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Moscow, July 6 Moscow has informed Jakarta of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s intention to participate in the summit of the

By Ashis RayLondon, July 6 The governments of India and Pakistan may be at daggers drawn. But Indian and Pakistani

Islamabad, July 6 A local court in Islamabad on Wednesday extended till July 18 the interim bail of the PTI

Kabul, July 6 Supreme leader of the Taliban-run administration Haibatullah Akhundzada on Wednesday said that Afghanistan wants to have good

By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, July 6 Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan has warned of revealing all

Vienna/Abuja, July 6 Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo died in Nigeria at the age of

Vienna/Abuja, July 6 Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo died in Nigeria at the age of

By Hamza AmeerLahore, July 6 A Pakistan court has sentenced a Christian man to death after finding him guilty of

Abuja, July 6 Two persons in the convoy of cars carrying the advance team of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari were

London, July 6 In a fresh blow to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who recently survived a leadership challenge, three

Seoul, July 6 The presidential office here denied on Wednesday that South Korea first lady Kim Keon-hee received assistance from

Seoul, July 6 South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Wednesday expressed support for the normalisation of the monetary policy

Seoul, July 6 South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Wednesday expressed support for the normalisation of the monetary policy

Seoul, July 6 South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol ordered the military on Wednesday to swiftly punish North Korea in case

Kiev, July 6 Five civilians were killed in shelling by Russian forces in Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast. “Russia continues to kill

By Sumi KhanDhaka, July 6 Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that a “Bangalee nation never bows to anyone”.

Seoul, July 6 More South Koreans disapprove of the way President Yoon Suk-yeol handles state affairs for the third straight

Seoul, July 6 Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard was given an honorary citizenship of Seoul on Wednesday in recognition of

Istanbul, July 6 Turkey has established a ministerial council with Bulgaria, Hungary and Serbia to boost regional transport and logistics

Tashkent, July 6 Five rockets presumably fired from neighboring Afghanistan fell on the border town of Termez in the south

Buenos Aires, July 6 The Argentine government reiterated its commitment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) debt programme, but raised

Chicago, July 6 The death toll of a massive shooting during a July 4 parade in the Chicago suburb of

Ottawa, July 6 Canadian farmers reported planting 25.4 million acres of wheat in 2022, up 8.7 per cent from 2021,

London, July 6 In a big blow to UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who recently survived a leadership challenge, two

By Arul LouisUnited Nations, July 5 UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has appointed Lt Gen. Mohan Subramanian as the commander

By Ashok NilakantanNew York, July 5 Pope Francis of the Catholic church in Vatican has condemned the Chicago killings as

Zhejiang, July 5 A former student leader of the 1989 protest movement at Hangzhou University in the eastern Chinese province

Kandahar, July 5 Mullah Omar, the elusive and reclusive one-eyed founder of the Taliban, once hid his personal vehicle by

Washington, July 5 Partners in the Blue Pacific, established late last month by the US, Australia and three other allies,

Karachi, July 5 Pakistan Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon said on Tuesday that the April 26 Karachi University suicide

Washington, July 5 The Pentagon is working on a new plan to rise above competition from China and Russia: balloons,

St. Petersburg, July 5 A multi-millionaire Russian businessman has been shot dead at his mansion, the latest elite with links

By Hamza AmeerPeshawar, July 5 After a polio health worker and at least two security officials were shot dead by

By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, July 5 Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has slammed former Prime Minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman

Moscow, July 5 Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has denied media reports suggesting that Chinese President Xi Jinping refused to visit

Jakarta, July 5 The Indonesian government on Tuesday raised the status of public mobility restrictions to level 2 in the

By Susitha FernandoColombo, July 5 A total of 13 people have died while waiting in long queues for fuel in

Canberra, July 5 The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) on Tuesday raised interest rates by 0.50 basis points (BPS), bringing

Hanoi, July 5 Vietnam posted a budget collection of 932.9 trillion VND ($39 billion) in the first half of 2022,

Manila, July 5 The year-on-year inflation in the Philippines accelerated to 6.1 per cent in June from 5.4 per cent

Jakarta, July 5 A search and rescue operation was underway on Tuesday for 15 Indonesian fishermen who went missing after

Sydney, July 5 Health authorities in New South Wales (NSW) on Tuesday warned that the most populous state of Australia

Beijing, July 5 Canadian officials say they have been barred from the trial of billionaire Xiao Jianhua by Chinese authorities.

