United Nations, Dec 3 : Against the “grim background” of the tragic August 4 explosions that destroyed much of central Beirut, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has offered a new multi-agency...

Mogadishu, Dec 2 : Somalia and international partners have wrapped up a high-level meeting by vowing to improve security and the rule of law for the long-term future of the...

Ramallah, Dec 2 : A senior Palestinian official on Wednesday said that Israel has transferred all tax revenue dues to the Palestinian Authority. Hussein al-Sheikh, head of civil affairs in...

Beijing, Dec 2 : The State Council, China’s cabinet, has made arrangements to step up implementation of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). More work should be done to uphold...

Ulan Bator, Dec 2 : The Mongolian government on Wednesday decided to slash the price of processed fuel by 50 per cent amid the Covid-19 pandemic. “Our people’s livelihoods have...

Nairobi, Dec 2 : Chinese infrastructure projects being undertaken in Kenya are viable because they will have a positive effect on the economy, a senior government official said. Ukur Yatani,...

Beirut, Dec 2 : Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Wednesday said that Lebanon and Israel can overcome the difficulties that emerged in their latest negotiations on maritime border demarcation, according...

Tokyo, Dec 2 : Tokyo stocks closed slightly higher on Wednesday as market players took a cue from expectations for access to Covid-19 vaccines following the benchmark Nikkei’s close at...

Accra, Dec 2 : Ghana has opened a special voting on to enable personnel who would not be able to cast their ballots on the election day, slated on December...

Tehran, Dec 2 : Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday criticized a Parliament’s Bill calling for suspension of UN inspections of the country’s nuclear facilities, IRNA news agency reported. “The...

Washington, Dec 1 : Scott Atlas, US President Donald Trump’s controversial adviser to the coronavirus pandemic, has resigned after serving for four months, media reports said on Tuesday. In a...

United Nations, Dec 1 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “looks forward to” working with US President-elect Joe Biden, according to the UN chief’s spokesman Stephane Dujarric. Guterres “was pleased to...

United Nations, Dec 1 : A record 235 million people will need humanitarian assistance next year, a nearly 40 per cent increase on 2020 which is “almost entirely from Covid-19”,...

Wellington, Dec 1 : New Zealand kicked off its APEC host year on Tuesday, with a welcome ceremony held in Wellington’s waterfront. “APEC is a hugely important international event, and...

Washington, Dec 1 : Air travel in the US hit the highest level since mid-March following the recent Thanksgiving holiday amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said....

Washington, Dec 1 : The subway system in the Washington D.C.region may be forced to end its weekend service in 2021 in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to...

Los Angeles, Dec 1 : A new stay-at-home order has come into effect in Los Angeles as confirmed coronavirus cases in the most populous US county exceeded 400,000. Under the...

Ottawa, Dec 1 : The Canadian government has unveiled a new financial program to boost the country’s economy amid the raging coronavirus pandemic. Titled “Supporting Canadians and Fighting Covid-19”, the...

Brisbane, Dec 1 : The Australian state of Queensland on Tuesday reopened its borders to the residents from New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria, after months of restrictions due to...

Tokyo, Dec 1 : Japan’s unemployment rate increased to 3.1 per cent in October, the highest level in more than three years, as the Covid-19 pandemic continued to adversely affect...

Brussels, Dec 1 : Eurozone Finance Ministers have decided to proceed with the reform of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), the permanent euro bailout fund established in 2012 amid the...

Brussels, Dec 1 : The European Union (EU) has launched a forum devoted to exchanging ideas on how to build a stronger and more resilient Schengen area, which has been...

Washington, Dec 1 : US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that the continuing Covid-19 resurgence across the country could pose challenges to the economic recovery in the next few...

Khartoum, Dec 1 : Sudan Sovereign Council Chairman Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed arrangements about removing the northeast African country from the list of...

San Francisco, Dec 1 : San Francisco Mayor London Breed has announced the launch of the first phase of the city’s Street Crisis Response Team (SCRT), a pilot program dedicated...

