrogation, re