Berlin, Jan 5 : The coronavirus crisis in 2020 ended a 14-year streak of job growth in Germany, which also continued during the global economic and financial crisis, the country’s...

Athens, Jan 5 : Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has reshuffled his cabinet, new government spokesperson Christos Tarantilis announced in a televised statement. Key portfolios in the economic team, the...

Tehran, Jan 5 : Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced that it has seized a South Korean oil tanker in the Gulf over “repeated violations” of environmental protocols. “The...

New York, Jan 5 : New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), the largest transit operator in the US, has been attempting to keep riders safe amid the Covid-19 pandemic by...

Kuwait City, Jan 5 : Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah will attend the 41st Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit on Tuesday in Riyadh, according to a state media...

London, Jan 5 : UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that England will enter a another national lockdown, the third of its kind since the coronavirus pandemic began in...

Zagreb, Jan 5 : Croatia has declared a state of disaster for counties that were the most affected by the devastating 6.4-magnitude earthquake that struck the country on December 29,...

By Arul LouisNew York, Jan 4 : Speaker Nacy Pelosi has been elected speaker by a narrow margin in a US House of Representatives with a diminished Democratic Party majority....

By Arul LouisNew York, Jan 4 : Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been re-elected by a narrow margin in a US House of Representatives with a diminished Democratic Party majority. While...

London, Jan 4 : The UK’s Royal Mint has announced that it will commemorate Queen Elizabeth II’s 95th birthday with a new 5 pound coin, the media reported. On April...

Washington, Jan 4 : The Pentagon said that US aircraft carrier USS Nimitz would remain in the Middle East waters due to “threats from Iran”, reversing a previous decision to...

Canberra, Jan 4 : Australia’s Opposition Labor Party on Monday urged the federal government to support businesses that continue to be affected by the coronavirus pandemic with emergency economic backing....

Washington, Jan 4 : US Senate Republicans were divided amid efforts to challenge the 2020 Electoral College results, which affirmed Democrat and former Vice President Joe Biden’s victory over sitting...

Brussels/London, Jan 4 : Challenges lie ahead for both the European Union (EU) and the UK following the inking of a long-awaited deal laying out how the two sides would...

Tokyo, Jan 4 : Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Monday that his government was mulling the declaration of another state of emergency in Tokyo and three surrounding prefectures...

Ramallah, Jan 4 : Ismail Haniyeh, politburo chief of the Hamas Islamic movement, has called for holding a comprehensive Palestinian dialogue as soon as possible following a decision to hold...

Khartoum, Jan 4 : Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia have agreed to suspend the tripartite talks over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) built on the Nile River, for one week....

Amman, Jan 4 : Jordan’s economy is expected to grow by 2.5 per cent in 2021 and the government will launch a program to address challenges in several sectors between...

Sanaa, Jan 4 : An explosion caused by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) targeted a Saudi Arabian military unit deployed in Yemen’s southern province of Abyan, a local government official...

Ramallah, Jan 4 : The Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA), the Ramallah-based emerging central bank, confirmed that President Mahmoud Abbas has accepted the resignation of its chief Azzam al-Shawwa, who stepped...

Beirut, Jan 4 : Lebanese President Michel Aoun said that the country has no partner in preserving its independence and sovereignty over its borders and land. The President’s remarks were...

Beirut, Jan 4 : The new Director of the Port of Beirut said there were still 52 containers of dangerous acids at the facility and a German company is working...

Buenos Aires, Jan 4 : Argentinean President Alberto Fernandez has expressed concern over the accelerating spike in the number of coronavirus cases across the country and urged citizens, especially young...

Chicago, Jan 4 : Shootings and murders in the US city of Chicago increased by more than 50 per cent in 2020, official figures revealed. City officials attributed the rise...

Washington, Jan 4 : Veteran Democratic Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi has been re-elected as Speaker of the US House of Representatives for a fourth time, but she has vowed that this...

Baghdad, Jan 4 : Iraqi militia leaders on Sunday called for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq on the first anniversary of a US drone strike that killed two...

United Nations, Jan 4 : United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday expressed his “deep sadness” at the passing of legendary long-time UN official Brian Urquhart, who died Saturday at...

Riyadh, Jan 3 : Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday the lifting of the ban on all international flights as well as land and sea entry, the Saudi Press Agency reported....

By Atul AnejaNew Delhi, Jan 3 : A rogue nexus involving Pakistan and Turkey, with China looking the other way, maybe taking root to fulfil Ankaras ambition to emerge as...

