Rome, March 23 (IANS) After over five weeks in a Rome hospital undergoing treatment for respiratory ailments and pneumonia, Pope Francis was discharged on Sunday but will need at least two months of rest and ti
Seoul, March 23 (IANS): At least four people were killed, six people were injured and some 1,500 people were evacuated as wildfires fueled by strong winds have scorched areas of the South Korea's southeastern r
Vatican City, March 23 (IANS): Pope Francis will be discharged on Sunday from the hospital where he has spent more than a month being treated for double pneumonia, said Sergio Alfieri, the head of the team taki
Cairo, March 23 (IANS): Israel has proposed a two-phase plan to the Hamas movement, through Egyptian mediators, for the release of hostages held in Gaza, Egyptian sources told media.The initial phase of the pro
New York, March 22 (IANS): The United Nations children's agency on Saturday urged that all girls in Afghanistan must be allowed to return to school as the new school year in the country begins. The appeal was m
Manila, March 22 (IANS): Philippine Senator Imee Marcos said on Saturday that she is still studying whether to conduct another Senate committee hearing on the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte.Marcos,
Khartoum, March 22 (IANS): The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) on Saturday announced that it had taken control of new strategic sites in the capital Khartoum."Our forces in central Khartoum continue to pressure the
London, March 22 (IANS): London's Heathrow Airport said on Saturday that flights have resumed after the power outage and the airport is now "fully operational"."We can confirm that Heathrow is open and fully op
Dhaka, March 22 (IANS): Thousands of workers staged demonstrations and blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway on Saturday, demanding factory reopening, annual leave, due holiday payment, and bonuses. They b
Bengaluru, March 22 (IANS): The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has called upon the United Nations and global organisations to pressure the Bangladesh government to halt "violence" against Hindus in the South
Seoul, March 22 (IANS): North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has reaffirmed his willingness to "invariably" support Russia's war against Ukraine during his meeting with a top Russian security official, Pyongyang's s
Windhoek, March 22 (IANS): Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah was sworn in as the first female president of Namibia after winning elections last year.At a ceremony on Friday that coincided with Namibia's 35th anniversary o
Washington, March 22 (IANS): US President Donald Trump has reiterated that he will exert flexibility on tariff policies, but his administration's new levies on goods coming into the United States would "basical
Naypyidaw, March 21 (IANS) The Lashio residents of Myanmar, who were displaced by fighting between the Junta and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), have called on China to stop interfering i
Seoul, March 21 (IANS) Russia's top security official met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang on Friday and discussed the war in Ukraine and other security issues, including the Korean Peninsula, Russi
Kathmandu, March 21 (IANS) A day after she returned to Kathmandu after participating in the Raisina Dialogue held in New Delhi, Nepal's Foreign Minister Arzu Rana Deuba on Friday stated that significant steps h
Jakarta, March 21 (IANS) Mount Lewotobi, located in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province, erupted, prompting the Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation to raise the alert status to the hig
Brussels, March 21 (IANS) The growing relationship between India and the European Union (EU), strategic partners since 2004, was discussed extensively during a dialogue titled 'EU-India Relations: What next
Islamabad, March 21 (IANS) Islamabad has refused to extend the deportation deadline for Afghan Citizen Card (ACC) holders currently residing in Pakistan, maintaining that all undocumented foreigners need to lea
Washington, March 21 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said that he will sign a rare earth minerals deal with Ukraine "very shortly.""We are doing good work with Ukraine and Russia. And one of the things we are