INTERNATIONAL

New York, Jan 19 A suspected gas explosion and subsequent fire in New York City’s Bronx borough killed one person

Brussels, Jan 19 Maltese lawmaker Roberta Metsola has been elected as president of the European Parliament (EP), the third woman

United Nations, Jan 19 The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is leading an inter-agency assessment team

Paris, Jan 19 The Covid-19 situation continues to worsen in France, with 464,769 new cases detected in a day, it

Riyadh, Jan 19 South Korean President Moon Jae-in held talks with Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin

Jerusalem, Jan 19 Israel has condemned Monday’s deadly Houthi attack in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and promised to offer

Washington, Jan 19 The US takes very seriously the threat posed by North Korea’s “improving” missile programs, Pentagon Press Secretary

Jakarta, Jan 19 Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Tuesday asked his people to reduce mobility, avoid crowds and work from

New Delhi, Jan 18 Six months after the collapse of the Afghan government led by the former President Ashraf Ghani,

New Delhi, Jan 18 At least five people were injured in an explosion near a railway track in the Mashkaf

New Delhi, Jan 18 An article written by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan about the ‘Spirit of Riyasat-i-Madina has drawn

New Delhi, Jan 18 Synagogue terrorist Malik Faisal Akram was being watched by British spies in the months before his

Colombo, Jan 18 Battered by mounting debt and dollar crises with no cash to buy fuel and all stocks have

Canberra, Jan 18 Australia recorded its highest ever number of Covid-19 deaths on Tuesday, as the latest resurgence continued to

Houston, Jan 18 The Fifth US Circuit Court of Appeals has sent a legal challenge filed by abortion clinics against

Ramallah, Jan 18 Palestine has warned Israel against evicting Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem. “The Israeli attempts

New Delhi, Jan 18 The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has directed the Additional Attorney General (AAG) to ensure that its

Brussels, Jan 18 Eurogroup President Paschal Donohoe said that high inflation will last longer than initially expected but is expected

Seoul, Jan 18 South Korea’s Defence Minister Suh Wook on Tuesday called for a “firm” readiness posture following a series

Mexico City, Jan 18 Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said the pace of the country’s economic recovery has remained

Los Angeles, Jan 18 In the past one day, the Los Angeles County reported 31,576 new Covid-19 cases, nearly 10

By Sanjeev SharmaNew Delhi, Jan 18 The Taliban rule has had a devastating impact on Afghan women and girls, according

New York, Jan 18 A winter storm hit the mid-Atlantic and northeast US, causing widespread travel disruption and knocking out

Seoul, Jan 18 Lottery sales in South Korea rose 10.3 per cent on-year to reach an all-time high last year

By Sanjeev SharmaNew Delhi, Jan 18 Ahmad Waqass Goraya, an exiled Pakistani activist who was the ISIs target for a

Colombo, Jan 18 Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said on Tuesday that his country does not want to get caught

KIev, Jan 18 Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that he will hold a meeting with his German and French

Frankfurt, Jan 18 Passenger numbers at Frankfurt airport picked up in 2021 after the easing of some Covid-19 restrictions, it

Rome, Jan 18 Two more Italian regions moved to an upper pandemic risk level, as health authorities signalled the wave

Beirut, Jan 18 Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi has denied claims about a terrorist attack that allegedly took place on

Brussels, Jan 18 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that she had cancelled her appointments at the European

Tel Aviv, Jan 18 The number of unemployed people in Israel declined to about 262,100 at the end of 2021,

Washington, Jan 18 It is very early to say if Omicron will lead to an end to the Covid-19 pandemic,

United Nations, Jan 18 The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Lebanon said that has allocated

Nuku’alofa, Jan 18 Around 80 per cent of power has been restored in Tonga’s capital city of Nuku’alofa, but internet

Tripoli, Jan 18 Libyan Deputy Prime Minister Hussein Al-Gatrani has suggested expanding two overcrowded correction facilities in the eastern part

Seoul, Jan 18 The South Korean instant meals market jumped more than 145 per cent in 2020 from four years

Seoul, Jan 18 The presidential candidates of South Korea’s ruling and main opposition parties will have their first one-on-one TV

Seoul, Jan 18 Deposits will be needed to buy drinks using disposable cups at cafes and fast-food chains across South

Wellington, Jan 18 New Zealand is ready to assist Tonga in its recovery from the massive undersea volcanic eruption and

Jakarta, Jan 18 Indonesian President Joko Widodo visited the construction site of the Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Railway (HSR) No. 2

Dubai, Jan 18 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) was and continues to be one of the pioneering countries in the

Tehran, Jan 18 Iran is ready to reopen its embassy in Saudi Arabia, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said. Addressing reporters