Ramallah, July 5 Palestine has rejected the results of a ballistic probe by a US team into the bullet that

Khartoum, July 5 The chairman of Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council announced that the country’s military will not participate in talks

Ottawa, July 5 A final settlement agreement, the largest in Canada’s history, has been signed on compensation for the First

By Susitha FernandoColombo, July 5 Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that India had to limit the loan assistance

Beijing, July 5 Several Chinese property developers have said they would accept produce, including peaches, watermelons and garlic, as down

Sanaa, July 5 Three Yemeni soldiers were killedin a drone strike launched by the Houthi militia in the country’s southern

Beijing, July 5 Researchers in the eastern Chinese province of Anhui say they have developed a device that can determine

Beijing, July 5 China has rejected claims by the US space chief that Beijing might be contemplating a “takeover” of

Islamabad, July 5 At least 10 Pakistani soldiers were injured, three of them seriously, when a suicide bomber attacked a

Frankfurt, July 5 The European Central Bank (ECB) on Monday announced measures to incorporate climate change into its monetary policy

Sanaa, July 5 Yemen’s internationally-recognized government has authorised the deployment of troops to confront terror groups and secure state institutions

Philadelphia, July 5 Just hours after six people were killed in a mass shooting incident in Chicago during Fourth of

Tripoli, July 5 The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that 633 illegal migrants were returned to Libya after being

Ankara, July 5 Turkey’s annual inflation surged to 78.62 per cent in June, the highest since 1998, according to official

Kiev, July 5 The US is considering the possibility of providing training to the Ukrainian military, says Washington’s Ambassador to

Tehran, July 5 Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has slammed the “irresponsible” move by the US and the E3 group of

Paris, July 5 French President Emmanuel Macron has reshuffled his Cabinet for the second time in six weeks, the Elysee

Cairo, July 5 Egypt’s Suez Canal Authority (SCA) reported record-breaking revenue of $7 billion for the fiscal year 2021/2022, up

Beirut, July 5 Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati expressed his opposition in taking unofficial actions to deal with the maritime

Addis Ababa, July 5 The UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM) disclosed that it needs $93.4 million in funding to

Tokyo, July 5 Japan’s ruling coalition of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and Komeito is headed for victory in the

Juba, July 5 The UN has appealed for $400 million to provide minimum humanitarian aid to South Sudan amid multiple

Seoul, July 5 South Korea’s consumer prices rose at the fastest clip in nearly 24 years in June, mainly due

Chicago, July 5 The 22-year-old suspect of a mass shooting during a Fourth of July parade in the Chicago suburb

Kiev, July 5 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that his country is presently negotiating with Turkey and the UN

Kabul, July 5 Ramiz Alakbarov, officer-in-charge of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), said that he wants to see

Kabul, July 5 The Taliban-led government in Kabul has claimed that 4,559 Afghan refugees were expelled from Iran and Pakistan

Lugano, July 5 Tasked with establishing the principles and framework for the future reconstruction of the conflict-torn country, a two-day

Jerusalem, July 5 Israel has said that tests of the bullet that killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh could

Rome, July 5 The death toll from a dramatic landslide caused by a melting glacier has climbed to seven a

By Yashwant RajWashington, July 5 US police are looking for a 22-year-old man who opened fire on a July 4

Kiev, July 5 Ukrainian presidential advisor Oleksiy Arestovych has described as “successful” Ukraine’s military operation in the key cities in

By Sumi KhanDhaka, July 5 Prime Minister of Bangladesh and the President of Awami League, the ruling party in the

Jerusalem, July 5 Israel and Poland have agreed to improve their ties, which were stained over Polish legislation to limit

Chicago, July 4 At least five people were killed and 16 others injured in shooting at a July 4 Independence

Chicago, July 4 Several people were shot at a July 4 Independence Day parade near the US’ Chicago city on

By Ashok NilakantanNew York, July 4 The Senate House Committee probing ex-President Donald Trump’s alleged involvement in the Capitol Hills

Beijing, July 4 Moscow supports expanding the UN Security Council (UNSC), but not by admitting Germany and Japan, Russian Ambassador

Moscow, July 4 In just two weeks, Ukraine has lost almost 5,500 troops, including over 2,000 killed, Russian Defence Minister

Islamabad, July 4 A woman was raped by the conductor of a private bus during her travel from Bhakkar to

Quetta, July 4 Maulana Hidayatur Rehman Baloch, who led the Gwadar rights movement, has threatened to close the Gwadar port

