Seoul, August 19 (AP): The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said her country will never accept South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's foolish offer of economic benefits in exchange for denuclearisa
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London, August 19 (PTI): British Prime Minister hopeful Rishi Sunak has said he is excited to keep going in the Conservative Party leadership campaign even as surveys of party voters predict a firm lead for his
Beijing, August 19 (AP): A Chinese-born Canadian tycoon who disappeared from Hong Kong in 2017 was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for a multibillion-dollar string of financial offences and his company w
BANGKOK, August 18 (AP): The U.N. special envoy for Myanmar, Noeleen Heyzer, met Wednesday with the head of its military-installed government and called on him to urgently halt all violence, support a political-
United Nations, August 18 (AP): A UN investigator says contemporary forms of slavery are widely practiced around the world, including forced labor for China's Uyghur minority, bonded labour for the lowest c
Moscow, August 18 (IANS): Ukraines ongoing attacks on the Russia-controlled Zaporozhye nuclear power plant may cause a far worse disaster for Europe than the current energy crisis, a Russian Defense Ministry of
Bangkok, August 18 (AP): Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi testified Thursday in a prison courtroom in the capital for the first time in her official secrets case, a legal official said. Suu Kyi, who ha
Beijing, August 18 (PTI): At least 16 people were killed and 36 others remained missing after a flash flood hit a county in China's northwest Qinghai province, local authorities said on Thursday. The fla
Kabul, August 18 (AP): A bombing at a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul during evening prayers killed at least 21 people, including a prominent cleric, and wounded at least 33, eyewitnesses and police said
Hualien (Taiwan), August 18 (AP): The U.S. government on Thursday announced trade talks with Taiwan in a sign of support for the island democracy China claims as its own territory, prompting a warning by Beijin
Hong Kong, August 18 (AP): Authorities in Chinese-controlled Hong Kong say 29 out of 47 pro-democracy activists charged with conspiracy to commit subversion under a tough National Security Law entered guilty pl
New York, August 18 (PTI): The 24-year-old man charged with the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie has denied being in contact with Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps and said that he acted alone when he stab
Dhaka, August 17 (AP): Bangladesh's leader told a visiting UN official on Wednesday that hundreds of thousands of ethnic minority Rohingya refugees living in overcrowded camps in Bangladesh must return home
Beijing, August 17 (AP): The world's two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases are sparring on Twitter over climate policy, with China questioning whether the US can deliver on the landmark climate legislati-
Dhaka, August 17 (PTI): A Bangladeshi tribunal on Wednesday handed down death sentences to five militants from the banned JMB outfit, including a former navy soldier, for a bomb attack at a mosque inside a majo
Madrid, August 17 (IANS): In China, posting a political comment, submitting a complaint about a corrupt official, or shouting slogans in the street, will quickly get you locked up in a detention centre or
Kyiv, August 17 (AP): A spate of fires and explosions has turned Russian-annexed Crimea from a secure base for the further invasion of Ukraine into the latest flashpoint highlighting Moscow's challenges ahe-
Harare, August 17 (AP): A measles outbreak in Zimbabwe has killed 157 children, most of whom were unvaccinated due to their family's religious beliefs, officials said. The measles outbreak was first repo
Hualien (Taiwan), August 17 (AP): Taiwan is staging military exercises to show its ability to resist Chinese pressure to accept Beijing's political control over the self-governing island, following new roun-
Tel Aviv, August 16 (PTI): Senior Israeli leaders from across the political spectrum have congratulated India on its 75 years of Independence, emphasising on its growing influence as a regional and global power
