Stockholm, Dec 12 : Starting from December 16, Sweden’s regional Covid-19 recommendations will be replaced by national guidelines and more responsibility will be placed on the citizens to halt the...

Beirut, Dec 12 : Charges pressed by a Lebanese judge against caretaker Prime Minister Hassan Diab and three former Ministers for their neglect over the massive August 4 Port of...

Washington, Dec 12 : The US Senate has passed a one-week stopgap funding bill to keep the federal government open through December 18, providing more time for lawmakers to negotiate...

United Nations, Dec 12 : Child poverty is expected to remain above pre-coronavirus levels for at least five years in high-income countries, a new Unicef report has revealed. The report...

Beirut, Dec 12 : A trial chamber of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon has sentenced Hezbollah member Salim Jamil Ayyash to life imprisonment for conspiring to assassinate former Lebanese Prime...

Tehran, Dec 12 : A senior Iranian official has said that foreign sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic are expected to continue for at least four to five years affecting...

London, Dec 12 : Britons who have been in contact with someone who has tested positive for the novel coronavirus will have to self-quarantine for 10 days instead of 14,...

Washington, Dec 12 : The US Senate has overwhelmingly passed the $740 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) with a veto-proof majority, setting up a showdown with President Donald Trump...

United Nations, Dec 12 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for multi-lateralism and reformed global governance to tackle global threats. “The Covid-19 pandemic provides overwhelming evidence that we need more...

Washington, Dec 12 : The US Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit from Texas, which is backed by President Donald Trump, in a bid to overturn the November 3 presidential...

Brussels, Dec 12 : Leaders of the European Union (EU) reached an agreement to cut the bloc’s greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 per cent by the end of...

Moscow, Dec 12 : Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that it is significant to integrate the implementation of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative with the work of the...

United Nations, Dec 12 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for multilateralism and reformed global governance to tackle global threats. “The Covid-19 pandemic provides overwhelming evidence that we need...

Washington, Dec 11 : US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have been named Time magazine’s ‘Person of the Year’, for offering “restoration and renewal in a single...

Wellington, Dec 11 : New Zealand has confirmed its APEC host year priorities with a focus on responding to the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, as its first APEC...

Tokyo, Dec 11 : Japan’s cabinet on Friday approved an additional emergency spending package worth 385.62 billion yen ($3.70 billion) in reserve funds to combat the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Using...

Hong Kong, Dec 11 : Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai was on Friday charged with foreign collusion under the controversial national security law imposed by China on the city....

Washington, Dec 11 : A US House panel on the Covid-19 pandemic has accused President Donald Trump’s administration of politically meddling with the country’s response to the ongoing health critis...

Tripoli, Dec 11 : The eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA) has announced the release of a foreign commercial ship which it intercepted earlier this week. “The General Command of the...

Brisbane, Dec 11 : Queensland will reopen its borders to New Zealand from Saturday, helping to reunite families in time for Christmas, the Australian state’s Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said on...

Brussels, Dec 11 : The European Commission has proposed a back-up plan which aims to ensure, among others, the basic reciprocal air and road connectivity between the European Union (EU)...

San Francisco, Dec 11 : San Francisco Mayor London Breed held a press conference to promote the United Playaz Gun Buy-back event scheduled to be held on Saturday. The gun...

Ramallah, Dec 11 : A senior Palestinian official has condemned the normalization deal between Morocco and Israel, stressing that it was “unacceptable and harmful to the Palestinian issue”. “Normalizing ties...

Teguchigalpa, Dec 11 : Hundreds of Hondurans affected by hurricanes Eta and Iota last month formed a migrant caravan and have headed north towards the US, according to media reports....

Caracas, Dec 11 : Venezuela’s ruling coalition, led by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), obtained 253 of 277 seats in the National Assembly, following the December 6 legislative...

United Nations, Dec 11 : People in Ethiopia’s conflict-rideen Tigray state reportedly are running out of food because of a lack of access for the UN and its partners, it...

Sanaa, Dec 11 : Yemen’s government and the Southern Transitional Council (STC) have started preparations for implementing military and security provisions of a long-delayed political deal signed between the two...

Paris, Dec 11 : French Prime Minister Jean Castex has said that as the downward trend in daily Covid-19 cases has been flattening, museums, cinemas and theatres across the country...

London, Dec 11 : The UK’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has said that Sunday will be a “point of finality” for the post-Brexit trade talks if the European Union (EU)...