United Nations, Jan 3 : The UN Support Mission in Libya has announced the establishment of the Advisory Committee of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF). “The committee’s mandate will...

Zagreb, Jan 3 : Croatia marked a Day of Mourning for the seven victims who were killed during the 6.4-magnitude earthquake last week that devastated towns and villages about 50...

Tehran, Jan 3 : Several Iranian political and military officials issued warnings over possible hostile movements against Tehran as the country marked the first death anniversary of Qasem Soleimani, the...

Khartoum, Jan 3 : Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia will hold a new round of talks on Sunday over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile river under the...

Cairo, Jan 3 : Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi held talks with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah in Cairo, where they discussed reconciliation between Qatar and its boycott...

Beirut, Jan 3 : Lebanon’s parliamentary Health Committee has recommended a three-week lockdown to curb the unprecedented surge in Covid-19 cases and reduce pressure on the health sector. In a...

Aden, Jan 3 : The Yemen government has announced that flight operations will resume at the international airport of Aden on Sunday, days after it was hit by deadly blasts....

Damascus, Jan 3 : Israel carried out a total of 39 attacks on Syrian military sites in 2020, according to a UK-based war monitor. The strikes killed 217 Syrian soldiers...

Ramallah, Jan 3 : Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has welcomed a letter by the Islamic Hamas movement on ending internal division and holding general elections in the territories. Palestine’s official...

Athens, Jan 3 : Greece will further extend the current nationwide lockdown to January 11 in order to address the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, a...

London, Jan 3 : As a part of wider government actions to end period poverty, the UK government has announced that from January 1, 2021, value-added tax (VAT) no longer...

Washington, Jan 3 : Battered by an unabated spike in Covid-19 cases and deaths, local jails and state prison systems across the US have resorted to a drastic strategy to...

Washington, Jan 3 : A group of Republican senators have said that they will object to the certification of the 2020 US presidential election results later this week, but the...

Washington, Jan 3 : US hotel owners are bracing for a difficult 2021, as the sector continues to reel from a historic drop in bookings due to the raging coronavirus...

Paris, Jan 3 : Over 1,200 revellers attending an illegal rave party in northwest France on New Year’s Eve were sanctioned for defying anti-coronavirus sanitary rules, the Interior Ministr said....

New York, Jan 3 : New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has promoted a collection of 42 pictures posted on social media by the Mayor’s Office under the title...

Seoul, Jan 2 : North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent a handwritten note to greet the people on New Year’s, apparently skipping his trademark address on the first day...

Seoul, Jan 2 : South Korea on Saturday announced its decision to extend the tightened social-distancing rules for two more weeks amid an unabated Covid-19 resurgence. The Seoul metropolitan area...

Sydney, Jan 2 : Wearing face masks will now be mandatory in Australia’s biggest city of Sydney as locally acquired coronavirus cases have continued to increase, New South Wales (NSW)health...

Beijing, Jan 2 : China hopes that the next US administration under President-elect Joe Biden will return to a “sensible approach”, resume dialogue with Beijing, restore normalcy to the bilateral...

Addis Ababa, Jan 2 : The African Union (AU) has urged all the countries of the continent to ensure economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic as the New Year begins....

Khartoum, Jan 2 : Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has announced formation of the National Mechanism for Protection of Civilians. “The formation of the national mechanism for the protection of...

Dublin, Jan 2 : Ireland took up its seat as an elected member of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for a two-year term starting from January 1, 2021, said the...

Ramallah, Jan 2 : A complete weekend lockdown continued across Palestine on Saturday for a fourth consecutive week in an effort to stem the Covid-19 pandemic spread. On Friday, Palestine’s...

Tehran, Jan 2 : The Iranian government has said that it will not rest until the assassins of Qasem Soleimani, the former commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic...

Washington, Jan 2 : In a first during his four years in office, the US Congress voted to override President Donald Trump’s veto of a massive $740.5 billion defence policy...

Havana, Jan 2 : Cuba has introduced a monetary overhaul which will eliminate the dual currency system in place on the island nation since 1994, in hopes of improving the...

London, Jan 2 : Leaders of nine London boroughs have written to the UK government, calling for official steps to reverse plans to reopen primary schools in some areas of...

