Washington, Jan 16 : The US National Rifle Association (NRA) announced that it has filed for bankruptcy protection, unveiling its plan to move from New York to the state of...

Washington, Jan 16 : The US has designated the Cuban Ministry of Interior and its head over allegations of human rights abuse, just days after Washington added Havana to the...

San Francisco, Jan 16 : American airplane giant Boeing has said that its technical experts are assisting with investigation in last week’s Sriwijaya Air plane crash. “Boeing technical experts are...

Beirut, Jan 16 : Syrian Air conducted its first flight in 10 years between the northern city of Aleppo and Lebanon’s capital Beirut, resuming a round-trip route that had been...

Ramallah, Jan 16 : Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has issued a presidential decree that called for holding the legislative elections on May 22 and the presidential elections on July 31....

Lisbon, Jan 16 : Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa met the College of European Commissioners led by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to discuss the program and priorities...

Johannesburg, Jan 16 : The Restaurants Association of South Africa (RASA) said that it was taking government to court over the alcohol sale ban imposed in December 2020. RASA CEO...

Berlin, Jan 16 : Construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea in German territorial waters can resume immediately, the country’s Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency...

London, Jan 16 : The UK’s gross domestic product (GDP) recorded a 2.6 per cent fall in November 2020 amid further Covid-19 lockdown restrictions in the country, following six consecutive...

London, Jan 16 : UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that the country will close all travel corridors from Monday onwards in a bid to keep out new coronavirus variants....

United Nations, Jan 16 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged “far greater solidarity” as the number of global coronavirus deaths has surpassed the 2 million mark. In its latest...

Washington, Jan 16 : The Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) claimed that Vietnam’s acts, policies and practices related to currency valuation are “unreasonable” and restrict American commerce. “In...

Washington, Jan 16 : In a letter to outgoing US President Donald Trump, the country’s Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Alex Azar has announced his departure on January 20,...

Moscow, Jan 16 : It is “a lie” that Cuba supports terrorism, the Russian Foreign Ministry said, commenting on the US recent decision to add the island nation to its...

Washington, Jan 16 : The United States designated three Iranian entities over conventional arms proliferation, doubling down its maximum pressure campaign against Tehran. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a...

Beijing, Jan 16 : A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman rebuked the Trump administration for blacklisting some Chinese companies with alleged military ties, which he said has shown the world exactly...

The Hague, Jan 16 : The Dutch government of Prime Minister Mark Rutte offered its resignation as a result of the so-called child benefits scandal, in which parents were wrongly...

Washington, Jan 15 : US President-elect Joe Biden has highlighted a growing economic divide between those few people “at the very top” and the rest of America, calling on further...

Caracas, Jan 15 : Venezuela’s National Assembly established a Special Commission for Dialogue, Peace and National Reconciliation, made up of ruling coalition and opposition legislators, to resolve the economic crisis...

Seoul, Jan 15 : A military parade to commemorate the eighth party congress of North Korea was held at the Kim Il Sung Square in central Pyongyang, state media reported...

By Mahua VenkateshNew Delhi, Jan 15 : Even as China featured among the few countries that managed to post a healthy growth in 2020 notwithstanding the severe economic and health...

By Rahul KumarNew Delhi, Jan 15 : Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has begun a four-nation trip to Myanmar, Indonesia, Brunei and the Philippines in a bid to strengthen relations...

Paris, Jan 15 : French Prime Minister Jean Castex has announced a new series of stricter Covid–19 rules, among them an earlier nationwide curfew, as the pandemic “is under control”...

Rome, Jan 15 : Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told President Sergio Mattarella that he will address Parliament rather than offering his resignation after one of his coalition allies withdrew...

Aden, Jan 15 : Yemen’s Interior Ministry has said that “foreign experts” supported the Houthi rebels in firing ballistic missiles at Aden’s airport last month that killed 27 people. Addressing...