Istanbul, Dec 11 : Turkey’s tourism sector is projected to decrease by 70 per cent this year as foreign tourist numbers plummeted due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Minister of...

London, Dec 11 : The UK’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.4 per cent in October compared with the previous month, as the ongoing coronavirus pandemic continued to hit...

Moscow, Dec 11 : For the first time in 10 years, the Russian Navy will participate in joint military drills alongside NATO members, the country’s Black Sea Fleet confirmed in...

Washington, Dec 11 : Israel and Morocco have agreed to full diplomatic relations as US President Donald Trump said that Washington recognises Rabat’s sovereignty over the entire Western Sahara territory....

Washington, Dec 11 : US President-elect Joe Biden has announced more members he has picked for his administration. In a statement on Thursday, Biden said Tom Vilsack, former governor of...

Rome, Dec 11 : As Italy moves toward what is traditionally the most festive part of the year, analysts and key observers have said that this holiday season will stand...

Washington, Dec 11 : The number of initial jobless claims in the US increased to reach 853,000 last week, the highest since mid-September, the Labour Department reported. The latest data...

Brussels, Dec 11 : The leaders of the 27 European Union (EU) member states have reached an agreement on the bloc’s long-term budget and recovery fund, paving way for the...

United Nations, Dec 11 : Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that life is “a waking nightmare” for 12 million children in Yemen....

Brasilia, Dec 11 : Brazil’s retail trade, one of the mainstays of the South American country’s economy, grew 0.9 per cent in volume in October as compared to September, leading...

United Nations, Dec 11 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for global solidarity to fight Covid-19 in a message on Human Rights Day. The Covid-19 pandemic has reinforced two...

London, Dec 11 : British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned of a “strong possibility” that Britain and the European Union (EU) will fail to strike a post-Brexit trade agreement....

Rabat, Dec 11 : Morocco has agreed to resume official contacts and establish diplomatic relations with Israel as soon as possible, a statement by the Moroccan Royal Cabinet said. Moroccan...

Washington, Dec 10 : Former US President Barack Obama has claimed that although he did not keep a checklist, he did monitor the efforts of his successor President Donald Trump’s...

Seoul, Dec 10 : North Korea’s trade with China hit an all-time low in October due to Pyongyang’s border closure with its ally in an effor to stem the spread...

Tokyo, Dec 10 : Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Thursday travelled to Miyagi and Iwate prefectures to visit areas devastated by the March 2011 quake and tsunami and to...

Canberra, Dec 10 : An Australian parliamentary inquiry on Thursday called for mining giant Rio Tinto to compensate indigenous members after it destroyed sacred caves. Rio Tinto earlier this year...

Brasilia, Dec 10 : The Boeing 737 MAX fleet of aircraft, which were globally grounded after two fatal crashes involving the model that took place within months, has resumed flight...

Washington, Dec 10 : US President Donald Trump, who is still seeking to overturn the results of the November 3 election, moved to intervene in a lawsuit against the outcome...

Manila, Dec 10 : Economic activity in developing Asia is forecast to contract by 0.4 per cent this year before picking up to 6.8 per cent in 2021 as the...

Lima, Dec 10 : Peru’s Interim President Francisco Sagasti has urged the country’s opposition leaders to put aside differences and work with the government to overcome the ongoing Covid-19 crisis....

Tripoli, Dec 10 : The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has called for the orderly release of refugees and asylum-seekers held in detention centres in Libya. “UNHCR teams distributed today blankets...

Brussels, Dec 10 : The European Commission has unveiled an agenda to ramp up anti-terrorism efforts across the European Union (EU) and also heighten the bloc’s fight against violent extremism....

Rome, Dec 10 : Helping provide greater access to coronavirus vaccines as they become available and taking steps to spark worldwide economic growth will be among the main priorities during...

Brasilia, Dec 10 : The Brazilian government has launched a five-year anti-corruption plan aimed at fighting graft. President Jair Bolsonaro signed the document at the government headquarters on Wednesday during...

Ramallah, Dec 10 : Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accepted the resignation of Hanan Ashrawi, the member of the Executive Committee of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), a state media report said....

Washington, Dec 10 : Hunter Biden, the son of US President-elect Joe Biden, has announced that his tax affairs were currently under investigation. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Hunter...

Khartoum, Dec 10 : Sudan has called for continuing negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile river until a satisfactory binding agreement was reached. The call...