Moscow, Jan 2 : Russian nuclear power plants (NPPs) generated over 215.746 billion kWh of electricity in 2020, an all-time high beating the annual record during the Soviet era, sthe...

Lisbon, Jan 2 : Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa said that priorities during his country’s presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) would be the “success of the...

New York, Jan 2 : There was a 97 per cent jump in the number of shootings and a nearly 45 per cent surge in murders, including 15 consecutive weeks...

Washington, Jan 2 : The US Congress has overturned President Donald Trump’s veto of a defence spending bill — the first time this has happened in his presidency. The Republican-controlled...

Beijing, Jan 1 : A Chinese mainland official on Friday called for efforts from both sides of the Taiwan Strait to promote China’s reunification and national rejuvenation. Zhang Zhijun, president...

Washington, Jan 1 : US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has rejected again to hold a vote on a standalone bill to boost stimulus checks to $2,000 for individuals from...

London, Jan 1 : Britain and the European Union (EU) have started a new chapter in their relationship as the Brexit transition period ended on Thursday. In an earlier message,...

Washington, Dec 31 : US President Donald Trump has cut his trip to Florida, where he celebrated Christmas with his family, and will now return to Washington D.C.on Thursday, according...

Washington, Dec 31 : The US is adjusting tariffs on certain products imported from the European Union (EU) amid a long-time dispute over aircraft subsidies, said the Office of the...

Tripoli, Dec 31 : Germany, Italy, the US, France and the UK have reiterated full support for the success of the UN-facilitated Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) and interrelated economic...

Washington, Dec 31 : When Americans were asked to describe the year 2020 in a single word in a recent survey, nearly one in four of them said “awful”, “terrible”,...

Geneva, Dec 31 : US President Donald Trump’s pardoning of four private security company Blackwater guards convicted of committing a massacre in Iraq violated American obligations under international law and...

Rome, Dec 31 : The Italian Senate has passed the government’s 2021 draft budget, providing the necessary final approval ahead of the end of the year. Earlier on Wednesday, Prime...

Aden, Dec 31 : At least 22 people were killed after three massive explosions struck the Aden airport in Yemen just minutes after the arrival of members of a new...

Lisbon, Dec 31 : Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa said that his country will continue the “excellent work” done by Germany as it takes over the six-month rotating European Union...

Washington, Dec 31 : Washington Governor Jay Inslee has announced a one-week extension of the “Stay Safe-Stay Healthy” order, along with the state-wide restrictions on in-person gatherings and business activities...

Tehran, Dec 31 : The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) is making preparations for 20 per cent uranium enrichment, a top official said here. In a statement on Wednesday,...

Beijing, Dec 31 : Chinese President Xi Jinping and leaders of the European Union (EU) have announced that the two sides have completed investment agreement negotiations as scheduled. The announcement...

Moscow, Dec 31 : Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a bill into law, broadening the range of individuals and organisations that can be labelled as foreign agents and allowing stricter...

Aden, Dec 31 : Three massive explosions struck the Aden airport in Yemen just minutes after the arrival of a new power-sharing government from Saudi Arabia, leaving at least 20...

Bangui, Dec 31 : The Democratic Opposition Coalition 2020 (COD-2020), a platform of opposition parties of Central African Republic (CAR), has called for the cancellation and rerun of the recently-held...

London, Dec 31 : UK lawmakers have approved the post-Brexit trade deal between the country and the European Union (EU) by a large majority, paving the way for an orderly...

London, Dec 31 : The UK government has announced more areas, including Leicester City in England, will enter Tier Four, the highest level of Covid-19 restrictions in the country, meaning...

Washington, Dec 31 : The US has announced sanctions against a Venezuelan judge and a prosecutor involved in the trial of six executives of US refiner Citgo last month. The...

United Nations, Dec 31 : The joint UN-African Union mission in the Darfur region of Sudan (UNAMID) will officially end operations on Thursday, when the government of the African country...

New York, Dec 31 : The long-awaited expansion of Penn Station, a major city and interstate rail-transit hub in New York, into the James A.Farley Post Office Building will be...

United Nations, Dec 31 : More than 10 million children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), northeast Nigeria, the Central Sahel, South Sudan and Yemen will suffer from...

Washington, Dec 31 : The US military said that it had sent two strategic bombers to the Middle East as a “show of force” to deter attacks against American interests...

Washington, Dec 31 : US President-elect Joe Biden announced additional nominations to fill the posts in the Department of Defence, days after he blamed current Pentagon officials for obstructing the...