Sydney, July 4 Floods triggered by heavy rainfall across Australia’s southeast coast since last week has once again inundated Sydney

Lagos, July 4 An investigation is underway into a case of suspected abduction of 77 people by church pastors in

Seoul, July 4 South Korea’s electricity demand touched a fresh all-time high in June as the country was struck by

Karachi, July 4 The government of Pakistan’s Sindh province announced that it will lift the restrictions placed on market timings

Islamabad, July 4 Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has ordered an early resumption of power generation from the plants closed

Kiev, July 4 Ukrainian forces have withdrawn from their positions in Lysychansk after the key eastern city in the separatist

Copenhagen, July 4 Three people were killed and several others injured, three of them critically, during a shooting at a

Copenhagen, July 4 Several people were hit in a shooting incident that has taken place at the Field’s shopping centre

Accra, July 4 Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged member states of the Economic Community of West African

Jerusalem, July 4 Israeli researchers have reassembled three ancient pottery jars that dated to about 3,500 years ago, the University

Tehran, July 4 Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani has said that the time and venue of a new

Tripoli, July 4 Libyan Prime Minister Abdul-Hamed Dbeibah has stressed the importance of the Security Directorates Support Force of the

Cairo, July 4 Two women were killed after being attacked by a shark south of Egypt’s Red Sea resort city

Dhaka, July 4 The toll from Bangladesh’s unprecedented floods has risen to more than 100, the authorities said. According to

Dhaka, July 4 Bangladesh saw exports soar more than 34 per cent to $52.08 billion in the 2021-22 fiscal year

Copenhagen, July 3 Several people were injured in firing at a shopping centre in the Danish capital on Sunday, but

Copenhagen, July 3 Several people were injured in firing at a shopping centre in the Danish capital on Sunday, but

London, July 3 British-Pakistani businessman and property developer Aneel Mussarat has won a defamation case against Indian broadcaster Republic Bharat

Washington, July 3 A Chinese attack on Taiwan is not imminent, the top US general says, but the US is

Moscow/Kiev, July 3 Russia on Sunday said that its troops along with separatist forces have taken “full control” of the

By Susitha FernandoColombo, July 3 With no fuel for transportation, Sri Lanka on Sunday declared a week-long holiday for schools

Ramallah/Gaza, July 3 A 68-year-old female Palestinian prisoner died Saturday morning in an Israeli prison, with the exact reason unknown,

Hong Kong, July 3 The Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM), located in the West Kowloon Cultural District of the Hong

Mogadishu, July 3 Somali National Army (SNA) said on Sunday its elite forces Danab killed at least 40 al-Shabab militants

Seoul, July 3 South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s disapproval rating surpassed his approval rating in a poll released on Sunday.

Islamabad, July 3 At least 19 passengers were killed and 12 others injured when a passenger bus fell into a

Kiev, July 3 The UK Ministry of Defence, in its latest intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine, has said

Islamabad, July 3 The Pakistani government’s “intrusive” attitude towards the media was evident during the Imran Khan government when those

Islamabad, July 3 A new alleged audio of Imran Khan’s wife Bushra Bibi has emerged in which she is instructing

Seoul, July 3 South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is expected to appoint Army General Kim Seung-kyum as the new head

Kathmandu, July 3 India on Sunday gifted 75 ambulances and 17 school buses to various governmental and non-governmental, not-for-profit organisations

Karachi, July 3 Families of Baloch missing persons and the Baloch Solidarity Committee organiser met senior Sindh police officials regarding

Kiev, July 3 The Ukrainian Armed Forces claimed on Sunday that it “has killed about 35,970 Russian soldiers between February

Buenos Aires, July 3 Argentine Economy Minister Martin Guzman has submitted his resignation from the post he has held since

Paris, July 3 French multinational hospitality company Accor has announced the Orient Express train linking Paris to Austria’s capital Vienna

Ramallah, July 3 A senior Palestinian official has said that the bullet which killed veteran Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh

Damascus, July 3 Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad has said his country welcomes any role played by Iran in easing

New York, July 3 New York State Governor Kathy Hochul has signed into law a bill restricting concealed carry weapons

New York, July 3 New York State Governor Kathy Hochul has signed into law a bill restricting concealed carry weapons

Washington, July 3 Two adults died in northeast Washington, D.C. when the driver of a truck heading northbound on Minnesota