Washington, Jan 18 Americans’ approval of the White House’s response towards the Covid-19 pandemic has hit a new low, according

The Hague, Jan 18 The Jewish family of Anne Frank hiding in Amsterdam during World War Two was most likely

Tel Aviv, Jan 18 Israel’s former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pursuing a plea deal in his corruption trial, according

United Nations, Jan 18 The UN and its partner agencies are readying relief efforts for the remote South Pacific island

Washington, Jan 18 A volcanologist from the US Geological Survey (USGS) said that whether there would be more volcanic blasts

Kabul, Jan 18 UN humanitarians and partners have provided food assistance to more than 9 million Afghans since the Taliban

United Nations, Jan 18 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for diplomatic talks between North Korea and all parties concerned

Sydney, Jan 18 Ongoing volcanic upheavals are expected to follow the massive January 15 eruption off the coast of Tonga,

Washington, Jan 18 US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that the country’s economy “has never worked fairly for Black Americans”

Washington, Jan 18 Covid-19 cases and deaths at US nursing homes are rising to a new peak amid the Omicron

Warsaw, Jan 18 Poland’s Health Minister Adam Niedzielski has said that the fifth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic has come

Washington, Jan 18 Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 330.2 million, while the

Qala-E-Naw, Jan 18 At least 12 people were killed and many others injured after a magnitude 5.6 earthquake hit Afghanistan’s

Moscow, Jan 18 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has addressed the situation concerning the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)

Budapest, Jan 18 About 30 people, including a 102-year-old man, have received the fourth Covid-19 vaccine dose in Hungary following

London, Jan 18 London’s famous red buses are in danger of being forced off the streets in a funding row

By Sumi KhanDhaka, Jan 18 Awami League (AL), the Bangladesh’s ruling party, has called for taking necessary steps to ensure

Yangon, Jan 18 Myanmar reported 42 more Covid-19 cases of the Omicron variant on Monday, bringing the tally to 118,

New Delhi, Jan 17 The former chief of militant outfit Islamic State-Khurasan (IS-K), Aslam Farooqi, was killed during a shootout

New Delhi, Jan 17 Yemen’s Houthi rebel group claimed responsibility for a “qualitative military operation” that struck areas deep inside

By Hamza AmeerIslamabad, Jan 17 The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), the central bank of the nation, has refused to

Geneva, Jan 17 Nearly $9 trillion, two-thirds of China’s total GDP, is at risk of disruption from nature loss. Making

Geneva, Jan 17 The Davos Agenda 2022 kicking off on Monday will provide an opportunity for world leaders to reflect

Tokyo, Jan 17 Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday reiterated his commitment to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic amid the

Beijing, Jan 17 China’s population has grown to 1.4126 billion by the end of last year, government data showed on

Wellington, Jan 17 A New Zealand Air Force C-130 Hercules departed for Tonga on Monday to airdrop fresh water and

New Delhi, Jan 17 Since August 17, 2018 when Imran Khan was sworn in as the countrys 22nd Prime Minister

Seoul, Jan 17 A South Korean man is in serious condition after setting himself on fire out of anger over

Lisbon, Jan 17 Eighty people are currently hospitalised in Portugal due to Covid-19, bringing the country’s total number to 1,813,

Jerusalem, Jan 17 Israel’s three major airlines will receive $100 million from the government to deal with the Omicron crisis,

Seoul, Jan 17 The planned expansion of the South Korea’s Covid-19 vaccine pass system to include 12- to 18-year-olds will

New Delhi, Jan 17 Two teenagers have been arrested in England as part of the investigation into a hostage-taking incident

Dhaka, Jan 17 In the wake of an ongoing Covid-19 resurgence, private and public testing facilities in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka

Seoul, Jan 17 Jailed former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak was admitted to a hospital on Monday for an unspecified

Nuku’alofa, Jan 17 The eruptions of theHunga Ha’apai valcano in Tonga over the weekend have had a significant impact on

Gaza, Jan 17 Leaders of rival Palestinian parties and Algerian officials started a meeting on resuming reconciliation dialogue in Algiers,

Los Angeles, Jan 17 Los Angeles County has reported 66 new Covid-19 fatalities, a record high since April 2, 2021,

Seoul, Jan 17 North Korea fired two suspected short-range ballistic missiles eastward from an airfield in Pyongyang on Monday, South

Kabul, Jan 17 A new survey has revealed that 95 per cent of Afghan journalists cannot cover events independently and

Islamabad, Jan 17 Pakistan’s National Security Adviser (NSA) Moeed Yufuf will lead a high-level inter-ministerial delegation to Kabul on Tuesday

