China yesterday announced new rules for its tech sector in a move set to further tighten Beijing's grip over its sprawling technology sector. The Cybe...
India and Japan will celebrate the 70th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations this year. The two countries established diplomatic relat...
London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned on Monday that country’s health system will remain under strain for weeks amid current surge in co...
Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Monday that his country was ready to host the 19th SAARC Summit and India can join i...
Abuja: At least 21 schoolchildren in Nigeria have been rescued hours after they were abducted by armed groups in West African country’s troubled north...
A strong earthquake struck off the coast of eastern Taiwan on Monday evening, in the capital Taipei but no immediate damage was reported, said Central...
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping called the party's 20th congress "a major event in the political life of the party and the country" at the New Y...
Washington: Twitter has permanently suspended an account of US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican Representative from Georgia, for “...
Washington: The number of hospitalisations due to the Omicron variant is a better measure to understand its severity than the traditional case-count o...
Amsterdam: Thousands of people in the Netherlands defied a ban on assembling and demonstrated Sunday against the Dutch government’s coronavirus lockdo...
Shedai Camp: In a sprawling settlement of mud brick huts in western Afghanistan housing people displaced by drought and war, a woman is fighting to sa...
Kabul: Iran on Sunday said that Tehran will not recognize the current Taliban government (Islamic Emirate) unless it’s inclusive.The Iranian Ambassado...
Washington: More than 4,000 flights were cancelled globally in the past 24 hours, more than half of which were in the US, as new Covid-19 cases driven...
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has said that Taliban need to reform their policies if they desire international recognition. Addressing a media...
Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has announced his resignation amid political deadlock following a military coup that derailed the country’s frag...
Cape Town: A large fire has severely damaged the Houses of Parliament in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. Video footage showed a plume of black sm...
New York: A US woman was quarantined in an aeroplane bathroom for three hours after testing positive for Covid-19 halfway through a flight from Chicag...
New Year celebrations around the world remained subdued amid concern over Covid. Australia welcomed 2022 with fireworks but fewer crowds. In New Zeala...
Russia test-fired around 10 new Tsirkon (Zircon) hypersonic cruise missiles from a frigate and two more from a submarine, Interfax news agency said ye...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned his US counterpart Joe Biden that imposing new sanctions over Ukraine could lead to a complete breakdown i...
Beijing: China on Friday defended the renaming of 15 more places in India's northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, claiming that the southern part o...
New York: A US woman was quarantined in an aeroplane bathroom for three hours after testing positive for COVID-19 halfway through a flight from Chicag...
Islamabad: Afghanistan’s former president said he had no choice but to abruptly leave Kabul as the Taliban closed in and denied an agreement was in th...
Mecca: Saudi Arabia yesterday reimposed social distancing measures at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, after recording the highest n...
Iran announced yesterday, it had carried out a new space launch, in a move likely to irk Western powers amid tough talks on reviving a 2015 nuclear de...
China’s Xian city, famous for its 'terracotta warriors' is facing trouble providing essential supplies for its 13 million locked down residents amid t...
US Navy seizes USD 4 million worth of heroin in Arabian Sea Dubai, Dec 30 (AP) United States navy vessels seized 385 kilograms (849 pounds) of heroin ...
Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has cautioned that the more transmissible Omicron together with the currently circulating Delta variants m...
Dubai: The Gulf countries are witnessing a surge in daily coronavirus cases and gradually reintroducing social distancing norms. The GCC states also m...
It is generally India that regularly protest the treatment of minority Hindus and Sikhs in Pakistan. But on Monday the boot was on the other foot, whe...
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