Kabul, July 3 The influx of counterfeit dollars on the market has added to the concerns of many business owners

Lisbon, July 3 Sixty-five flights were cancelled at Lisbon airport, causing long queues and thousands of passengers without accommodation and

Damascus, July 3 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has accused the Turkish leadership of committing aggression against Syria, even as Turkey

Baghdad, July 3 A soldier and a civilian were killed and four people wounded in two attacks by militants of

Belgrade, July 3 One migrant was killed and several were injured in a conflict between two migrant groups at the

Beirut, July 3 Lebanese President Michel Aoun has urged Arab leaders to unite in order to tackle the various challenges

Beirut, July 3 Lebanon Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib has said that Lebanon will be compelled to act in accordance

Tehran, July 3 At least five were killed and 84 wounded in three earthquakes measuring above magnitude 6 that shook

Paris, July 3 Due to a technical problem at the Paris Charles de Gaulle airport (CDG), at least 50 per

Kiev, July 3 Ukraine has earned $22.2 billion from exporting grain and oilseeds in the 2021-2022 marketing year, the state-run

Kabul, July 3 The Jirga, or grand assembly of religious scholars and elders, has urged for national support to the

Phnom Penh, July 3 The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) has praised the Cambodian government for appealing donations from the

By Yashwant RajWashington, July 2 Former US President Donald Trump is understood to be preparing to make an unusually early

Kabul, July 2 The US has confirmed holding talks on unfreezing Afghanistans foreign reserves with a high-level Taliban delegation in

Kathmandu, July 2 Dipendra Bahadur Chhetri, the former Governor of Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB), has said that the situation of

By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, July 2 Pakistan is battling an economic crisis as it struggles to manage depleting foreign reserves, handle

Bogota, July 2 The number of inmates who died after a fire broke out earlier this week during a prison

Rome, July 2 Prices in Italy were 8 per cent higher in June than a year earlier, marking the highest

Ankara, July 2 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that the country’s minimum wage would be hiked up in the

By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, July 2 Pakistan has lodged a strong protest against Indias recent blocking of many of its official

By Sumi KhanDhaka, July 2 Bangladesh’s ruling party, Awami League has sacked a local leader after he humiliated the principal

Kiev, July 2 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with visiting Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store to discuss further support

United Nations, July 2 Brazil has assumed the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council for July. During the

Tehran, July 2 Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said that the negotiations to revive the Iranian nuclear deal can

Paris, July 2 French President Emmanuel Macron met Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to discuss the future ties between the

Geneva, July 2 A senior UN official has provided an update on the humanitarian situation in Lebanon, saying that Lebanon’s

Tunis, July 2 Tunisian President Kais Saied has validated the draft of a new constitution and unveiled it to the

Tehran, July 2 A senior Iranian lawmaker has said that they still cannot express “definite optimism” that Washington will remove

Gaborone, July 2 In remembrance of Sir Seretse Khama, the founding President of Botswana, President Mokgweetsi Masisi has urged the

Berlin, July 2 German consumers must brace for higher food costs in the coming months, the Munich-based research centre, the

Ankara, July 2 Turkey has detained 13 Islamic State (IS) suspects in police raids in southern Mersin province, the state-run

Brussels, July 2 Inflation in the eurozone surged to a fresh record high, with consumer prices pumping 8.6 per cent

By Sumi KhanDhaka, July 2 The foreign diplomats of various countries to Bangladesh paid their tribute to the victims killed

Karachi, July 1 The police in Karachi detained 27 employees of a mobile phone company on Friday following a violent

Hong Kong, July 1 Just 25 years after the handover, Hong Kong is no longer the world’s freest economy and

Washington, July 1 China’s efforts to turn its far-western Xinjiang into a manufacturing powerhouse could force more Uyghurs to work

Multan, July 1 Pictures of slain Indian singer Sidhu Moosewala have been used in campaign posters of Zain Qureshi —

New Delhi, July 1 India and Pakistan on Friday through diplomatic channels simultaneously at New Delhi and Islamabad exchanged the

Suva, July 1 Fiji on Friday reintroduced more stringent Covid-19 safety measures as the island nation has reported a resurgence

Kabul, July 1 Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada attended the ongoing Loya Jirga or grand assembly of Afghan religious scholars

Washington, July 1 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended vaccine manufacturers to develop booster shots against Covid-19

Canberra, July 1 Australian Health Minister Mark Butler on Friday warned that Covid-19 isolation requirements would remain in place despite