Brussels, Dec 30 : The European Union (EU) leaders formally signed the post-Brexit trade deal with Britain on Wednesday. EU chiefs Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel, the heads...

Brussels, Dec 30 : Leaders of the European Union (EU) on Wednesday formally signed the post-Brexit trade deal with the UK. Taking to Twitter, European Commission President Ursula von der...

Algiers, Dec 30 : Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has returned home after recovering from Covid-19 at a specialised hospital in Germany, where he was shifted for treatment in October. “Being...

United Nations, Dec 30 : Volkan Bozkir, President of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), has expressed his disappointment at the world body’s failure to adopt the...

San Francisco, Dec 30 : California has extended its regional stay-at-home order due to an unabated resurgence in the US state, authorities have confirmed. Addressing a news conference on Tuesday,...

Seoul, Dec 30 : North Korean leader Kim Jong-un presided over a politburo meeting after which it was decided that the country’s 8th Party Congress will be held in “early...

Beirut, Dec 30 : The UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) has projected the growth rate in the Arab region next year at either 3.5 per cent...

Stockholm, Dec 30 : Sweden has witnessed a spike in the number of shooting incidents, with the figure reaching new highs in 2020, according to a local media report. In...

Copenhagen, Dec 30 : Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced the extension of the current nationwide Covid-19 lockdown until January 17, 2021, in an effort to stem the further spread...

Lebanon, Dec 30 : The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has indicated in a report that the August 4 Port of Beirut blasts were caused by 500 tonnes of...

Tel Aviv, Dec 30 : Ron Huldai, Mayor of the Israeli capital of Tel Aviv, has announced that he was running in the upcoming national elections and has established a...

Moscow, Dec 30 : Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed developments in relation to the joint Russian-Turkish peacekeeping centre in the conflict-ridden Nagorno-Karabakh region during his meeting with Turkish Foreign...

Ankara, Dec 30 : Turkey and the UK have Tuesday signed a free trade agreement as the latter formally leaves the European Union (EU) this week. The deal was signed...

Baghdad, Dec 30 : Iran’s Minister of Energy Reza Ardakanian has confirmed that his country will resume full natural gas exports to Iraq after reducing the supplies due to unpaid...

Geneva, Dec 30 : A UN human rights expert has called on the US to remove unilateral sanctions that may prevent the rebuilding of Syria’s civilian infrastructure destroyed by the...

Brussels, Dec 30 : The European Council announced that it has adopted a decision on the signing of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement and its provisional application as of...

Kuwait City, Dec 30 : Kuwait will resume flight operations at the Kuwait International Airport from January 2, 2021, the country’s Directorate-General for Civil Aviation (DGCA) said. In a statement...

Washington, Dec 29 : US President-elect Joe Biden has accused the Department of Defence of failing to provide his team details of the transition of power, the media reported on...

United Nations, Dec 29 : In his New Year’s message, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on the international community to make 2021 “a year of healing”. “Together, let’s make...

Aden, Dec 29 : Yemen’s Houthi militia said on Tuesday that the Saudi-led coalition has launched an airstrike on a military site in the capital Sanaa. In a report, the...

Tel Aviv, Dec 29 : The Israeli army said on Tuesday that a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip failed to reach the Jewish state and fell within the Palestinian...

Sydney, Dec 29 : The public have been barred from viewing the iconic New Year’s Eve fireworks from the harbour foreshore in Sydney due to the growing Covid-19 cluster in...

United Nations, Dec 29 : The UN Security Council (UNSC) has condemned the December 25 attacks against the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), which claimed...

United Nations, Dec 29 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the holding of the presidential and legislative elections in Niger and commended the government and people of the West...

Kiev, Dec 29 : A meeting of the political advisers to the heads of Normandy Four countries may take place in January 2021, a senior official has confirmed here. Head...

Tehran, Dec 29 : A top Iranian security official has urged foreign forces to leave the region. “Security in the region can only be achieved through the removal of external...

Johannesburg, Dec 29 : Due to an unabated increase in the number of fresh coronavirus cases across South Africa, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the country would return to level three...

Tripoli, Dec 29 : Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed Al-Taher Siala and his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry discussed mutual cooperation during a phone call. On Monday, Siala and Shoukry “discussed the...

Tel Aviv, Dec 29 : In a phone call, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed regional developments and ways to increase stability in the Middle...