Lisbon, Jan 15 : Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said here that an increase in his country’s indebtedness was “inevitable” as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and the...

Moscow, Jan 15 : Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the US is doing all it can to hamper any chance for dialogue between Iran and the Persian Gulf...

Sofia, Jan 15 : Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has signed a decree here, scheduling the country’s parliamentary elections for April 4. For the first time, the country would hold parliamentary...

Gaza, Jan 15 : The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has contacted US President-elect Joe Biden’s office on resuming American financial support to the Palestinian refugees, a top official...

Edinburgh, Jan 15 : Scottish seafood companies only have “weeks” to survive without action to ease European Union (EU) export delays, an industry leader has warned. An “overwhelming amount” of...

Washington, Jan 15 : The US Trade Representative (USTR)’s Office has claimed that digital service taxes (DSTs) adopted by Austria, Spain and the UK discriminate against American companies and are...

Washington, Jan 15 : Initial unemployment claims in the US soared to 965,000 last week, indicating severe disruption to the labor market recovery by Covid-19 spikes, according to the government....

Washington, Jan 15 : US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that the Fed should be careful not to prematurely discuss an exit from ultra-easy monetary policy as the US...

Baghdad, Jan 15 : The UN World Food Program (WFP) warned that about three million Iraqis, including 731,000 displaced people and returnees, are exposed to food insecurity because of the...

United Nations, Jan 15 : The Chinese mission to the United Nations (UN) tweeted that the US attempt to challenge the one-China principle is doomed to fail. In response to...

Jerusalem, Jan 14 : The large green fields of Udi Nachshon’s farm are dotted with thousands of red strawberries. Workers pick them one by one, carefully lay them in boxes...

Tehran, Jan 14 : Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the Vienna-based international organisations, said that the country has started research and development to upgrade fuel for its...

Seoul, Jan 14 : South Korea’s top court on Thursday upheld former President Park Geun-hye’s a 20-year prison sentence at a retrial of the corruption scandal that led to the...

Lisbon, Jan 14 : Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa has announced a new nationwide lockdown as a measure to stem the exponential growth in new Covid-19 cases. With the start...

Sanaa, Jan 14 : Dozens of fighters have been killed in clashes between the Yemeni government forces and Houthi rebels intensified in the central province of Marib, a government source...

United Nations, Jan 14 : There is deep concern about the plight of hundreds of thousands of the estimated 2.3 million people in Ethiopia’s Tigray region in need of life-saving...

Baghdad, Jan 14 : Iraq has adopted several new restrictive measures against the Covid-19 pandemic, including a ban on travel to 20 countries where the new novel coronavirus strain has...

Ottawa, Jan 14 : Air Canada announced that it was laying off about 1,700 employees in the wake of the official travel restrictions against the still raging Covid-19 pandemic. In...

Ramallah, Jan 14 : The Palestinian parliamentary elections are expected to be held in the before May, a top official confirmed here. President Mahmoud Abbas will issue decrees in the...

Tel Aviv, Jan 14 : The Israeli shekel has increased to its highest rate since April 1996 against the US dollar, according to exchange rates issued by the country’s central...

Washington, Jan 14 : The US has blacklisted two Iranian foundations allegedly linked to the leadership, the latest move to reinforce its maximum pressure campaign against Tehran. In a statement...

Moscow, Jan 14 : The Russian Foreign Ministry said that there is no evidence of Iran’s ties with terrorist group al-Qaeda, after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made such...

New York, Jan 14 : Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced that the City of New York is taking steps to terminate three Trump Organization agreements after the “deadly insurrection”...

Rome, Jan 14 : Italian Senator Matteo Renzi, a former prime minister, announced that his Italia Viva party is withdrawing its cabinet members from Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte’s coalition government....

Washington, Jan 14 : US President Donald Trump called on the Americans not to engage in violence next week, in which the inauguration ceremony will be held for President-elect Joe...