Seoul, Jan 17 A North Korean freight train crossed a border bridge into the Chinese city of Dandong on Monday,

Dubai, Jan 17 The scheduled talks between visiting South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin

Washington, Jan 17 Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 327.7 million, while the

Paris, Jan 17 The French National Assembly, or the lower house of the Parliament, has adopted a law which will

Washington, Jan 17 US pediatric hospitalisations related to Covid-19 are at the highest level since the start of the pandemic,

Moscow, Jan 17 Russia will station troops on its own territory near the Ukrainian border due to tensions with the

Seoul, Jan 17 North Korea fired an unidentified projectile toward the East Sea on Monday, South Korea’s military said, in

Khartoum, Jan 17 The United Nations’ World Food Program (WFP) has decided to resume operations in western Sudan’s North Darfur

New York, Jan 17 Covid-19’s current crisis appears to be mirroring the projections made by officials and health experts that

Dubai, Jan 17 South Korea has signed a preliminary deal with the UAE to sell Seoul’s mid-range surface-to-air missiles to

San Francisco, Jan 17 The tsunami advisory triggered Saturday by a volcanic eruption near Tonga has been cancelled in the

Jerusalem, Jan 17 The Israeli health ministry announced 27,167 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, raising the country’s total number of

Singapore, Jan 17 Singapore reported 863 new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, bringing the total tally of the disease in

Jakarta, Jan 17 Indonesia on Sunday confirmed 855 new Covid-19 cases, raising the country’s tally to 4,271,649, according to the

By Sumi KhanDhaka, Jan 17 Police in Bangladesh have arrested the brother of banned Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) leader

New Delhi, Jan 16 UK Labour Party leader Keir Starmer has accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of breaking Covid laws

New Delhi, Jan 16 Displaced families living in a camp in the capital city of Balkh province of Afghanistan have

Beijing, Jan 16 Authorities in China have confirmed a local case of the Omicron strain in Beijing, even as the

New Delhi, Jan 16 The man who stormed a Texas synagogue on the Sabbath and was holding hostages before he

Mogadishu, Jan 16 A Somali government spokesman Mohamed Ibrahim Moalimuu was injured in a suicide car bombing in Mogadishu, the

Kabul, Jan 16 At least a child was killed and four security personnel were wounded after a roadside bomb blast

Kathmandu, Jan 16 Nepal on Sunday once again reminded India not to construct any roads in Nepali territory unilaterally. This

New Delhi, Jan 16 A hearing of incarcerated Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement (PTM)-linked MNA Ali Wazir’s case has been postponed once

Dubai, Jan 16 South Korea will speed up cooperation with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in key eco-friendly technologies for

Tripoli, Jan 16 A top official of the Presidency Council of Libya has stressed the need to support holding the

New Delhi, Jan 16 For many companies, doing business in China is getting trickier by the day. But Western banks

Jerusalem, Jan 16 Israel’s Minister of Finance Avigdor Lieberman said he has tested positive for Covid-19 and will isolate for

Jakarta, Jan 16 Hospitals in Indonesia are preparing to deal with cases of the more contagious Omicron variant of Covid-19,

Sanaa, Jan 16 The Yemen government army has recaptured Harib district in the oil-rich province of Marib from the Houthi

New Delhi, Jan 16 Pakistan is being driven mad by its protege, Taliban 2.0. And is in a fix, not

New Delhi, Jan 16 Pakistan defence authorities told the Lahore High Court’s Rawalpindi bench that Lieutenant General (retd) Javed Iqbal,

Kathmandu, Jan 16 Nepal on Sunday dispatched more than 14 tonnes of various relief materials on board a chartered flight

Ankara, Jan 16 Turkey will no longer require unvaccinated people to submit a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test result for

Tehran, Jan 16 Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN, said that negotiations were underway between Tehran

Houston, Jan 16 Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced on Sunday that “all hostages are out alive and safe” after an

Seoul, Jan 16 A North Korean freight train crossed the Yalu River railroad bridge into China on Sunday, multiple sources

Seoul, Jan 16 Forty per cent self-employed people in South Korea are considering closing their businesses due to sluggish sales

Seoul, Jan 16 Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party, on Sunday said he will resume

Riyadh, Jan 16 Chief negotiators of Iran and three European countries have temporarily returned to their home countries for consultations

Kabul, Jan 16 Reacting to Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s directive to send qualified and trained Pakistani manpower to Afghanistan,

Washington, Jan 16 Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 325.7 million, while the

Tehran, Jan 16 The Iranian ambassador to Spain has blasted Europe’s inaction in the face of US pullout from the

Istanbul, Jan 16 Turkey’s annual inflation rate will be in single digit when the country will hold its presidential and

Los Angeles, Jan 16 A day after there was no report of damage to the California coast by tsunami triggered

Tegucigalpa, Jan 16 A caravan of Honduran migrants left for the US from the northern city of San Pedro Sula.