Tel Aviv, Dec 29 : Israel and Morocco have begun discussions on cooperation in several key economy fields following the normalisation agreement signed between the two countries on December 22,...

Cairo, Dec 29 : The Arab League (AL) expressed concerns over the escalated financial crisis of the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the Cairo-based pan-Arab body said in a...

Tehran, Dec 29 : Iran will give a “strong and massive” response to any Israeli submarine in the Gulf, a security official announced here. “Israel must know that our response...

Washington, Dec 29 : The Democrat-led House of Representatives has voted to override US President Donald Trump’s veto of an annual defence bill, which initially passed both the House and...

Brussels, Dec 29 : Representatives of the European Union (EU) member states have agreed on the provisional application of the trade and cooperation agreement with the UK starting from January...

Washington, Dec 29 : The Democrats-held House of Representatives has passed a bill to boost the second round of federal direct payments to $2,000 for individuals, up from the $600...

London, Dec 29 : British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the post-Brexit trade deal is a new starting point for Britain and the European Union (EU). “I welcomed the...

Washington, Dec 29 : In a far-fetched bid to overturn the result of the US election, House Representative Louie Gohmert and other fellow Republicans have sued Vice President Mike Pence,...

Seoul, Dec 28 : North Korean leader Kim Jong-un could skip a New Year’s Day address this week as it was likely that he could unveil policy directions at a...

Caracas, Dec 28 : The economic blockade imposed by the US is preventing Venezuela from funding the COVAX initiative led by the World Health Organization (WHO), Minister of Health Carlos...

Hanoi, Dec 28 : Vietnam recorded export turnovers of approximately $281.5 billion in 2020, up 6.5 per cent year-on-year, and import turnovers of over $262.4 billion, up 3.6 per cent,...

Riyadh, Dec 28 : Saudi Arabia on Monday announced the extension of the suspension of international commercial flights for an additional week, according to the Interior Ministry. Besides flights, the...

By Ateet SharmaNew Delhi, Dec 28 : The deplorable state of freedom of speech and expression in Turkey has once again been brought to the fore with the shutting down...

Washington, Dec 28 : After much delay, US President Donald Trump has finally signed a massive $2.3 trillion government funding and coronavirus relief package, the White House announced, averting a...

Bangui, Dec 28 : Central Africa Republic (CAR) witnessed sporadic disturbances in its first round of voting in the presidential and legislative elections. No major security incidents were reported in...

Washington, Dec 28 : A 63-year-old man identified as the “bomber” who detonated a recreational vehicle (RV) packed with explosives on Christmas morning in the US city of Nashville, was...

Houston, Dec 28 : Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner has urged community leaders to work together to bring down violence in the city located in the US state of Texas. Joining...

Cairo, Dec 28 : The Egyptian government has announced a series of new restrictions to control the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The new measures will come into force on...

Tehran, Dec 28 : Iran has expanded the list of Americans suspected to be involvement in the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, former commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps’ Quds...

Ankara, Dec 28 : Any attack by the forces of the Khalifa Haftar-led Libyan National Army (LNA) on Turkish troops in the North African country would be retaliated, Defence Minister...

Tel Aviv, Dec 28 : Israel has entered the third nationwide lockdown amid a vaccination drive aimed at curbing the raging coronavirus pandemic. The restrictions, which came into force on...

Niamey, Dec 28 : More than 7.4 million Nigerien people voted on Sunday in the presidential and legislative elections. The first round of Niger’s presidential and legislative elections started around...

Washington, Dec 28 : The United States has witnessed more Covid-19 deaths in December than in any other month since the outbreak of the pandemic, according to a latest report...

London, Dec 28 : Britain’s post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union (EU) leaves workers’ rights and environmental protection at risk of erosion and will slow the country’s economic recovery,...

Washington, Dec 28 : Millions of jobless Americans are set to lose their federal unemployment benefits as President Donald Trump did not sign the US $900 billion Covid-19 relief package...

Riyadh, Dec 28 : Saudi Arabia announced the discovery of four new oil and gas fields, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud...

By Mahua VenkateshNew Delhi, Dec 27 : The ugly face-off between Chinese President Xi Jinping and billionaire entrepreneur Jack Ma is set to deal a big blow to investments in...

Washington, Dec 27 : Three people were killed after a person opened fire at a bowling alley in the US state of Illinois, police said, adding a suspect was currently...