Moscow, Jan 14 : Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that the noticeable downward trend in new coronavirus cases in the country should not be perceived as reassuring. “We see that...

Berlin, Jan 14 : German Health Minister Jens Spahn called for international solidarity to overcome the Covid-19 crisis.“No country, no party, no government can defeat the virus alone.It can only...

Washington, Jan 14 : US President-elect Joe Biden announced he has nominated former US Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power as administrator of the United States Agency for International...

Rome, Jan 14 : Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte’s cabinet passed a national recovery plan to boost the economy in the post-Covid phase. Overall, the multi-year package was worth 310...

Aden, Jan 14 : Scores of Yemeni people took to the streets in the country’s southern port city of Aden protesting against the sharp deterioration of their national currency. In...

Tokyo, Jan 13 : Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Wednesday said the entry of all non-resident foreign nationals into the country will be suspended as part of a coordinated...

Tallinn, Jan 13 : Estonian Prime Minister Juri Ratas on Wednesday submitted his resignation to the President Kersti Kaljulaid. “Today, I made a decision to resign as Prime Minister of...

By Ateet SharmaNew Delhi, Jan 13 : Pakistan has launched a blanket offensive in Balochistan province in the name of counter-terrorism following the brutal killing of 11 coal miners belonging...

Pyongyang, Jan 13 : The 8th congress of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) of North Korea concluded here on Tuesday, the country’s official media outlet reported on Wednesday....

Havana, Jan 13 : Cuba condemns its inclusion in a US list of countries that sponsor terrorism, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said. Cuba condemns the US-announced “hypocritical and cynical...

Washington, Jan 12 : The US government has said that new tariffs on aircraft parts and other products from France and Germany will take effect on Tuesday. In a statement...

Bishkek, Jan 12 : Kazakhstan’s Central Election Commission (CEC) on Tuesday announced that the ruling Nur Otan party grabbed 71.09 per cent of votes and 76 seats in the parliamentary...

United Nations, Jan 12 : The US government’s decision to designate Yemen’s Iran-backed Ansar Allah, more commonly known as the Houthi militia, as terrorists is likely to have serious repercussions,...

Washington, Jan 12 : US Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf has resigned from his post, making him the third cabinet member of outgoing President Donald Trump’s administration to...

Washington, Jan 12 : The US has added Cuba to the list of “State Sponsor of Terrorism”, a move to constrain the incoming Joe Biden administration’s efforts to improve relations...

Brussels, Jan 12 : European Union (EU) lawmakers have demanded to be involved in the implementation and monitoring of the trade agreement between the bloc and the UK. At their...

Muscat, Jan 12 : Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, the Sultan of Oman, has announced a shakeup of the constitution with changes that include the appointment of a Crown Prince...

Khartoum, Jan 12 : Sudan hA reiterated its adherence to the necessity of giving the African Union (AU) experts a bigger role in the negotiations on the disputed Grand Ethiopian...

Athens, Jan 12 : The 61st round of exploratory talks between Greece and Turkey will take place in Istanbul on January 25, the country’s Foreign Affairs Ministry announced in a...

Moscow, Jan 12 : Leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to take joint measures to restore transportation in the Nagorno-Karabakh region recently freed from armed conflict. Russian President...

Washington, Jan 12 : A group of UN human rights experts has appealed to the new US administration of President-elect Joe Biden to immediately close the “disgraceful” Guantanamo Bay detention...

Sanaa, Jan 12 : Thousands of internally displaced Yemeni families are facing harsh living conditions in their displacement camps in Marib province, as the years-long conflict continue to ravage the...

Tehran, Jan 12 : Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has urged the “immediate” release of Tehran’s frozen assets in South Korean banks, state media reported. “The biggest obstacle to...

Washington, Jan 12 : The US Treasury Department has announced sanctions against seven Ukrainian individuals and four entities “that are part of a Russia-linked foreign influence network” and accused them...