Washington, Dec 10 : The US Department of Labour announced that the number of job openings and hirings across the country were only a little changed in October. On the...

Gaza, Dec 10 : A high-ranking Egyptian security intelligence delegation arrived in the Gaza Strip and held talks with senior Hamas movement leaders, who control the enclave, according to security...

Tehran, Dec 10 : Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has called for a reinforcement of bilateral ties with Azerbaijan during his meeting with visiting Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov. “We hope...

By Arul LouisNew York, Dec 10 : Emphasising diplomacy as the bulwark of security in a changing world, US President-Elect Joe Biden has introduced retired four-star Army general Lloyd J.Austin...

United Nations, Dec 10 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stressed the need to detect early warning signs of genocide. Genocide never fails to shock the world when it occurs,...

Geneva, Dec 10 : “Recover better,” said Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, when asked about her wish for 2021. “I mean, one thing we can do...

Washington, Dec 10 : The Democrat-led US House of Representatives has passed a one-week stopgap funding bill to avoid a shutdown of the federal government and keep it open through...

Seoul, Dec 10 : The US Forces Korea (USFK) has expressed regret over no-mask dance parties held in the American military bases in South Korea amid the coronavirus resurgence in...

By Nikhila NatarajanNew York, Dec 10 : In a landmark antitrust action headlined by bipartisan support, the US government and 48 states have sued Facebook, accusing it of abusing its...

Beijing, Dec 10 : Chinese President Xi Jinping and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron reached important consensus on China-France cooperation in the next stage during a telephonic conversation. Amid increasing...

London, Dec 10 : The European Union (EU) and Britain will come to a decision on a post-Brexit trade deal by the end of the coming weekend, European Commission President...

United Nations, Dec 10 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that there is no proof of Eritrean troops inside Ethiopia, where government forces are fighting rebels in the northernmost...

United Nations, Dec 10 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stressed the need to detect early warning signs of genocide. Genocide never fails to shock the world when it occurs.But...

Washington, Dec 9 : The US Supreme Court has rejected a challenge against President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania. Republicans in the state wanted to overturn certification of the result,...

Washington, Dec 9 : The US Supreme Court has rejected a Republican petition to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania. In a one-sentence denial on Tuesday, the justices left...

London, Dec 9 : British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to fly to Belgium capital Brussels to hold talks on a post-Brexit deal with the European Commission President Ursula...

United Nations, Dec 9 : A Chinese envoy has called for efforts to consolidate peace in Sudan and to address socio-economic challenges. While progress has been made in the Sudanese...

By IANS BureauNew York, Dec 9 : Vivek Murthy, Indian American nominee for US Surgeon General and “grandson of a poor farmer in India” struck notes of gratitude and an...

By IANS BureauNew York, Dec 9 : US President-elect Joe Biden has introduced his “crisis tested” and “world class” health care and COVID team to America at a time when...

By IANS BureauNew York, Dec 9 : US President-elect Joe Biden has introduced Indian American nominee for US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy as a “renowned physician” who could help guide...

By IANS BureauNew York, Dec 9 : US President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate retired four-star Army general Lloyd J.Austin as the Defence Secretary, a move that is likely to...

Canberra, Dec 8 : Australia’s opposition Labor Party on Tuesday called for the government to establish an inquiry into the threat posed by right-wing extremism. The party said it would...

Ankara, Dec 8 : Turkish prosecutors on Tuesday issued detention warrants for 304 military personnel over their alleged links to a network believed to be behind a the failed 2016...

Tehran, Dec 8 : Iran and Syria will continue boost of their “strategic” ties which serve the interests of both nations, a senior advisor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei...

Canberra, Dec 8 : A new study revealed on Tuesday that a vast majority of Australians were satisfied with the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, with nine out of...

Wellington, Dec 8 : The New Zealand government on Tuesday announced a series of initiatives in its response to the recommendations to the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Terrorist...

Hong Kong, Dec 8 : Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Tuesday announced that in view of the worsening Covid-19 pandemic situation, social distancing measures will be further tightened,...

Mexico City, Dec 8 : Mexico has requested the US to extradite former Public Security Minister Genaro Garcia Luna, who currently is awaiting trial in America or allegedly protecting a...

Bucharest, Dec 8 : Romanian Prime Minister Ludovic Orban has announced his resignation after his ruling National Liberal Party (PNL) leads failed to secure majority of the votes in the...