Beijing, Dec 27 : China’s disciplinary watchdog has ordered targeted efforts in tightening discipline and improving conduct during the upcoming New Year and Spring Festival holidays. Once spotted, discipline violations...

United Nations, Dec 27 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for peaceful, inclusive and credible general elections in the Central African Republic (CAR) scheduled to be held on Sunday,...

Lima, Dec 27 : Peruvian authorities have restricted access to beaches in an effort to prevent them from “becoming new sources” of fresh coronavirus cases, a top official announced here....

Tripoli, Dec 27 : Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar met with his counterpart of the UN-backed Libyan government, Salahaddin Namroush, and discussed security cooperation between the two countries. “We discussed...

Tehran, Dec 27 : Iran and Syria are planning to establish a joint bank to facilitate bilateral trade cooperation, a top official said here. “We are also trying to create...

Baghdad, Dec 27 : The raging coronavirus pandemic has raised vulnerability levels among the Internal Displaced People (IDP) in Iraq as fewer aid agencies are engaged to help contain the...

Manila, Dec 27 : The Philippines has decided to extend a travel ban for flights from the UK for another two weeks until mid-January to ensure that the new coronavirus...

London, Dec 27 : Harsher coronavirus restrictions will now apply to millions more people in the UK as new tier changes came into force. Besides England, lockdowns were also introduced...

Riyadh, Dec 27 : Saudi Arabia will host the 41st Gulf summit on January 5, 2021 in Riyadh, a state media report has confirmed. On Saturday, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman...

Gaza, Dec 27 : The Hamas has condemned the damages to a children’s hospital in Gaza city during Israeli airstrikes that targeted the Islamic Movement’s military facilities in the Gaza...

Aden, Dec 27 : Yemen’s new power-sharing government was sworn in before the country’s internationally-recognised President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi on Saturday, a government official has confirmed here. Twenty-three of...

Beijing, Dec 27 : The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s top legislature, voted to adopt the Amendment XI to the Criminal Law. The amendment stipulates heavier criminal...

Moscow, Dec 27 : Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said that it, together with the country’s interior ministry, had foiled a terror attack attempt in the city of Makhachkala, the...

Beijing, Dec 26 : China’s 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) will hold its fourth annual session in Beijing on March 5, 2021, according to a decision made by the NPC...

Sanaa, Dec 26 : The Saudi-led coalition backing the Yemeni government launched six airstrikes on Houthi positions in Marib province, a report said on Saturday. The report issued by the...

London, Dec 26 : In her message to the nation on Christmas Day, the UK’s Queen Elizabeth II reassured anyone struggling without friends and family this year during the festivities...

Tripoli, Dec 26 : The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Saturday welcomed the exchange of prisoners between rival parties in the war-torn country. In a series of tweets,...

Addis Ababa, Dec 26 : The death toll from a recent armed attack in Ethiopia’s Benishangul-Gumuz regional state has risen to 207, the country’s federal rights group has confirmed. Among...

Hong Kong, Dec 26 : Visitors who have been to places outside China in the past three weeks will be put in compulsory quarantine at designated hotels for 21 days...

Baghdad, Dec 26 : Prominent Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sayyid Muhammad al-Sadr has warned Iran and the US against involving Baghdad in their conflict. “Iraq has become a victim to...

Rabat/Tel Aviv, Dec 26 : Since agreeing to the full normalisation of diplomatic relations earlier this month, Moroccan King Mohammed VI and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held their first...

Ankara, Dec 26 : Turkey’s decision to appoint a new Ambassador to Israel is in line with its ambition of normalising relations with the Jewish state and represents a bid...

Addis Ababa, Dec 26 : The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU) has urged all armed groups and political actors in the Central African Republic (CAR) to...

Tunis, Dec 26 : A state of emergency in Tunisia which was first declared five years ago, has been extended for an additional six more months, President Kais Saied announced....

Tokyo, Dec 26 : Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has apologized in the Lower House of Parliament for false statements he had made earlier regarding an allegation that a...

Hong Kong, Dec 26 : Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has announced that the city government will expand community testing in order to identify silent carriers of the novel...

Damascus, Dec 26 : A total of six pro-government fighters were killed during an Israeli airstrike that targeted positions in central Syriat, according to a war monitor . The Israeli...

Istanbul, Dec 26 : Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his government is taking all the necessary measures to prevent large gatherings during New Year’s Eve in an effort to...