United Nations, Jan 12 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for greater efforts to protect bio-diversity and step up climate action. Virtually addressing world leaders at the One Planet...

Nicosia, Jan 12 : Jane Holl Lute, the UN special envoy to Cyprus, held separate discussions here with the leaders of the divided island, in a bid to nail down...

Moscow, Jan 12 : The US has sent an invitation to Russia to attend the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden scheduled for January 20, the Russian Embassy in Washington D.C.confirmed...

Moscow, Jan 12 : Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said that Russia and the US should extend the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) and adjust their nuclear doctrines....

Washington, Jan 12 : The US has added Cuba to the list of “State Sponsor of Terrorism”, a move that might constrain the incoming Joe Biden administration’s efforts to reshape...

United Nations, Jan 12 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will serve a second five-year term, if that’s what member states want, his spokesman said. In a statement on Monday, Stephane...

Beijing, Jan 12 : Collusion between Taiwan and the United States will face resolute countermeasures from the mainland, a mainland spokesperson said. Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs...

Jakarta, Jan 11 : The Indonesian government on Monday decided to extend its travel restrictions for foreign nationals for two more weeks due to Covid-19 concerns, a Minister said. At...

Nur-Sultan, Jan 11 : An exit poll revealed on Monday that Kazakhstan’s ruling Nur Otan Party has secured 71.97 per cent of the vote cast during Sunday’s parliamentary elections. The...

Washington, Jan 11 : US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that he would notify Congress of his intent to declare Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia as a “Specially Designated...

Brisbane, Jan 11 : A three-day lockdown imposed in Australia’s third largest city of Brisbane will be lifted after no new locally acquired Covid-19 cases were recorded over the weekend,...

Seoul, Jan 11 : South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Monday that his government can hold a dialogue with North Korea anytime, anywhere and even in a contactless way....

Seoul, Jan 11 : North Korea held its first plenary meeting of the eighth Central Committee of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea with a focus on strengthening discipline, state...

Tripoli, Jan 11 : The Legal Committee of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) presented proposals on constitutional basis for this year’s general elections during its virtual meeting with UN...

By Mahua VenkateshNew Delhi, Jan 11 : India is not likely to immediately lower tariff rates even as the US and European Union (EU) raised their concerns over “rising trade...

Tehran, Jan 11 : During a meeting between Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi and visiting South Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong Kun, Tehran demanded the release of...

Ramallah, Jan 11 : The Palestinian Central Elections Commission (PCEC) has started technical meetings over preparations for the state’s first general elections after a 15-year hiatus. Hana Nasser, chairman of...

Moscow, Jan 11 : Russian President Vladimir Putin and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron held a phone conversation during which they discussed about the upcoming trilateral meeting of leaders of...

Seoul, Jan 11 : North Korea has endorsed the country’s supreme leader Kim Jong-un as the General Secretary of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea at its ongoing eighth Congress,...

Khartoum, Jan 11 : The African Union (AU) has announced failure of the latest round of talks between Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) built...

United Nations, Jan 11 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for a new type of multilateralism to address global challenges. In a virtual speech for the commemoration of the 75th...

Baghdad, Jan 11 : Iraqi President Barham Salih warned against any foreign interference in Iraq’s internal affairs and urged respect for Iraq’s sovereignty. Salih’s comments came during his meeting with...

Bishkek, Jan 11 : Preliminary data from automatic ballot boxes show that Sadyr Zhaparov is leading in the presidential elections held in Kyrgyzstan, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said. CEC...

Nur-Sultan, Jan 11 : Kazakh voters headed to parliamentary polls, with five political parties vying for seats in the Majilis, or the lower chamber of the parliament. According to the...

Nur-Sultan, Jan 10 : Kazakh voters headed to parliamentary polls on Sunday, with five political parties vying for seats in the Majilis, or the lower chamber of Parliament. According to...

