DUBAI, May 22 (Reuters): Iran's Supreme Leader on Friday denounced Israel as a "tumor" to be eliminated and hailed Tehran's supply of arms to Palestinians, drawing swift condemnation from
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HONG KONG/BEIJING/WASHINGTON, May 22 (Reuters) - China is set to impose new national security legislation on Hong Kong after last year's pro-democracy unrest, a Chinese official said on Thursday, drawi
Washington, May 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has announced that he was withdrawing from the Open Skies Treaty, a multilateral agreement to guarantee transparency regarding weapons control, and accus
IANS Photo. Colombo, May 22 (IANS): At least three women were killed and nine others injured in a stampede during the distribution of coronavirus-related aid in the Sri Lankan capital, police
HONG KONG, May 22 (Reuters) - Hong Kong activists called on Friday for people to rise up against Beijing's plans to impose national security legislation in the city, prompting alarm that the new laws
IANS File Photo. Ottawa, May 22 (IANS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged citizens to continue taking the COVID-19 pandemic seriously as a possible second wave of the deadly disease
IANS FIle Photo. New York, May 22 (IANS) Michael Cohen, US President Donald Trump's former personal attorney and fixer, was released from a federal prison into home confinement in New York
New Delhi, May 22 (PTI): China, the second-largest military spender after the United States, has hiked its defence budget from last year's $177.6 billion to $179 billion, nearly three times that of India, t
IANS FIle Photo. Washington, May 22 (IANS) The US Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump's nominee, Texas Congressman John Ratcliffe as the next Director of National Intelligence (DNI
Beijing, May 22 (IANS) A draft decision on establishing and improving the legal system and enforcement mechanisms for Hong Kong to safeguard national security was submitted to China's national legislature f
IANS File Photo. Washington, May 22 (IANS): US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that the administration will carefully review the economic situation in the next few weeks, and that there
Islamabad, May 22 (IANS) The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Pakistan has increased to 50,694 with 1,067 deaths, the Health Ministry said in its latest update on Friday. A total of 2,603 new
IANS File Photo. Washington, May 22 (IANS): The number of initial unemplyment claims in the US totalled to 2.4 million last week as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to sweep the nation, the Lab
IANS File Photo. London, May 22 (IANS): London Mayor Sadiq Khan has called on all major retailers across the UK capital to sell non-medical face mass in all of their stores to help combat the
IANS Photo. Tehran, May 22 (IANS) Iran has condemned the new US sanctions on a number of Iranian institutions and individuals. The new sanctions are a sign of the US' "failure,
New Delhi, May 22 (PTI): The deadly coronavirus came from China and the United States is not going to take it lightly, Donald Trump said on Thursday. "It came from China. We are not happy abou
Washington, May 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the US would not close in the case of a second coronavirus wave. "People say that's a very distinct possibility. I
Rome, May 22 (IANS) The coronavirus infection curve has continued downward overall in Italy, three months after the pandemic officially broke out in the country's northern Lombardy region on February 21.
Washington, May 22 (IANS) The overall number of global coronavirus cases has surged to over 5.1 million, while the death toll stood at 332,900, according to the Johns Hopkins University. As of Frid
WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters): The World Bank on Thursday approved a record $500 million in grants and low-interest loans to help countries in Africa and the Middle East fight swarms of desert locusts that