United Nations, Dec 8 : The UN Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) has launched an International Hub on Behavioral Insights to Counter Terrorism. The hub, established in partnership with Qatar, will...

Wellington, Dec 8 : New Zealand’s population could hit the 6-million milestone by 2050 depending on migration and birth rates in the country, the statistics department Stats NZ said on...

Lisbon, Dec 8 : Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa announced his decision to run for re-election, less than two months before the presidential election. Speaking to journalists here on...

Washington, Dec 8 : Due to prolonged restrictions and closures due to the raging coronavirus pandemic, more than 110,000 restaurants across the US have had to completely down its shutters,...

Washington, Dec 8 : The US Office of Special Counsel (OSC) has accused White House trade adviser Peter Navarro of having violating the Hatch Act and urged President Donald Trump...

Ottawa, Dec 8 : Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that the country could roll out its coronavirus vaccine plan as early as next week, with the arrival of...

Tokyo, Dec 8 : Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Tuesday said the government has compiled an additional stimulus package worth over $700 billion to tackle the effects of the...

Washington, Dec 8 : US President-elect Joe Biden has chosen retired General Lloyd Austin, a former commander of the US Central Command, to head the Pentagon, according to a media...

Tripoli, Dec 8 : The eastern-based Libyan National Army (LNA) intercepted a foreign commercial ship off the country’s coast, LNA’s spokesperson Ahmad al-Mismari said. He said in a statement late...

Moscow, Dec 8 : Russia is seeking a prompt and urgent solution to resolve the humanitarian issues in the conflict-ridden Nagorno-Karabakh region as soon as possible, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei...

Tehran, Dec 8 : The office of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has denied rumours about his health, it was reported. On Monday, Mehdi Fazaeli, an official at Iran’s...

Ramallah, Dec 8 : The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has said that escalating Israeli settlement activity in the occupied territories was “a blatant challenge to the international will for peace”. The...

Washington, Dec 8 : US President-elect Joe Biden has announced some nominations and appointments of his health team. In a statement on Monday, Biden said he was nominating Xavier Becerra,...

Paris, Dec 8 : France is far from reaching the 5,000 daily target for single-day coronaviurs cases set by the government as a condition for lifting a nationwide lockdown, Director...

New York, Dec 8 : New York state has been well-prepared against the Covid-19 pandemic and is expected to carry out its plan in a smooth way in is ongoing...

Washington, Dec 8 : The US House of Representative will vote on a one-week stopgap funding bill on Wednesday to avoid a federal government shutdown and provide more time for...

Bucharest, Dec 8 : Romanian Prime Minister Ludovic Orban announced his resignation, after the ruling National Liberal Party (PNL) he leads failed to achieve its goal of scoring the best...

Paris, Dec 8 : The International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to temporally ban Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, also head of Belarus’ National Olympic Committee (NOC), from the Olympic Games, IOC...

Tehran, Dec 8 : The governor of Iran’s central bank said the US “inhumane sanctions” have blocked Iran’s purchase of vaccines needed to tackle the Covid-19 epidemic, official news agency...

Accra, Dec 8 : Voting ended in 38,622 polling stations within the 16 regions across Ghana.The voting process generally went peacefully except for two persons sustaining gunshot wounds after a...

Paris, Dec 8 : Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy appeared at the Paris criminal court on charges of corruption and influence peddling for allegedly using his influence to secure information...

Beijing, Dec 7 : Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Monday urged joint efforts between Beijing and the US to ensure “a stable transition” of bilateral relations...

Seoul, Dec 7 : US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun will visit South Korea during which he will hold discussions on major issues, including the stalled nuclear dialogue with...

Canberra, Dec 7 : Australian religious leaders have joined forces to urge Prime Minister Scott Morrison to make the implementation of a Religious Discrimination Act a priority. In a joint...

Phnom Penh, Dec 7 : Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Monday that there the country will not declare a state of emergency although he had already drafted the...

Washington, Dec 7 : A request from Anthony Fauci, America’s top infectious disease expert, urging people to “wear a mask” in an effort to curb the spread of the coronavirus...

Bucharest, Dec 7 : Romania’s main opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) is likely to win the parliamentary elections, gaining 30.61 per cent of the votes after the counting of 98.44...

New York, Dec 7 : No explosives were found onboard a flight of Russia’s Aeroflot airline, which arrived from Moscow at the John F.Kennedy International Airport (JFK) here, a media...