San Francisco, Jan 16 Six people were injured after a shooting outside a concert hall in Eugene, US state of

Aden (Yemen), Jan 16 The Saudi Arabia-led coalition intensified its aerial bombardment against the Houthi militia in various regions of

Khartoum, Jan 16 The African Union (AU) has expressed readiness to support consensus among all political parties in Sudan to

Moscow, Jan 16 Russia registered 27,179 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, taking the nationwide tally to 10,774,304,

Kampala, Jan 16 Four school children have died in a fire outbreak in the Ugandan capital Kampala, Police has said.

New York, Jan 16 A winter storm, which is predicted to impact 100 million people in the US, is set

New York, Jan 16 The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its guidance on masks for

New York, Jan 16 The number of coronavirus infections among immigrants detained at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention

Tianjin, Jan 16 North China’s Tianjin municipality reported 39 locally-transmitted confirmed Covid-19 cases, the city’s health authority said. As of

Tokyo, Jan 16 The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has issued a tsunami warning following an earlier volcanic eruption in Tonga.

Singapore, Jan 16 Singapore reported 956 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the total tally of the disease in the country

Tehran, Jan 16 An Iranian lawmaker has said that Tehran and Riyadh are reviving their relations and preparing the ground

Kathmandu, Jan 15 In the wake of the recent boundary issue with Nepal, the government of India has said that

New Delhi, Jan 15 The Chinese spy at the heart of Whitehall boasted of lobbying ‘more than 480 MPs’ and

Wellington, Jan 15 New Zealands National Emergency Management Agency on Saturday issued a tsunami warning following a volcanic eruption in

Baghdad, Jan 15 Iraqi forces on Saturday thwarted an attack by three drones on an air base near Baghdad, the

Canberra, Jan 15 Australia’s Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Paul Kelly on Saturday said he was optimistic that the country’s Omicron

Jakarta, Jan 15 Over 900 houses and buildings were destroyed, and two people were injured after a strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake

Paris, Jan 15 The French national authority of health has officially approved the Nuvaxovid vaccine for Covid-19. “The data from

Rome, Jan 15 Industrial production in Italy rose above pre-pandemic levels in November 2021, while both business and consumer confidence

New Delhi, Jan 15 An increase in China-India trade in 2021, which reached a record high surpassing $125 billion amid

New Delhi, Jan 15 Pakistan has said special attention is required to manage lingering border disputes which continue to pose

Helsinki, Jan 15 Wholesale electricity prices in Finland hit a record high in 2021 as power consumption returned to pre-pandemic

Kiev, Jan 15 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has proposed holding a trilateral meeting with his US and Russian counterparts Joe

Riga, Jan 15 Riga, the capital of Latvia, was battered by gale-force winds during the strongest storm that hit the

New Delhi, Jan 15 Pakistan, under its policy of peace at home and abroad, wishes to improve its relationship with

Dar es Salaam, Jan 15 At least 62,585 animals have been killed by prolonged drought in Tanzania’s northern district of

Zagreb, Jan 15 Croatia’s population in 2021 stood at 3,888,529, down by 396,360 inhabitants, or 9.25 per cent from the

New Delhi, Jan 15 The Pakistan government has decided to offer permanent residency to foreign investors, especially to fetch heavy

Brussels, Jan 15 Excess mortality in the European Union (EU) reached 26.5 per cent in November 2021, Eurostat, the bloc’s

Ankara, Jan 15 Turkey said the first meeting between Turkish and Armenian envoys in Moscow was positive and that they

Hong Kong, Jan 15 The current anti-Covid pandemic measures in Hong kOng will be extended for 14 more days until

New Delhi, Jan 15 Education Cannot Wait (ECW) has announced a total of $91.7 million in catalytic grant financing for

Jakarta, Jan 15 The Indonesian government has lifted the entry ban on visitors from 14 countries to restore the country’s

Bangkok, Jan 15 Thai authorities have been trying to contain the price hike of necessities and goods, especially fresh meat

London, Jan 15 The gross domestic product (GDP) in Britain is estimated to have grown by 0.9 per cent in

Islamabad, Jan 15 Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has launched the public version of the country’s first-ever National Security Policy

Colombo, Jan 15 Sri Lanka is expected to record an economic growth of 5.5 per cent in 2022, with a

Kampala, Jan 15 Uganda is set to destroy more than 400,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines after they expired before being

Kabul, Jan 15 The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has welcomed the remarks of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calling on the

Ramallah, Jan 15 Dozens of Palestinian protesters were injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, medics said.