Seoul, July 1 Online shopping in South Korea continued to increase in May as the lifting of virus curbs bolstered

Hong Kong, July 1 Critics think that Beijing has shattered this promise in recent years with a restrictive national security

Canberra, July 1 Australian flag carrier Qantas, and its subsidiary, Jetstar, are expecting to fly more than 350,000 domestic passengers

Phnom Penh, July 1 Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday released more than 1 million fry and 200,000 young

Manila, July 1 Newly-appointed Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos swore in career diplomat Luis Enrique Manalo as the country’s new

Seoul, July 1 South Korea’s National Human Rights Commission on Friday installed its first new vice minister-level officer in charge

Wellington, July 1 New Zealand and the European Union (EU) have concluded negotiations on a major free trade agreement (FTA),

Canberra, July 1 A fleet of patrol boats that Australia gifted to its Pacific island neighbours were found to have

Washington, July 1 A shooting in the US city of Newark has left nine people injured, multiple media outlets reported.

Canberra, July 1 A new report published on Friday revealed that the number of extreme bushfire weather days in Australia

United Nations, July 1 The UN Security Council has renewed the sanctions imposed on the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Beijing, July 1 Trade between the Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland has surged more than sixfold in 25 years,

Washington, July 1 In a second such incident this week, a woman was gored by a bull bison in Yellowstone

Rome, July 1 Italy’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved a measure providing billions of euros in tax cuts and financing

Washington, July 1 The US Supreme Court has sided with conservative states and fossil-fuel companies, agreeing that the federal Environmental

Houston, July 1 Four people were killed and three others seriously injured in a car crash involving a migrant smuggling

Berlin, July 1 A new regulation has come into force in Germany under which most Covid-19 tests are no longer

Rome, July 1 Italy has updated heath protocols in the workplace, as the main Covid-19 indicators in the country have

Seoul, July 1 North Korean health authorities have concluded that its Covid-19 outbreak originated in an area bordering South Korea

Ottawa, July 1 Canada’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth slowed to 0.3 per cent in April with an advance

Kiev, July 1 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will announce news regarding his country’s European Union (EU) membership negotiations on Friday.

Bogota, July 1 Colombian President-elect Gustavo Petro has confirmed that renowned economist Jose Antonio Ocampo will serve as his Finance

Brasilia, July 1 Inflation in Brazil in 2022 will exceed the official target ceiling, with the year’s price index reaching

Paris, July 1 The International Energy Agency (IEA) has outlined that nuclear power can help countries in securing energy transitions.

Baku, July 1 Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has announced that the country, which currently chairs the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), put

Sanaa, July 1 Yemen’s Houthi group has sent a delegation to Jordan’s capital Amman to resume the UN-sponsored truce talks

Tunis, July 1 Tunisia has published the draft of a new constitution on its official bi-weekly gazette. The draft constitution,

Prague, July 1 An informal European Union (EU) summit will be held in the Czech capital Prague on October 6-7,

United Nations, July 1 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a more holistic approach to road safety. He made

Geneva, July 1 Under the auspices of the UN, a new round of high-level meeting on the Libya Constitutional Track

Tehran, July 1 The Iranian Foreign Minister described as “positive” the latest round of talks on the revival of the

Tehran, July 1 Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said that the Caspian Sea littoral states refused to allow any foreign

Washington, July 1 Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in to formally become an associate justice of the US Supreme Court,

Tunis, July 1 Three illegal migrants died and three others went missing after a boat carrying 17 migrants sank off

Madrid, July 1 The 2022 NATO Summit ended in Madrid amid mounting criticism of the military alliance’s increasingly aggressive and

Kiev, July 1 Ukraine has began exporting electricity to Europe, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said. “The long-awaited export of

Islamabad, July 1 Pakistan’s Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) has said that it has seized 7,792 kg of drugs and arrested 68

Tokyo, July 1 An elementary school in Japan’s southernmost prefecture of Okinawa held a memorial service to remember the lives

By Arul LouisNew York, July 1 An Indian-origin entrepreneur with ambitious goals of developing virtual-world technologies has been arrested and

By Sumi KhanDhaka, June 30 The International Crimes Tribunal-1 (ICT-1) of Bangladesh on Thursday sentenced Pakistan-backed fugitive war criminal Md

Peshawar, June 30 The chief of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud, has said that while peace talks

London, June 30 Vladimir Putin has hit back at western leaders who mocked his athletic exploits, saying it would be