Washington, Dec 26 : A new order will require air passengers arriving in the US from the UK to ger a negative Covid-19 test, no more than 72 hours before...

Washington, Dec 26 : The $900 billion Covid-19 stimulus package is up in the air after House Republicans rejected us President Donald Trump’s demand to raise direct payments to Americans....

Washington, Dec 26 : Authorities have found human remains near the site of what police believed was an intentional explosion that rocked downtown Nashville in the US state of Tennessee,...

London, Dec 26 : Britain and the European Union (EU) struck a post-Brexit trade deal on Thursday, which will have many implications for everyday life and Britain’s future relationship with...

New York, Dec 26 : More than 100,000 New Yorkers woke up on Christmas morning without electricity after a powerful storm lashed the northeast of the United States overnight. Westchester,...

Washington, Dec 25 : In their message wishing the nation on Christmas, US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump touted the country’s two vaccines against the novel coronavirus...

Moscow, Dec 25 : The Russian Foreign Ministry has said that the expanded sanctions list published by the US authorities in relation to Russian companies allegedly classified as “military end...

United Nations, Dec 25 : The UN is redeploying peacekeepers from South Sudan to the Central African Republic (CAR) to help maintain stability in the latter ahead of Sunday’s legislative...

Dmascus, Dec 25 : Syrian air defences responded to a fresh Israeli missile attack that targeted the western Masyaf area in Hama Governorate on Friday, according to a state TV...

Hong Kong, Dec 25 : Hong Kong has imposed stricter quarantine measures for visitors from places outside China as the city’s Covid-19 pandemic situation was still severed with 71 new...

United Nations, Dec 25 : One of the two UN teams tasked to assess the humanitarian needs in Ethiopia’s conflict-ridden Tigray state was currently stranded, said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for...

Tripoli, Dec 25 : The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has urged citizens of the war-torn country to consolidate efforts towards national elections scheduled to take place in December...

Ankara, Dec 25 : Turkey extended its troop deployment permission in Libya for another 18 months, according to its official gazette. The motion calling for the extension of deployment in...

Addis Ababa, Dec 25 : The UN Children’s Fund (Unicef) has appealed for a funding worth $116.5 million to help 2.3 million vulnerable Ethiopians. In a statement on Thursday, Unicef...

Cairo, Dec 25 : The trade and industry ministers of Egypt, Jordan and Iraq have agreed to start actual steps of implementing commercial and industrial integration among the three Arab...

New York, Dec 25 : New York City has seen almost one in seven nationally recognised chain-store branches close their doors in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged the country...

Rome, Dec 25 : Italy has entered a nationwide ‘red zone’ of very high risks in the wake of a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, which is set to...

Brussels, Dec 25 : Just seven days before the Brexit transition period was slated to end on December 31, the European Union (EU) and the UK announced the reaching of...

United Nations, Dec 25 : US President Donald Trump’s pardoning of four security guards from the private military firm Blackwater who were convicted of killing 14 Iraqi civilians was not...

United Nations, Dec 25 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is happy with the progress in global climate action, but sad about the lack of international cooperation in dealing with the...

Ottawa, Dec 25 : Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called on Canadians to help each other to fight the rampaging Covid-19 pandemic. In his annual Christmas message on Thursday, Trudeau...

Brussels, Dec 25 : Seven days before the Brexit transition period ends on December 31, the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) announced the reaching of an agreement...

London, Dec 25 : British businesses felt relief for avoiding the no-deal outcome after Britain and the European Union (EU) reached their post-Brexit trade agreement in the last-minute negotiations, expecting...

London, Dec 25 : British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that Britain and the European Union (EU) have reached a deal on their post-Brexit trade relations, saying that “we have...

Berlin, Dec 25 : German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the agreement reached between the European Union (EU) and Britain is “of historical importance,” adding that Germany will examine it...

Paris, Dec 25 : “European unity and steadfastness have paid off,” said French President Emmanuel Macron said in reaction to the deal reached on post-Brexit trade relations between Britain and...

New York, Dec 25 : More residents left New York State to live elsewhere over the last year than from any other state, according to estimates released by the US...

Washington, Dec 25 : Republicans in the US House of Representatives blocked an attempt from House Democrats to pass US $2,000 direct payments to Americans, a figure demanded by President...

Washington, Dec 24 : Just less than a month before he leaves the White House, US President Donald Trump pardoned two of his former aides, Paul Manafort and Roger Stone,...