The Hague, Jan 15 Despite rising Covid-19 cases, the new Dutch government has lifted some of the current lockdown measures

Seoul, Jan 15 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned North Korea’s recent missile tests as a violation of multiple

Colombo, Jan 15 The Sri Lankan government said that the massive star sapphire cluster found in the country last year

Washington, Jan 15 A 14-year-old was arrested in connection with a fatal shooting in the US state of Washington, police

Seoul, Jan 15 South Korea’s new presidential jet entered service on Saturday for a three-nation trip by President Moon Jae-in

Washington, Jan 15 Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 323.1 million, while the

Kabul, Jan 15 Starting from Saturday onwards, ATMs in Afghanistan will become operational for the first time since the country’s

Kabul, Jan 15 The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has denied a new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report which said that

New Delhi/Moscow Jan 15 The situation in Ukraine and Kazakhstan have drawn the attention of the global community, though the

Hong Kong, Jan 15 The Airport Authority Hong Kong has said that Hong Kong will ban the transit of flight

Buenos Aires, Jan 15 Argentina again saw a record number of daily cases of Covid-19, detecting 139,853 new infections in

United Nations (New York), Jan 15 In addition to increasing needs, continued fighting in northern Ethiopia — including airstrikes —

Washington, Jan 15 US Federal Reserve officials signaled this week that the central bank could start raising interest rates in

Washington, Jan 15 US President Joe Biden has announced his nomination of three Federal Reserve officials, as he seeks to

New York, Jan 15 A firing drill for checking and judging the proficiency in the action procedures of the railway-borne

Lisbon, Jan 15 Another outbreak of bird flu was identified in an aviary in the central Portugal region, said the

Santiago, Jan 15 Chile registered 8,270 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours, seeing one of the highest peaks during

Ottawa, Jan 15 Canada reported 20,036 new Covid-19 cases, raising its national total to 2,706,977 cases with 31,306 deaths, according

Jakarta, Jan 15 A 6.6-magnitude earthquake jolted off the Banten province of Indonesia with strong tremors felt in the capital

London, Jan 15 Downing Street has apologised to Queen Elizabeth II for hosting two staff parties on the eve of

Berlin, Jan 15 The number of daily Covid-19 infections registered in Germany exceeded the 90,000 mark for the first time

Istanbul, Jan 15 Turkey’s first intelligence ship, TCG Ufuk, produced with national resources, was put into service in Istanbul as

New Delhi, Jan 15 Two decades back, they were considered to be archrivals as both the countries, India and Brazil,

Baghdad, Jan 15 Two bomb attacks targeted headquarters of two major Sunni parties in the Iraqi capital Baghdad without causing

Addis Ababa, Jan 15 The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Africa reached 10,245,090 cases, the Africa Centers for Disease

Moscow, Jan 15 Governor of the US state of Texas, Greg Abbott has criticised the White House for causing illegal

Istanbul, Jan 15 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson discussed cooperation opportunities between their countries

Yangon, Jan 15 Myanmar reported three more cases of Omicron variant of Covid-19, bringing the tally to 66, according to

Rabat, Jan 15 Morocco registered 8,501 new Covid-19 cases during the past 24 hours, bringing the overall case tally to

Ankara, Jan 15 Turkey has issued an arrest warrant for 19 suspected former police chiefs over their alleged links to

Islamabad, Jan 15 A terrorist was killed and two others were arrested during an exchange of fire with security forces

New Delhi, Jan 15 For Indians, Argentina stands for the ‘banana kick’ soccer magician Diego Maradona or yesteryears’ tennis player

Stockholm, Jan 15 Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has tested positive for Covid-19, her Press Secretary has said. Andersson’s Press

New Delhi, Jan 14 Allegations that a suspected Chinese spy has donated more than 500,000 pounds to a senior Labour

New Delhi, Jan 14 The Pakistan government is considering reimposing Coronavirus restrictions, particularly on weddings, due to an uptick in

Jakarta, Jan 14 An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale hit Indonesia on Friday, but there was no tsunami

Seoul, Jan 14 North Korea fired two suspected ballistic missiles eastward on Friday, after Pyongyang publicly warned earlier in the

Kabul, Jan 14 The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday that it has continued to expand its relief

Canberra, Jan 14 Authorities in several Australian states have remained steadfast that in-person classed would go ahead without delay at

London, Jan 14 Starting from January 17, the self-isolation period for fully vaccinated people in England who test positive for

By Sanjeev SharmaNew Delhi, Jan 14 China devoted resources to expanding mass surveillance systems nationwide, in the absence of meaningful

