Brasilia, September 7 (AP): President Jair Bolsonaro calls Brazil's bicentennial Wednesday a chance to celebrate the nation's proud history, but critics say he has transformed what should be a day of un
Kyiv, September 7 (AP): The UN atomic watchdog agency has urged Russia and Ukraine to establish a nuclear safety and security protection zone around the Zaporizhzhia power plant amid mounting fears the fighting
WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 6 (IANS): US President Joe Biden has put democracy at the centre of his election campaign for the midterms and stressed that he is not vilifying Republicans by calling his predecesso
Beijing, September 6 (AP) Authorities in southwestern China's Chengdu have maintained strict COVID-19 lockdown measures on the city's population of 21 million despite a major earthquake that killed at l
Moscow, September 6 (AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday attended sweeping war games in his country's far east involving troops from China and other nations, in a show of military muscle amid th
Kyiv, September 6 (AP) Fears grew on Tuesday for Europe's largest nuclear power plant as shelling around it continued, a day after the facility was again knocked off Ukraine's electricity grid and put i
Hengchun, September 6 (AP) Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said Tuesday that China is conducting cognitive warfare by spreading misinformation in addition to its regular incursions into nearby waters and airsp
London, September 6 (PTI) Conservative Party leader Liz Truss was on Tuesday formally appointed as Britain's new Prime Minister by Queen Elizabeth II, becoming the third female premier of the country.
Tr
Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), September 6 (AP) A suspected jihadi roadside bomb has hit a convoy in northern Burkina Faso, killing at least 35 people and injuring dozens more.
The supply convoy escorted by the
Kyiv, September 5 (AP) Europe's largest nuclear plant was knocked off Ukraine's electricity grid Monday after its last transmission line was disconnected as a result of a fire caused by Russian shelling
Washington, September 5 (ANS) Former US President Donald Trump literally breathed fire, calling the "FBI and DoJ as vicious monsters" even as the Department of Justice (DoJ) sat on the horns of a dile
London, September 5 (IANS) Liz Truss has been named as the new Conservative leader on Monday afternoon -- and she will become UK PM on Tuesday, media reports said.
Truss takes the helm of a country in the gr
London, September 5 (IANS) Liz Truss got "frustrated" after she was "compared to Margaret Thatcher", the media reported.
When asked whether she models herself on the former Tory prime min
Beijing, September 5 (IANS) At least seven people were killed in a 6.8-magnitude earthquake that jolted Luding county in China's Sichuan province on Monday, authorities said.
Damage to roads, telecommuni
Dhaka, September 4 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the priority of her government is to ensure food security with other basic needs of the people considering the global crisis.
Yangon, September 4 (IANS) Two days after Myanmar's former State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to three years in jail for electoral fraud in 2020, increasing her total prison term to 20 yea
Moscow, September 4 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan exchanged views on bilateral ties during a phone call.
Putin and Erdogan reaffirmed their commitment to
Washington, September 4 (IANS) Former President Donald Trump was little fazed by Biden's powerful rhetoric at Philadelphia that called on MAGA republicans led by Trump as a "threat to the foundations o
Islamabad, September 4 (IANS) A 15-member team of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) quietly concluded a five-day visit to Pakistan, a move that may pave the way for Islamabad to finally exit the grey list,
Washington, September 3 (AP) The Biden administration on Friday announced a more than USD 1 billion arms sale to Taiwan as U.S.-China tensions escalate over the status of the island.
The USD 1.09 billion sal