United Nations, December 9 (IANS): The UN Security Council (UNSC) has expressed concerns over the sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi, the former de facto leader of Myanmar who was ousted during the February 1 milit
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Bamako, Dec 9 (IANS) Seven UN peacekeepers were killed and three were seriously injured following an explosion in Mali, it was revealed. In a statement on Wednesday, the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabil.jpeg)
BANGKOK, December 8 (AP): In sentencing Myanmar’s iconic democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi to prison, the country’s generals have effectively exiled her from electoral politics. But that doesn&rsquo
Tokyo, December 8 (IANS): Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa on Wednesday embarked for a 12-day trip to the International Space Station (ISS) to experience life in space before flying to the moon, the media re
Seoul, December 8 (IANS): An appellate court on Wednesday upheld a lower court's 30-year prison sentences for a couple in their 20s convicted of abusing and starving their 8-year-old daughter to death. T
United Nations, December 8 (IANS): UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has been in self-isolation after coming in contact with someone who tested positive for Covid-19, his deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said.
Los Angeles, December 8 (IANS): Hawaii Governor David Ige has declared a state of emergency as a strong winter storm dumped more than 30 cm of rain on parts of Hawaii and is expected to continue. The decisio
Kuala Lumpur, Dec 8 (IANS) Malaysia reported another 4,965 new Covid-19 infections, as of midnight Tuesday, bringing the national total to 2,667,999, according to the health ministry. Some 29 of the new case
Tokyo, December 8 (IANS): An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 on Wednesday struck off Japan's Fukushima Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The temblor occurred at around 2.
Harare, December 8 (IANS): The Zimbabwean government has expressed deep concern at the growing number of Covid-19 cases in the country driven by the Omicron variant and plans to bar the unvaccinated from boardi
Jerusalem, December 7 (AP): Israel on Tuesday announced the completion of an enhanced security barrier around the Gaza Strip designed to prevent militants from sneaking into the country. The 65-kilometer (40
Berlin, December 7 (AP): Angela Merkel was assured of a place in the history books as soon as she became Germany's first female chancellor on Nov 22, 2005. Over the next 16 years, she was credited with r
Washington, December 7 (AP): President Joe Biden on Tuesday marked the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor with a visit to the World War II Memorial in the nation's capital. The Decem
Moscow, December 7 (AP): Ukrainian and Western officials are worried that a Russian military buildup near Ukraine could signal plans by Moscow to invade its ex-Soviet neighbor. The Kremlin insists it has no
Beijing, December 7 (IANS): More than 20 provincial-level regions of China have completed modifications to their local childbirth regulations since the country passed an amendment to its Population and Family P
Nay Pyi Taw, December 7 (IANS): The four-year jail sentences of Aung San Suu Kyi, the former de facto leader of Myanmar who was ousted during the February 1 military coup, as well as deposed President Win Myint
New York, December 7 (IANS): The Indian-origin owner of a petrol station in the US state of Georgia was killed on his daughter's birthday in a brazen daylight robbery in front of a bank that shares a buildi
New Delhi, December 7 (IANS): Pakistani decision makers are holding extensive consultations on whether to attend the virtual summit on democracy convened by US President Joe Biden this week, as certain issues a
Washington, December 7 (IANS): Indian-origin Anil Menon, a lieutenant colonel with the US Air Force and SpaceX's first flight surgeon, has been selected by NASA among the 10 new astronauts who could fly to
Seoul, December 7 (IANS): South Korea added the largest number of job positions last year due to an increase in employment in the health, social welfare service and public administration sectors amid rapid agin