New Delhi, Jan 14 MI5, the UK’s domestic intelligence agency, has warned British lawmakers that a woman connected to the

Washington, Jan 14 US Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard said that reducing high inflation is the central bank’s “most important

Seoul, Jan 14 A South Korean court on Friday suspended the enforcement of the government’s vaccine pass programme at department

New Delhi, Jan 14 Global electricity demand surged in 2021, creating strains in major markets, pushing prices to unprecedented levels

By Sanjeev SharmaNew Delhi, Jan 14 The Chinese government’s rights record and its “wolf warrior” diplomacy resulted in increasingly negative

Vienna, Jan 14 The latest round of talks aimed at defusing tensions between Russia and the West within the framework

New York, Jan 14 A lawsuit has been filed against current and former owners of a residential building in the

Jakarta, Jan 14 The peak of the third Covid-19 wave in Indonesia triggered by the Omicron variant is expected to

Windhoek, Jan 14 Fully vaccinated Namibians, permanent residents and truck drivers will no longer be required to present a negative

By Sanjeev SharmaNew Delhi, Jan 14 With President Xi Jinping at the helm, the Chinese government doubled down on repression

Khartoum, Jan 14 A high-ranking Sudanese police officer was killed during fresh protests in capital Khartoum demanding a civilian rule

Seoul, Jan 14 North Korea fired an unidentified projectile eastward on Friday, hours after it warned of a “stronger and

Cape Town, Jan 14 The man who is suspected of setting fire to the South African Parliament, which gutted buildings

New Delhi, Jan 14 The trial of 31-year-old Gohir Khan, a British Pakistani based in the UK, began at the

New Delhi, Jan 14 For the first time in the history of Pakistan, petrol price is expected to hit 150

New Delhi, Jan 14 Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan faced an awkward situation during a meeting of the parliamentary party

By Sanjeev SharmaNew Delhi, Jan 14 Pakistani law enforcement agencies were responsible for numerous human rights violations, including detention without

Budapest, Jan 14 To keep the fifth Covid-19 wave under control, the Hungarian government announced that it would offer a

Baghdad, Jan 14 The Iraqi Federal Supreme Court has suspended the newly-elected Parliament Speaker and two deputies over lawsuits filed

Los Angeles, Jan 14 Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has announced that there were 397 homicides in the second largest

Seoul, Jan 14 The South Korean has government decided to raise the private gathering size limit to six while keeping

Addis Ababa, Jan 14 After a six-week surge, Africa’s fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic driven primarily by the Omicron

Dhaka, Jan 14 Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged unvaccinated people to get inoculated soon in order to protect

Sanaa, Jan 14 Fighter jets of the Saudi-led coalition forces struck a military camp controlled by the Houthis, t in

Islamabad, Jan 14 Pakistan’s National Assembly or lower house of parliament has passed the Finance (Supplementary) Bill 2021 to generate

London, Jan 14 The Buckingham Palace has announced that Duke of York Prince Andrew’s “military affiliations and royal patronages have

Seoul, Jan 14 North Korea on Friday warned that it will have to take “stronger and certain reaction” after the

Seoul, Jan 14 South Korea has extended its special advisory against overseas travel for another month amid the global spread

Seoul, Jan 14 South Korea is expected to temporarily ease restrictions on private gatherings starting next week while maintaining curfews

Madrid, Jan 14 The Spanish government has agreed to offer a booster dose against Covid-19 to everyone aged over 18

Kabul, Jan 14 The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that the rights of Afghan women

Canberra, Jan 14 An iconic Australian bird species is facing extinction within 20 years without urgent conservation action, scientists have

Washington, Jan 14 Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 319.8 million, while the

Beirut, Jan 14 The US will allow Lebanon to import natural gas and electricity from Egypt and Jordan through Syria,

Washington, Jan 14 The US Supreme Court has blocked the Joe Biden administration’s rule requiring employees at large US businesses

Santiago, Jan 14 Chile’s Health Ministry has said it registered more than 7,000 Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, after detecting

Baghdad, Jan 14 Several rockets hit the heavily fortified Green Zone that houses the US embassy in central Baghdad, wounding

Washington, Jan 14 The US has taken more actions to contain the new Covid-19 surge, including offering more free test

Moscow, Jan 14 Russia and the West disagreed on essential issues during this week’s negotiations in Geneva and Brussels, the

United Nations (New York), Jan 14 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the international community to take immediate action

United Nations, Jan 14 UN humanitarians have condemned increasing violence and the slaying of an aid worker in al-Hol, the

Lagos, Jan 14 The Nigerian Air Force has said its troops have rescued 26 people from gunmen on a highway