Washington, Dec 7 : US President-elect Joe Biden will reportedly nominate California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), according to multiple media...

New York, Dec 7 : Police in New York checked a flight of Russian airline Aeroflot, which arrived from Moscow at the John F.Kennedy International Airport (JFK) here, for explosive...

Singapore, Dec 7 : Singapore will contribute to global recovery by continuing to invest in innovation and working in collaboration with Asia and the world, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee...

Suva, Dec 7 : Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama on Monday announced that an ongoing night curfew will continue to remain in effect as the island nation was still battling...

Brisbane, Dec 7 : Residents on Australia’s Fraser Island, a major tourist site in Queensland state, were on Monday instructed to evacuate as an out of control bushfire threatened lives....

Caracas, Dec 7 : Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has called on the opposition to resume a political dialogue following the conclusion of the legislative elections, saying the polls led to...

Tehran, Dec 7 : Iranian President Hassan Rouhani shas said that Tehran is ready to rapidly increase oil production and exports. Iran’s operational capacity as well as its experience makes...

Montevideo, Dec 7 : The Uruguayan government has declared three days of mourning following the death of former President Tabare Vazquez, who died at the age of 80 due to...

Tehran, Dec 7 : Satellite equipment was used in the assassination of Iran’s top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh last last month, the spokesman for the country’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps...

Tel Aviv, Dec 7 : Israel’s annual budget deficit reached a record of $46.2 billion, said a report published by the Ministry of Finance. The deficit figure, between December 2019...

Bucharest, Dec 7 : Romania’s main opposition Social Democratic Party (PSD) is likely to win the most votes in the country’s quadrennial parliamentary election, according to a surprising exit poll...

London, Dec 7 : Negotiators from Britain and the European Union (EU) resumed their talks in Brussels in a “final throw of the dice” as they try to secure a...

Kuwait City, Dec 7 : Kuwait’s electoral committee announced 50 winners of the 2020 parliamentary elections held in the country’s five electoral districts. The elections kicked off on Saturday with...

Accra, Dec 7 : The Electoral Commission (EC) in Ghana said that it will sack eligible voters who go to polling centres to exercise their franchise without wearing face masks...

London, Dec 6 : The UK’s Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip will not get preferential treatment, but will instead “wait in line” during the first wave of...

Kuwait City, Dec 6 : Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Sunday congratulated the winners of the parliamentary elections that took place the previous day. In a statement...

Bishkek, Dec 6 : The government of Kyrgyzstan has announced its decision to resume the entry of foreigners from all countries, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. Foreign...

La Paz, Dec 6 : The Bolivian government has ruled out the possibility of re-entering a rigid quarantine if a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic sweeps the country, in...

Seoul, Dec 6 : South Korea on Sunday decided to raise its social-distancing rules in the Seoul metropolitan area to the second-highest level for three weeks amid a spike in...

Lisbon, Dec 6 : Portugal will ease travel restrictions between the country’s municipalities during the Christmas holidays with certain limitations, but not during the New Year festivities, Prime Minister Antonio...

San Francisco, Dec 6 : California will enter a new stay-at-home order on Sunday night, as its many parts have hit the 15 per cent or lower threshold for intensive...

Bogota, Dec 6 : Colombia’s National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) reported on that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) registered a decline of 0.15 per cent in November compared to...

Paris, Dec 6 : At least 22 people were arrested in Paris after a protest against police brutality and a controversial bill turned violent, the Interior Ministry has confirmed. BFM...

Beirut, Dec 6 : The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has called upon the Lebanese authorities to ensure the safety, security and freedom of movement of its peacekeepers. The...

Beirut, Dec 6 : Lebanese President Michel Aoun said that the country will not hesitate to resort to international arbitration if the it fails to reach a fair agreement with...

Mexico City, Dec 6 : Two men have been sentenced to nine and 12 years in prison, respectively, for transporting 118 undocumented Central American migrants via cargo truck through southeastern...

Washington, Dec 6 : The White House has planned to host a series of indoor holiday parties, despite warnings from top health officials regarding the unabated coronavirus resurgence across the...

Tehran, Dec 6 : The Iranian Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) has endorsed a Parliament-ratified “Strategic Action to Lift Embargoes” law, intended to reduce international monitoring of the country’s nuclear...

London, Dec 6 : UK’s Labour Party leader Keir Starmer has gone into self-quarantine for a second time after a member of his staff tested positive for the novel coronavirus,...

