New Delhi, January 9 (IANS): Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have arrested an outspoken critic of the government, drawing strong calls for his immediate release from civil society activists, VOA reported.
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Washington, January 9 (AP): In what's become a familiar scene President Joe Biden lingered after delivering a recent speech on the pandemic as reporters fired a barrage of questions. He bristled at a que
Moscow, January 9 (AP): Kazakhstan's health ministry said Sunday that 164 people have been killed in protests that have rocked the country over the past week. The figures reported on the state news chann
Old Fangak (South Sudan), January 9 (AP): Nyayiar Kuol cradled her severely malnourished 1-year-old daughter as they traveled for 16 hours on a crowded barge to the nearest hospital to their home in rural South
Beijing, January 9 (PTI): China's Chang'e 5 lunar lander has found the first-ever on-site evidence of water on the surface of the moon, lending new evidence to the dryness of the satellite. The study
Kabul, January 9 (IANS): Ninety per cent of Afghanistan's healthcare centres are on the verge of collapse, which in turn is "depriving millions of basic care, threatening the Covid-19 response and crea
New Delhi, January 8 (IANS): At least 21 people died of cold after they were stranded in their cars during the snowstorm in Murree in Pakistan on Friday night, according to Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Ras
Quito, January 8 (IANS): Wolf Volcano, the tallest in Ecuador's Galapagos archipelago, has erupted, the country's Geophysical Institute reported. According to a statement from the institute, the erup
New Delhi, January 8 (IANS): Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Saturday that around 16 to 19 people had died after their cars were stranded because of snowfall and traffic congestion in Mur
Washington, January 8 (IANS): Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 302.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.47 million and vaccinations to ov
Moscow, January 7 (AP): The President of Kazakhstan said Friday he authorised law enforcement to open fire on terrorists and shoot to kill, a move that comes after days of extremely violent protests in the form
London, January 7 (PTI): The reduced severity of Omicron is good news for now, but it is the result of an "evolutionary mistake" as COVID-19 is transmitting very efficiently and there is no reason for
Dhaka, January 7 (IANS): As the Covid-19 pandemic situation worsens, the Bangladeshi government has decided not to allow students aged between 12 and 17 without vaccination to return to school. Bangladeshi C
Sydney, January 7 (IANS): As the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) is battling the latest Covid-19 outbreak, authorities on Friday reintroduced restrictions. NSW, the current epicentre of the pandemi
Sao Paulo, January 7 (IANS): Brazil's largest city of Sao Paulo has cancelled Carnival street parades following an increase in Covid-19 infections and hospitalisations fuelled by the Omicron variant, Mayor
Stockholm, January 7 (IANS): A maternity ward of a Swedish hospital is fully occupied by women infected with Covid-19, state media reported In its report, the Swedish Television (SVT) said that country has b
San Francisco, January 7 (IANS): Former US President Donald Trump's new social media app, Truth Social, will launch on the iOS platform on February 21, according to a listing on the App Store. The app is
Brussels, January 7 (IANS): Josep Borrell, high representative of the European Union (EU) for foreign affairs and security policy, has expressed "great concerns" about the ongoing unrest in Kazakhstan
Moscow, January 6 (AP): Dozens of protesters and 12 police died during extraordinarily violent demonstrations in Kazakhstan that saw government buildings stormed and set ablaze, authorities said Thursday. One p
Islamabad, January 6 (PTI): Afghanistan's Taliban regime has said that it will not allow fencing by Pakistan in any form along the Durand Line, issuing a stern warning to Islamabad, amid escalating tensions