Jerusalem, Jan 14 Israel’s high-tech industry exports increased by 25 per cent in 2021 as compared to 2020, the country’s

Jakarta, Jan 14 Four people were killed after a train hit a minivan in Indonesia’s East Java province, an official

Zagreb, Jan 14 In the previous seven days, Croatia has recorded over 48,600 new Covid-19 cases, the highest weekly caseload

Los Angeles, Jan 14 Some 31 per cent of Asian American residents in San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles county,

Paris, Jan 14 French Health Minister, Olivier Veran has announced that he had tested positive for Covid-19. He had taken

Yangon, Jan 14 Myanmar reported 42 more cases of Omicron variant of Covid-19, bringing the tally to 63, according to

Beirut, Jan 14 Lebanese held a nationwide protest against soaring prices and deteriorating living conditions caused by the long-term economic

Ljubljana, Jan 14 Slovenia has launched a massive three-day vaccination campaign to curb the fast spread of the Omicron coronavirus

Washington, Jan 14 The US House has passed a package containing two pieces of voting rights legislation that are tied

Moscow, Jan 14 The peacekeeping forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) have begun the handover of socially significant

Berlin, Jan 14 The number of daily Covid-19 cases in Germany hit a new record of 81,417, around 17,000 more

New York, Jan 14 The federal government of the US is sending medical teams to New York, New Jersey, Ohio,

Tehran, Jan 14 Iran’s top human rights official has slammed the US for failing to honour its promises to close

Cairo, Jan 14 Arab League Secretary-General, Ahmed Aboul-Gheit has called for the “immediate release” of a United Arab Emirates (UAE)-flagged

New Delhi, Jan 13 A top Chinese consumer group has called for a boycott of a KFC meal promotion, saying

New Delhi, Jan 13 Over 5 million primary and high school students in China currently suffer from spinal deformities, with

New Delhi, Jan 13 Afghanistans electricity body, Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS), said that Uzbekistans power supply to the country

Seoul, Jan 13 A South Korean passenger jet carrying dozens of citizens departed on Thursday from a Kazakh airport, eight

By Sanjeev SharmaNew Delhi, Jan 13 The Pakistani passport has been ranked as the fourth worst for international travel for

Washington, Jan 13 US House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has rejected a request from the chamber’s Capitol riot probe committee

Brasilia, Jan 13 At least 10 people were killed and more than 13,000 others forced to evacuate from their homes

Dublin, Jan 13 The Irish government has announced a number of changes to its existing rules regarding the isolation and

Riyadh, Jan 13 Saudi Arabia aims to take advantage of its uranium resources to develop its nuclear power program, Energy

Copenhagen, Jan 13 Denmark’s massive revaccination drive since last November has helped the country mitigate the impact of the Omicron

Sanaa, Jan 13 Two Yemeni deminers were killed after an anti-tank mine exploded during a disposal operation in the country’s

Baghdad, Jan 13 Iraqi authorities have decided to ramp up health restrictions on arriving travellers and all domestic institutions amid

Nairobi, Jan 13 Kenya will leverage the rich culture of its more than 40 ethnic communities alongside the presence of

By Arul LouisNew York, Jan 13 US President Joe Biden’s nominee to be the top official dealing with sanctions has

London, Jan 13 An estimated 4.3 million people in private households across the UK had Covid-19 last week, up from

New Delhi, Jan 13 With no progress on a free trade deal with the US, and none expected in the

Tunis, Jan 13 From Thursday onwards, the Tunisian government will implement a new two-week curfew across the country to curb

Bangkok, Jan 13 Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered the launch of a new tourism campaign under the theme

Seoul, Jan 13 The US has announced that it sanctioned six North Korean individuals related to Pyongyang’s ballistic missile programmes

Seoul, Jan 13 South Korea and the US are considering postponing their combined springtime military exercise due to the March

Kabul, Jan 13 Dozens of Afghan women from all walks of live held a protest in Kabul demanding the Taliban

Washington, Jan 13 US President Joe Biden said he supports changing the Senate filibuster rule so as to make it

London, Jan 13 UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologised for attending a Downing Street garden party during the country’s

Kabul, Jan 13 The Taliban-led government will soon reopen universities across the country for both male and female students, but

By Ashis RayLondon, Jan 13 British International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan will on Thursday in New Delhi ceremonially launch negotiations

Washington, Jan 13 Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 315.3 million, while the

Sofia, Jan 13 Clashes between Bulgarian police and Covid-19 Green Pass opponents near the National Assembly building left at least

Shenzhen, Jan 13 South China’s metropolis of Shenzhen reported one new locally transmitted Covid-19 case, the municipal government announced at

Xining (China), Jan 13 No casualties have so far been reported following three aftershocks that jolted the Menyuan Hui autonomous