London, Dec 6 : British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that trade talks between the two sides will reconvene in Brussels on...

New York, Dec 5 : A federal judge has ordered the administration of President Donald Trump to resume a programme that protected those who came illegally to the US as...

Kuwait City, Dec 5 : Voting was underway on Saturday for the parliamentary elections in Kuwait with 326 candidates running for 50 seats. The voting process started at 8 a.m.and...

Seoul, Dec 5 : North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) has passed a number of new laws on foreign culture, tech and telecom, state media reported on Saturday. In a...

United Nations, Dec 5 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the continuing ceasefire in and around the conflict-ridden Nagorno-Karabakh region, saying the world body stands ready to provide humanitarian support....

San Francisco, Dec 5 : San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced that the city will join counties across the Bay Area to impose significant restrictions across the region to mitigate...

Mexico City, Dec 5 : Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador urged residents in the densely-populated capital Mexico City to stay at home and limit their end-of-year festivities, amid a...

United Nations, Dec 5 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hailed Kuwait’s mediation efforts to defuse tension between Qatar and several other Gulf countries. “The Secretary-General is encouraged by the statement...

Geneva, Dec 5 : The fourth meeting of the Small Body of the Syrian Constitutional Committee has concluded here after week-long discussions aimed at forming a new constitution to pave...

Ramallah, Dec 5 : Palestine have slammed Bahrain’s decision to import goods from the “illegal” Israeli settlements under its normalization agreement with Tel Aviv reached two months ago. “The Israeli...

Riyadh, Dec 5 : Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud has hailed the efforts of Kuwait and the US in solving the Gulf crisis. Taking to Twitter on...

London, Dec 5 : After one week of intense trade negotiations in London, the chief Brexit negotiators from the UK and the European Union (EU) have agreed to “pause the...

Washington, Dec 5 : The Pentagon said that President Donald Trump had ordered to pull the majority of US military forces out of Somalia by early 2021. “As a result...

By Sumi KhanDhaka, Dec 5 : A total of 1,642 Rohingyas of Bangladesh are settling in after arriving at Bhashan Char, an island in the Bay of Bengal under Hatiya...

Washington, Dec 5 : Anthony Fauci, a top US infectious disease expert, said that he has accepted President-elect Joe Biden’s offer to be his chief medical adviser. “Oh, absolutely.I said...

London, Dec 5 : Britain and the European Union (EU) remain hopeful of a post-Brexit trade deal despite talks are currently in a difficult phase, local media reported. Brexit trade...

Washington, Dec 4 : The US Senate will vote next week on whether to block President Donald Trump’s arms sale to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a top official announced....

Seoul, Dec 4 : The municipal government of Seoul on Friday announced a plan to further tighten quarantine rules amid a spike the number of new coronavirus cases in the...

Washing, Dec 4 : US President-elect Joe Biden has said that he will urge Americans to wear masks for his first 100 days after taking office next month in an...

Canberra, Dec 4 : Australia has witnessed an unprecedented online shopping boom amid the Covid-19 pandemic, with a record number of parcels to deliver every day this week, the country’s...

Johannesburg, Dec 4 : South Africa will impose additional restrictive measures in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality in an effort to stem the resurgence of the Covid-19 cases, President...

Tripoli, Dec 4 : Libya’s UN-backed government has welcomed the humanitarian travel exemption granted by the UN Security Council Committee to three family members of the country’s late leader Muammar...

Rome, Dec 4 : In an effort to prevent a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, Italy has imposed tough restrictions for the upcoming Christmas and New Year holidays, which...

Vienna, Dec 4 : The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC countries have decided to increase oil production by 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) in January 2021....

Washington, Dec 4 : White House Communications Director Alyssa Farah has announced her resignation “to pursue new opportunities” outside the US administration. In a resignation letter obtained Thursday by CNBC,...

Washington, Dec 4 : The US services sector expanded in November for the sixth consecutive month, but the pace slowed down amid the unabated surge in the number of new...

Washington, Dec 4 : US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris announced on Thursday new members of her White House senior staff. In a statement on Thursday, Harris said Tina Flournoy, an...

Santiago, Dec 4 : Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has extended a state of emergency for the third time, to continue imposing restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the novel...

Washington, Dec 4 : The US Senate has confirmed Christopher Waller, a regional Federal Reserve official, to serve on the central bank’s seven-member board of governors in Washington. Waller, executive...