Bishkek, Jan 10 : An early presidential election and a referendum to determine the form of government kicked off in Kyrgyzstan on Sunday. At 8 a.m., all 2,474 polling stations...

Khartoum, Jan 10 : Sudanese officials met an African Union (AU) experts team during which the two sides held a discussion over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) built on...

Tripoli, Jan 10 : The UN has welcomed Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Serraj’s support for the political dialogue backed by the world body. “PC (Presidency Council) President Fayez Serraj and...

Baghdad, Jan 10 : The Iraqi Ministry of Health has warned of reimposing a nationwide curfew if there was an increase in new coronavirus infections due to the non-compliance of...

Tehran, Jan 10 : A senior Iranian lawmaker warned that Iran will expel the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors if the US anti-Iran sanctions are not lifted by February...

Seoul, Jan 9 : North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has urged the US to end its hostile policy towards Pyongyang, state media reported on Saturday. In the report, the state-run...

Washington, Jan 9 : US President-elect Joe Biden said that he would be laying out the groundwork for the next Covid-19 relief package next week, as the country’s economic recovery...

Washington, Jan 9 : Sidney Powell, the lawyer who spearheaded outgoing US President Donald Trump’s failed attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election result, has been sued for $1.3 billion...

Washington, Jan 9 : US employers slashed 140,000 jobs in December 2020, the first monthly decline in employment since April 2020, as recent Covid-19 spikes have stalled the recovery of...

Brasilia, Jan 9 : Brazil’s Vice President Hamilton Mourao has been discharged from hospital after recovering from Covid-19 and will return to work on Monday, his press office said. After...

Stockholm, Jan 9 : Sweden has introduced a maximum limit for private events as Covid-19 infections have continued to soar. The new rules unveiled on Friday allow a maximum of...

Copenhagen, Jan 9 : Danish authorities have raised the security level in its latest travel guidelines to “red”, advising against all international travel and imposing stricter entry restrictions. “From January...

United Nations, Jan 9 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is waiting to get vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, his spokesman said. “We plan to follow the protocols of our host...

San Francisco, Jan 9 : San Francisco Mayor London Breed has announced new initiatives to combat and prevent human trafficking in the US city. Starting this month, the Department of...

Ottawa, Jan 9 : Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that the country’s current coronavirus pandemic state was “frightening”, as the overall infection tally has increased to 642,548, while the...

Washington, Jan 9 : The US has announced sanctions against an Iraqi militia leader over “serious human rights abuse”. In a statement issued on Friday, the Treasury Department said that...

Ramallah, Jan 9 : At least seven Palestinians were injured during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, according to witnesses. The witnesses told Xinhua news agency that the...

Ramallah, Jan 9 : Palestinian authorities have condemned Israel’s decision to close the ancient Ibrahimi Mosque site in the southern West Bank city of Hebron for 10 days. Mahmoud al-Habbash,...

Tehran, Jan 9 : Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced in a televised address a ban on the import of coronavirus vaccines from the US and the UK, saying...

Ottawa, Jan 9 : WestJet, Canada’s second-largest airline, has announced that it would lay off 1,000 people and cut flights due to the official travel restrictions imposed in the wake...

London, Jan 9 : All international travellers, including British nationals, will require a negative coronavirus test from next week onwards to be allowed to enter England and Scotland, the UK...

Washington, Jan 9 : US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that he had met with President-Elect Joe Biden’s Secretary of State nominee Antony Blinken to facilitate an orderly transition....

Moscow, Jan 9 : Russia registered 23,652 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking its total to 3,355,794, the country’s COVID-19 response center said in a statement. It...

Berlin, Jan 9 : The number of COVID-19-related deaths in Germany increased by a record 1,188 in 24 hours, bringing the country’s official death toll to 38,795, the federal government...

Istanbul, Jan 9 : Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the mass vaccination process against the Covid-19 pandemic would soon start. Speaking to reporters in Istanbul after Friday prayers, Erdogan...