Berlin, Jan 13 The number of daily Covid-19 cases in Germany hit a new record of 80,430, according to data

United Nations (New York), Jan 13 Iran and Venezuela are among the eight countries whose rights to vote at the

Brussels, Jan 13 Talks between representatives of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and Russia concluded without a clear outcome,

By Sumi KhanDhaka, Jan 13 With the exchange rate of the taka depreciating 25 per cent in the last 13

Tripoli, Jan 13 The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said it provided medical supplies to a hospital

Washington, Jan 13 The US House panel investigating the January 6 Capitol riot has asked House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy

Washington, Jan 13 A new ensemble forecast from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) predicted that more

Athens, Jan 13 Greek officials have presented a series of action plans aimed to enhance the protection and integration of

Phnom Penh, Jan 13 Cambodia has said that a US private collector has agreed to return 28 looted Cambodian cultural

Washington, Jan 13 The highly contagious Omicron coronavirus variant has driven up the latest wave of the health crisis in

Berlin, Jan 13 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reiterated his support for mandatory Covid-19 vaccination in the country during his first

Beirut, Jan 13 Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati has called on all political parties to secure a meeting for the

Beirut, Jan 13 Visiting Austrian Foreign Affairs Minister, Alexander Schallenberg has said that his country will increase its humanitarian support

Geneva, Jan 13 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has cautioned and urged for preparedness against concurrent outbreaks of Covid-19 and

Cairo, Jan 13 Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has urged donor states to support the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)

Hanoi, Jan 13 Vietnam reported 16,135 new Covid-19 cases, including 16,066 locally transmitted and 69 imported, according to the Ministry

New Delhi/New York, Jan 12 India took part in the discussion on the hijacked UAE vessel ‘Rawabi’ in the UN

By Arul LouisNew York, Jan 12 The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday unanimously approved the nomination of Eric Garcetti

New Delhi, Jan 12 The latest US government data on inflation indicates that consumer prices are continuing their rapid rise

New Delhi, Jan 12 The daughter of incarcerated Pakistani human rights activist, Idris Khattak, has expressed concern over her fathers

New Delhi, Jan 12 Lashing out at the Pakistan government over the countrys economic situation and the deal with the

United Nations, Jan 12 Aid to Afghanistan and Syria, as well as vaccine equity demands were high on the 2021

Seoul, Jan 12 South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday called for more people to get their third Covid-19 vaccine

Seoul, Jan 12 Second Vice Foreign Minister of South Korea Choi Jong-moon tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, leading to

Kabul, Jan 12 An explosion in Kabul on Wednesday left two members of the Islamic Emirate forces injured, officials said.

New Delhi, Jan 12 Three persons in charge of a cargo handling company in the Chinese port city of Dalian,

Tripoli, Jan 12 The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said it started distribution of winter items to displaced Libyan

Chicago, Jan 12 Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday tested positive for Covid-19. “I am experiencing cold-like symptoms but otherwise

Seoul, Jan 12 South Korea’s drug safety agency on Wednesday authorised the use of US-based biotechnology company Novavax Inc.’s Covid-19

Seoul, Jan 12 President Moon Jae-in will use his trip to the Middle East later this week to explore opportunities

Seoul, Jan 12 Senior diplomats of South Korea and the US held talks over the phone on Wednesday and discussed

Tokyo, Jan 12 Japan confirmed more than 10,000 daily nationwide Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, the first time since September 9.

United Nations, Jan 12 The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Tuesday released a $1.9 billion

Kiev, Jan 12 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Kiev is willing to restart the negotiations in the Normandy

Brussels, Jan 12 The European Commission will “swiftly” react to Poland’s reply to the letter of a formal notice it

Mogadishu, Jan 12 A suicide car bombing rocked Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, police and witnesses said. The explosives laden

New Delhi, Jan 12 Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said that he didn’t expect the “player” Imran

New York, Jan 12 A protest was organised by the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM), California in front of the Pakistan

Rio de Janeiro, Jan 12 At least 10 people were killed in the past 24 hours after heavy rains lashed

By Hamza AmeerKabul, Jan 12 Amid increasing humanitarian crisis, taking a toll on the lives of the people of Afghanistan,

New Delhi, Jan 12 Acting Minister of Defence of Afghanistan Mullah Muhammad Yaqoob Mujahid has asked Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to

New Delhi, Jan 12 The Covid-19 situation in Karachi is spinning out of control amid the fifth wave of the

Seoul, Jan 12 South Korea reported 4,388 more confirmed cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, raising the total

Kabul, Jan 12 As many as five people were shot dead in two separate incidents in Afghanistan on Tuesday, authorities