By Hitesh TikooParis, Dec 4 : French authorities have started the inspection of mosques believed to be fomenting Islamist fervour and encouraging “separatism” and Islamic extremism. Announcing the crackdown, Interior...

United Nations, Dec 4 : An additional 207 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty by 2030, due to the severe long-term impact of the coronavirus pandemic, bringing the...

Washington, Dec 4 : The US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions against an Iranian entity and its director allegedly related to Iran’s chemical weapons research. In a statement on Thursday,...

United Nations, Dec 4 : UN General Assembly (UNGA) President Volkan Bozkir has called for leadership and multilateralism in the fight against the raging global coronavirus pandemic. “This (General Assembly)...

Paris, Dec 4 : French Prime Minister Jean Castex said a three-phase COVID-19 vaccination program will be launched in “a matter of weeks” and people will have the jabs free...

Washington, Dec 4 : US President-elect Joe Biden announced that he has selected Brian Deese, a former Obama administration official and currently head of sustainable investing at BlackRock, to serve...

United Nations, Dec 4 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for global solidarity and a sense of urgency to confront Covid-19. “As this difficult year draws to a close, let’s...

Hong Kong, Dec 3 : Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai was denied bail on Thursday after he was charged with fraud and is likely to spend Christmas behind bars....

Washington, Dec 3 : Senior Democrats, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, have signaled willingness to embrace a trimmed-down Covid-19 relief bill, urging Republican Senate...

Washington, Dec 3 : US President-elect Joe Biden has urged all Americans not to travel during the upcoming holiday season due to the unabated coronavirus resurgence in the country, which...

Brussels, Dec 3 : The European Union (EU) has unveiled a comprehensive plan to improve its ties with the US, which the bloc believes has been severely damaged under the...

Vienna, Dec 3 : The group of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies, known as OPEC+, will meet on Thursday over a possible extension of production cuts...

Washington, Dec 3 : A coalition of US colleges and universities has urged Congress and President Donald Trump’s administration to finalise negotiations on a Covid-19 relief with at least $120...

Washington, Dec 3 : Some 30 per cent of employees at the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) said they were discriminated against based on their gender or race, a...

Triploi, Dec 3 : The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that it started a three-day distribution of core relief items to thousands of internally displaced Libyans. “Today IOM started...

Washington, Dec 3 : The US economy is “plateauing” due to a continued resurgence of new coronavirus cases across the country and the lack of fiscal support, a senior Federal...

Ramallah, Dec 3 : Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye has called on the donor countries to take more serious measures to boycott the Israeli settlements. “The real situation is deteriorating...

Baghdad, Dec 3 : Iraqi President Barham Salih and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron have called for reducing regional tensions and stressed the need to continue international efforts to combat...

New York, Dec 3 : A US federal judge has struck down two rules introduced by President Donald Trump’s administration requiring higher wages for those getting H1-B employment visas, adding...

Berlin, Dec 3 : German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that the federal and state governments have agreed to extend the country’s current Covid-19 restrictions till January 10, 2021. In a...

United Nations, Dec 3 : The UN and the Ethiopian government have reached an agreement on humanitarian access to areas under the latter’s control in the conflict-ridden Tigray region, officials...

Washington, Dec 3 : The Boeing 737 MAX fleet of aircraft, which were globally grounded after two fatal crashes involving the model that took place within months, resumed its first...

Ramalah, Dec 3 : A senior Palestinian official said that Israel has transferred all tax revenue dues to the Palestinian Authority. Hussein al-Sheikh, head of civil affairs in the Palestinian...

Hong Kong, Dec 3 : Joshua Wong, a prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist, along with two others — Ivan Lam and Agnes Chow — were sentenced to 13.5, seven and...

Tel Aviv, Dec 3 : Israeli lawmakers have voted in a preliminary reading in favour of a bill to dissolve Parliament, amid a coalition crisis that could force an election...

London, Dec 3 : A new tier system in England has replaced the recently-concluded month-long Covid-19 lockdown, as part of additional efforts by the UK government to further halt the...

Washington, Dec 3 : Private companies in the US added 307,000 jobs in November, indicating a slowing recovery in a labour market ravaged by the ongoing coronavirus crisis, according to...

United Nations, Dec 3 : UN General Assembly (UNGA) President Volkan Bozkir has called for joint efforts to fight misinformation and disinformation about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “Aside from the...