Tehran, Jan 9 : The Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a televised speech that the West has a duty to immediately stop the sanctions against Iran, and...

London, Jan 9 : Mayor of London Sadiq Khan declared a “major incident” in the British capital as rising coronavirus cases are threatening to overwhelm hospitals. The London mayor on...

Beijing, Jan 9 : Chinese Foreign Ministry hit back at “lying diplomacy” practiced by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, saying it has unprecedentedly damaged US external relations, national image,...

Hong Kong, Jan 8 : Joshua Wong, a prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist, was arrested on Friday over “subverting the state power” under the national security law which China imposed...

Seoul, Jan 8 : A Seoul court on Friday ordered the Japanese government to pay damages to South Korean victims who were forced into sex slavery during World War II....

Seoul, Jan 8 : North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has vowed to further improve social system and foreign relations at the ongoing party congress, a state media report said on...

Darwin, Jan 8 : The government of Australia’s Northern Territory (NT) state has approved a proposed A$200 million ($155 million) Outback copper mine. KGL Resources has been given the green...

Caracas, Jan 8 : Venezuela’s National Assembly voted to form a Special Commission for Dialogue, Peace and National Reconciliation, during its first ordinary session since the newly-elected lawmakers were sworn...

London, Jan 8 : UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the easing of England’s new national lockdown, the third of its kind since the onset of the pandemic early...

Khartoum, Jan 8 : Sudan has expressed concerns over Ethiopia’s announcement of its intention to carry on with the second phase of filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on...

Dublin, Jan 8 : Europe’s largest budget airline Ryanair said that it has cut its full year traffic forecast for the fiscal year 2021 from below 35 million to between...

By Mahua VenkateshNew Delhi, Jan 8 : As the unfolding of the ghastly attack inside Capitol Hill in Washington by outgoing US President Donald Trumps supporters shocked the US and...

Washington, Jan 8 : Initial unemployment claims in the US fell slightly to 787,000 last week, the lowest level in a month, the Labor Department reported. In the week ending...

Brussels, Jan 8 : The European Union’s (EU) retail trade dropped 5 per cent and 6.1 per cent in the euro area in November 2020 compared with the previous month,...

Canberra, Jan 8 : Australian flag carrier Qantas has resumed bookings for international flights which will begin from July 1, in a promising sign that overseas travel might return sooner...

London, Jan 8 : Around 4,000 financial service firms across the UK have been facing low resilience and were at a heightened risk of failure by the end of October...

Baghdad, Jan 8 : An Iraqi court has issued an arrest warrant for outgoing US President Donald Trump over the killing of deputy chief of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, commander of...

Paris, Jan 8 : Restaurants, bars, cinemas in France will not reopen in January as earlier planned due to the high rate of Covid-19 infections and the risk of fresh...

Washington, Jan 8 : The US Trade Representative’s (USTR) Office said that it has decided to suspend proposed tariffs on about $1.3 billion worth of French products amid a dispute...

By Arul LouisNew York, Jan 8 : Reeling from the mob attack on Congress, the nation’s two highest-ranking Democrats and a Republican Congressman have demanded that Vice President Mike Pence...

Washington, Jan 8 : Acting US Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf on Thursday urged President Donald Trump to “strongly condemn” the violence that took place at the Capitol when his...

By Nikhila NatarajanNew York, Jan 7 : They smashed windows, they climbed walls, they took down the American flag and replaced it with a Trump flag they brought along, they...

By Nikhila NatarajanNew York, Jan 7 : “We’re going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue … and we’re going to the Capitol … we’re going to try and give our Republicans...

Washington, Jan 7 : Former President of the United States Barack Obama has described the unprecedented chaos at the Capitol as “a moment of great dishonour” and “shame” for the...

Tokyo, Jan 7 : Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Thursday declared a state of emergency in the Tokyo metropolitan area, which also included the Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures,...