Rome, Dec 1 : Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte’s cabinet announced that it has passed a decree to providenew stimulus and relief measures to businesses and worker categories affected by...

Ankara, Dec 1 : Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced a series of new measures, including full weekend lockdown, to curb the spread of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The...

Mexico City, Dec 1 : The Mexican government has unveiled a second infrastructure investment plan, in collaboration with the private sector, that calls for 228 billion pesos ($11.4 billion) in...

Washington, Dec 1 : The US Federal Reserve Board has approved the extension of four of its emergency Covid-19 lending facilities until March 31, 2021. “The extension, which has also...

Washington, Dec 1 : US First Lady Melania Trump on Monday unveiled this year’s White House decorations for Christmas under the theme “America the Great”. On Monday, the White House...

London, Dec 1 : UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said that the coronavirus situation is “back under control” as the month-long lockdown in England, the second of its kind since...

Moscow, Dec 1 : Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said that his country and its partners are “actively” dovetailing the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) with the Belt and Road Initiative...

Phoenix, Dec 1 : Arizona has certified its results for the November 3 presidential election, confirming President-elect Joe Biden’s victory over incumbent President Donald Trump with the US state’s 11...

New York, Dec 1 : New York state Governor Andrew Cuomo has asked people to stop gathering even in small numbers and initiated emergency measures for hospitals in preparation for...

United Nations, Dec 1 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for greater inclusion of specially-abled persons in society, including in Covid-19 response and recovery. The UN chief made the...

Seoul, Nov 30 : South Korea on Monday announced its decision to toughen quarantine measures amid rising concerns over a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in the country. Jeong...

United Nations, Nov 30 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the deadly attack against rice farmers carried out by suspected Boko Haram militants in Borno state. Through a statement...

London, Nov 30 : UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab have expressed concerns over the situation in Iran, as well as the Middle Eastern region, in the wake of the assassination...

Washington, Nov 30 : US top health officials have called on Americans who had travelled during the recent Thanksgiving holiday to get tested for the novel coronavirus in an effort...

Paris, Nov 30 : France’s highest administrative court has ordered the government to rethink a 30-person attendance limit for religious services to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. The...

Seoul, Nov 30 : North Korean leader Kim Jong-un held a Politburo meeting to discuss plans and preparations for the upcoming eighth Party Congress slated for January 2021, state media...

Geneva, Nov 30 : The latest round of Syrian constitutional talks, aimed at writing a new Constitution to pave the way for a political solution for the decade-long conflict in...

Sanaa, Nov 30 : The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that more than 164,000 people have been displaced since the beginning of this year in Yemen, which has been...

Washington, Nov 30 : Jared Kushner, senior White House adviser and US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, will visit Saudi Arabia and Qatar in the coming days in an effort to...

London, Nov 30 : UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said that Brexit negotations with the European Union (EU) were entering “the last week or so” of “substantive” talks before the...

Te Aviv, Nov 30 : The Israeli Cabinet has ratified two deals to promote aviation and science cooperation with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), following the US-brokered historic normalisation accord....

Auckland, Nov 30 : Tens of thousands of people lined up in Auckland to celebrate New Zealand’s largest Santa Parade despite rainy weather and fears around the coronavirus pandemic. The...

Tehran, Nov 30 : Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said that any restrictions on the international monitoring of the country’s nuclear program require the approval...

New Delhi, Nov 30 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed grief over the death of Kiran Maheshwari, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader from Rajasthan. “Pained by the...

Washington, Nov 30 : US President-elect Joe Biden’s win in Wisconsin has been reaffirmed after two of the state’s largest counties completed the recount of the ballots cast in the...

Ottawa, Nov 30 : Canada has announced an extension of restrictions on international travel in an effort to prevent the further spread of the novel coronavirus amid an ongoing second...

New York, Nov 30 : New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Richard A.Carranza have announced a plan to safely reopen school buildings for in-person classes with...

By Nikhila NatarajanNew York, Nov 30 : US President-elect Joe Biden has named a seven member all-women team to lead the White House communications war room, headed by his campaign...

