Seoul, January 6 (AP): North Korea claimed Thursday to have conducted the second successful test flight of a hypersonic missile, days after leader Kim Jong Un vowed to bolster his military forces despite pandem
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Dubai, January 6 (AP): Thousands of mourners poured into the streets of Iranian cities on Thursday for the mass funeral of 250 victims of the Iran-Iraq war, a testament to the brutal conflict's widespread s
Bangkok, January 6 (AP): Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen begins a visit to strife-torn Myanmar on Friday that he hopes will invigorate efforts by Southeast Asian nations to start a peace process, but critics s
Paris, January 5 (AP): French President Emmanuel Macron has provoked outcries in parliament and protests from election rivals by using a vulgarity to describe his strategy for pressuring vaccine refusers to get
Seoul, January 5 (AP): North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile into the sea on Wednesday, the South Korean and Japanese militaries said, its first public weapons launch in about two months and a signal
Birth rates in China's 10 provincial-level regions fall below 1 per cent, showing demographic crisisBeijing, January 5 (PTI): Birth rates in 10 of China's provincial-level regions fell below one per cent in 2020, accentuating the world's most populous country's dilemma in addressing the deepening
Hong Kong, January 4 (AP): Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday said that the recent closure of two media outlets in the city does not reflect the state of press freedom in Hong Kong as the decisions were mad
Geneva, January 4 (AP): A top World Health Organisation official says low hospitalisation and death rates in South Africa due to the omicron variant cannot be considered a template for how the variant will fare
Beijing, January 4 (IANS): At least 30 people were injured after a 5.5-magnitude earthquake jolted Ninglang County in China's Yunnan province two days, local authorities said on Tuesday. All the injured
Kabul, January 4 (IANS): After the fall of Kabul in August 2021, the Taliban did not have plans to assassinate former President Ashraf Ghani, a top official of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan said here on Tu
New Delhi, January 3 (IANS): Reham Khan, the ex-wife of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, narrowly escaped a gun attack in late Sunday night, Samaa TV reported. In a tweet, she revealed that on the way bac
New Delhi, January 3 (IANS): Taliban officials in northern Balkh province, bordering Uzbekistan, have announced the closure of all general baths for women, Khaama Press reported. As the Islamic Emirate of Af
Denver, January 3 (IANS): Three people were reported missing and "feared dead" due to a devastating wildfire that swept through two suburban communities in the US state of Colorado, officials sai
New Delhi, January 3 (IANS): The US could be under a right-wing dictator by 2030, a Canadian political science professor has warned, urging his country to protect itself against the "collapse of American d
Cape Town, January 3 (IANS): The interior of South Africa's National Assembly, the lower house of Parliament, was "extensively destroyed" by a fire, a local official said on Monday. As of 6.50
Washington, January 2 (IANS) Even after causing mild illness, people infected with Omicron are likely to suffer from long Covid, top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci has said. Data emerging from s
Seoul, January 2 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited the mausoleum of his late grandfather and father in his first reported public activity this year, Pyongyang's state media said on Sunday. K
New Delhi, December 31(IANS): Even as they announced a series of joint discussions, which will take place from Geneva to Brussels and Vienna in the next two weeks, Russia and the United States today warned each
Wilmington, December 31 (AP) President Joe Biden warned Russia's Vladimir Putin on Thursday that the U.S. could impose new sanctions against Russia if it takes further military action against Ukraine, while
Wellington, December 31 (AP) Good riddance to 2021. Let 2022 bring fresh hope. That was a common sentiment Friday as people around the world got ready to welcome in the new year. In many places, plans for Ne