Addis Ababa, Jan 7 : More than 101,000 people have been displaced due to recurrent violence in Ethiopia since July 2020, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs...

Seoul, Jan 7 : A South Korean delegation embarked on a visit to Iran on Thursday in an effort to try and negotiate the early release of an oil tanker...

Seoul, Jan 7 : At a rare Party Congress, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un pledged to strengthen Pyongyang’s military capabilities, a state media report said on Thursday. According to the...

Dublin, Jan 7 : Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin has announced a number of extra measures in an effort to stem the further spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. The measures...

Damascus, Jan 7 : Syrian air defences responded to an Israeli missile attack on south of the capital Damascus, a state media report said on Thursday. The sounds of Syrian...

Sanaa, Jan 7 : UN Special Envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths met with President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi in the Saudi capital of Riyadh, state media reported here. During the...

London, Jan 7 : UK lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved the government’s decision to impose the new national lockdown in England, the third of its kind since the onset of the...

Khartoum, Jan 7 : Sudan signed the Abraham Accords with the US, paving the way for the African nation to normalise relations with Israel after the United Arab Emirates and...

United Nations, Jan 7 : The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Wednesday welcomed the exchange of dozens of detainees between the rival factions of the east-based Libyan National...

Tehran, Jan 7 : Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that “all those culpable” of dereliction of duty in the crash of the Ukrainian plane near Tehran in January 2020 should...

Cairo, Jan 7 : Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry and his Israeli counterpart Gabi Ashkenazi discussed efforts to resume the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. During the phone conversation on...

Lima, Jan 7 : Peru has extended a ban on flights to and from Europe for another 15 days to in an effort to prevent the new coronavirus variant from...

Washington, Jan 7 : Democrat Jon Ossoff is on track to defeat Republican incumbent David Perdue in the US Senate runoff in the state of Georgia, which would the Democratic...

By Arul LouisWashington, Jan 7 : After a deadly attack on the citadel of American democracy, Congress defiantly resumed its constitutional task of tallying the electoral colleges votes to plant...

Washington, Jan 7 : The US Congress has reconvened for proceedings to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the November 2020 election, hours after sitting President Donald Trump’s supporters violently...

By Nikhila NatarajanNew York, Jan 7 : One person has been shot at the US Capitol as President Donald Trump’s die hard supporters clashed violently with local police and law...

Washington, Jan 7 : Democrat Jon Ossoff is on track to defeat Republican incumbent David Perdue in the US Senate runoff in the southeastern state of Georgia, which would give...

By Arul LouisNew York, Jan 7 : A woman was killed in gunfire inside Capitol building after President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the building to disrupt the democratic functioning of...

Washington, Jan 7 : US President Donald Trump urged his supporters to “go home” after some of them stormed the Capitol on Wednesday, where lawmakers were certifying Democrat Joe Biden’s...

Washington, Jan 7 : US President-elect Joe Biden condemned what he called “insurrection” at the US Capitol on Wednesday, after protesters broke into the building and forced proceedings to formally...

By Arul LouisNew York, Jan 7 : President-elect Joe Biden is planning to name civil rights activist Vanita Gupta to be the associate attorney general, according to several media reports...

By Arul LouisNew York, Jan 7 : Supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol, which houses the Congress, firing shots inside the building as the legislature was preparing to...

By Nikhila NatarajanNew York, Jan 7 : One person has been shot at the US Capitol as President Donald Trump’s die hard supporters clashed violently with local police and law...

By Arul LouisNew York, Jan 7 : Minutes after the Congress joint session took up the final stage of the confirmation of Joe Biden as the next President and Kamala...

By Nikhila NatarajanNew York, Jan 6 : What a night.And what a morning in America. Democrats are within reach of a Senate majority after a historic win first time candidate...