Melbourne, June 30 Chinese ‘nationalists’ have clashed with Hong Kong human rights protesters at a China versus Australia basketball match,

Kathmandu, June 30 Indias new Ambassador to Nepal, Naveen Srivastava, who has arrived in Kathmandu to take up his assignment,

Auckland, June 30 New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has urged the democratic nations to stand firm as China becomes

Kabul, June 30 The much-awaited Loya Jirga or grand assembly of Afghan religious scholars and elders opened in Kabul on

Brisbane, June 30 The Australian state of Queensland eased several of its remaining Covid-19 restrictions on Thursday, despite the high

Dhaka, June 30 The Bangladesh government and the World Bank have signed a 515 million financing agreement to help 9

Hanoi, June 30 Vietnam received nearly 602,000 international arrivals in the first six months of this year, a seven-fold increase

Lahore, June 30 In a major setback to the PML-N government in Pakistan’s Punjab province, the Lahore High Court (LHC)

Tel Aviv, June 30 Israeli lawmakers on Thursday unanimously voted to dissolve Parliament, after Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s fragile coalition

Tokyo, June 30 Ongoing concerns over a blackout in Tokyo were further raised on Thursday as a thermal power plant

Shanghai, June 30 Shanghai Disneyland reopened on Thursday, after more than three months of closure in the wake of a

Sydney, June 30 New South Wales (NSW) has resumed its position as Australia’s top destination for domestic and international travellers

Houston, June 30 Four men have been charged after 53 migrants died in a sweltering 18-wheeler in San Antonio, a

Washington, June 30 The US House select committee investigating the January 2021 Capital riot has subpoenaed former White House counsel

Lisbon, June 30 European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde said that the world “will not return to the low-inflation

New York, June 30 A class of viruses known to cause severe diarrhoeal diseases can grow in the salivary glands

Aden, June 30 A car bomb explosion struck a motorcade of a high-ranking security official in Yemen’s southern port city

Dublin, June 30 More than three million passengers travelled through Irish airports in May, an over 18-fold increase year-on-year, the

Islamabad, June 30 The Pakis­tan Telecommunication Au­­thority (PTA) took up the blocking of official accounts of Pakistani missions by India

Seoul, June 30 Tours to the inter-Korean truce village of Panmunjom will resume in July after months of suspension caused

Washington, June 30 The US economy shrank at an annual rate of 1.6 per cent in the first quarter in

Quito, June 30 Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso has declared a 30-day state of emergency in four provinces of Azuay, Imbabura,

Manila, June 30 Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the son of late Filipino leader Ferdinand Marcos, was sworn in as the 17th

Kiev, June 30 Ukraine and Russia carried out their largest prisoner exchange since the beginning of the ongoing war on

Washington, June 30 US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer said that he will officially step down from the bench on

By Arul LouisUnited Nations, June 30 An “F-Bomb” hurled by a Syrian activist struck the UN Security Council in a

Kabul, June 30 A Taliban delegation led by acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has left for Doha where they

Houston, June 30 The death toll of migrants found inside a sweltering 18-wheeler in San Antonio, a city in Texas

Paris, June 30 A French court has handed down guilty verdicts to 20 men accused of involvement in the 2015

Manila, June 30 Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the son of late leader Ferdinand Marcos, will be sworn in as the 19th

Kiev, June 30 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has addressed a NATO summit through a video link, urging more defence and

Manama, June 30 Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa met with visiting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, where they

United Nations, June 30 UN peacekeepers routed members of armed groups occupying Ouanda-Djalle, the Central African Republic (CAR), allowing displaced

Khartoum, June 30 The Sudanese government has expressed commitment to restraint and non-escalation amid the mounting crises between Sudan and

Khartoum, June 30 Chairman of Sudan’s ruling Transitional Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan has said that the Sudanese Armed Forces

Moscow, June 30 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov addressed global food security issues during a telephone conversation with United Nations

Beirut/Jerusalem, June 30 An official of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has said the UN peacekeeping forces

Paris, June 30 The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have

United Nations, June 30 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has announced the appointment of Najat Rochdi of Morocco as deputy special

Tehran, June 30 Indirect talks between Iran and the US held in the Qatari capital of Doha have not yet

Beirut, June 30 Lebanese President Michel Aoun has said his country remains committed to the implementation of the UN Security

Berlin, June 30 The upward trend in prices in Germany is slowing down as inflation declined to 7.6 per cent