By Nikhila NatarajanNew York, Jan 6 : What a night.And what a morning in America. Democrats are within reach of a Senate majority after a historic win for first time...

Seoul, Jan 6 : A South Korean delegation is set to depart for Iran soon to negotiate the early release of a seized tanker and its crew, officials said on...

Riyadh, Jan 6 : Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan hailed end of the Gulf crisis with Qatar as a “new chapter” for the Gulf’s security and stability....

Seoul, Jan 6 : South Korean President Moon Jae-in has formally requested that the National Assembly hold confirmation hearings on the nominees to lead the justice and environment ministries, Cheong...

Kabul, Jan 6 : In an effort to reduce security incidents and crimes in Kabul city, Afghanistan Vice President Amrullah Saleh on Wednesday announced that the city will be covered...

Washington, Jan 6 : US lawmakers are set to meet on Wednesday to confirm Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election amid protests from President Donald Trump’s supporters. A joint...

Hong Kong, Jan 6 : Hong Kong has arrested dozens of pro-democracy activists and politicians, accusing them of trying to “overthrow” the city’s government. The group, arrested under a controversial...

By Arul LouisNew York, Jan 6 : In the runoff elections from Georgia that will determine the future of the US Senate, a Democratic Party candidate won one of the...

By Arul LouisNew York, Jan 6 : US President Donald Trump and his supporters prepared to make one final, already doomed effort on Wednesday to overturn Joe Biden’s election when...

Qatar, Jan 6 : Diplomatic relations have been restored between Qatar and four Arab states that imposed an embargo against it for three years, the Saudi foreign minister says. Prince...

Seoul, Jan 5 : The South Korean government on Tuesday called for the early release of an oil tanker which was seized by Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in...

Tehran, Jan 5 : An official of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) announced on Tuesday that the country has produced its first product a few hours after restarting...

Tripoli, Jan 5 : A UN representative held a virtual meeting with the newly established Advisory Committee of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) to discuss the latter’s tasks and...

Addis Ababa, Jan 5 : Conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray regional state has displaced 2.2 million people, a government official said. “There are 2.2 million Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in...

Canberra, Jan 5 : Australia’s next federal election is likely to cost the country about an additional A$30 million ($22 million) due to measures in place against the coronavirus pandemic,...

Lisbon, Jan 5 : Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa said that global understanding, economic recovery and social support are the main goals during his country’s presidency of the Council of...

Mexico City, Jan 5 : Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has offered political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, after a UK court blocked the latter’s extradition to the...

Washington, Jan 5 : The US monetary policy will be accommodative for a long time as the economy slowly recovers from the still raging coronavirus pandemic, a senior Federal Reserve...

Ramallah, Jan 5 : A senior Hamas official said the Islamic movement has agreed to hold general elections in the Palestinian territories after four countries have guaranteed the success of...

Sanaa, Jan 5 : Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia said they fired 75 ballistic missiles at Saudi Arabian border cities in 2020. In a statement on Monday, the group’s military spokesman...

Kuwait City, Jan 5 : Saudi Arabia and Qatar will reopen land, air and sea borders between the countries, in a breakthrough agreement aimed at ending the three-year diplomatic dispute...

Tripoli, Jan 5 : The east-based Libyan National Army (LNA) led by Khalifa Haftar has accused its UN-backed rival, the Government of National Accord (GNA) of trying to destabilise security...

Khartoum, Jan 5 : Sudan has voiced reservation over participation in a ministerial meeting on the disputed Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) built on the Nile River, said the country’s...

Riyadh, Jan 5 : Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud has highlighted that the 41st Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit, set to be held in Riyadh on...

Tel Aviv, Jan 5 : Israel has urged the international community to take “a determined response” against Iran after the latter announced that it will increase its uranium enrichment level....

London, Jan 5 : Birmingham’s Curzon Street Railway Station, which opened in 1838 and considered to be one of the oldest pieces of railway architecture in the world, will form...