By Nikhila NatarajanNew York, Nov 30 : US President-elect Joe Biden suffered “hairline fractures” on his foot while playing with one of his dogs on Saturday and may need a...

Seoul, Nov 29 : North Korean authorities have stepped up anti-virus measures along the inter-Korean border and at the sea, state media reports said on Sunday. The state-run Korean Central...

Lima, Nov 29 : Peru is preparing the electoral infrastructure to ensure that the nearly 1 million Peruvian nationals living abroad participate in the upcoming general elections scheduled for April...

Houston, Nov 29 : Texas Governor Greg Abbott has announced that numerous resources were on standby across the US state in anticipation of potentially severe weather that may led to...

Addis Ababa, Nov 29 : Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has confirmed the “full command” of the conflict-ridden Tigray region’s capital, Mekelle, which the completion of the Ethiopian National Defence...

London, Nov 29 : Hospitals in England might risk being overwhelmed by coronavirus cases without the new, tougher tier system, a senior UK official has warned. In an article published...

Ankara, Nov 29 : Turkey observed the second weekend as part of a partial curfew imposed across the country in an effort to to curb the increase in the number...

London, Nov 29 : More than 150 people were arrested during protests in London against the ongoing Covid-19 lockdown in England, the second of its kind since the onset of...

London, Nov 29 : The UK government has appointed Nadhim Zahawi, an MP for Stratford-on-Avon, as a new health minister to oversee rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine in England, Downing...

Ramallah, Nov 29 : The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has warned against the Israeli government’s plan to legalize dozens of “illegal settlement outposts” built in the West Bank. In an...

Zagreb, Nov 29 : Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic has begun a 10-day self-quarantine after his wife tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the government has announced. After having a...

San Francisco, Nov 29 : Amid a continued resurgence of new Covid-19 cases, California authorities have moved San Francisco to the most restrictive ‘Purple Tier’ in its pandemic classification, forcing...

New York, Nov 29 : New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio have urged on New Yorkers to shop locally in an effort...

Canberra, Nov 29 : Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called for senior defence officers to be held accountable for war crimes allegedly committed by soldiers in Afghanistan. The government...

Tehran, Nov 29 : Iran President Hassan Rouhani has blamed Israel for the killing of a top nuclear scientist on Friday, and said it would not slow down the country’s...

Tehran, Nov 28 : Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday called for the “punishment” of the ones involved in the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the country’s top nuclear...

Minsk, Nov 28 : After months of unrest following his disputed re-election in August, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has hinted that he may step down after being in power for...

Washington, Nov 28 : US President Donald Trump lashed out at a reporter and called him “lightweight” after the latter questioned the President over the November 3 election outcome which...

Teguchigalpa, Nov 28 : Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said that he was “unjustly” detained at the airport in the capital city of Tegucigalpa due to $18,000 worth of cash...

Caracas, Nov 28 : Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) has announced that all preparations have been made for the country’s upcoming legislative elections on December 6. “We have assembled and...

Lima, Nov 28 : Peru’s President Francisco Sagasti has called on all social and political sectors to start a process of national dialogue to overcome the socio-economic and political challenges...

Addis Ababa, Nov 28 : The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has said that more than 43,000 Ethiopians have fled to neighbouring Sudan amid the ongoing clashes between the Ethiopian federal...

Liverpool, Nov 28 : The Liverpool City Council has announced that eight temporary “pop-up” testing sites will be set up during the weekend for people without Covid-19 symptoms as part...

Tehran, Nov 28 : Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has praised the efforts leading to the liberation of three Iranians imprisoned in Thailand and one Australian-British citizen jailed in...

United Nations, Nov 28 : A UN spokesman has called for exercising restraint and avoiding escalation in the Middle East region following the assassination of top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen...

London, Nov 28 : The UK and the European Union (EU) will resume face-to-face trade talks in London on Saturday, the country’s chief Brexit negotiator David Frost has confirmed. “I...

United Nations, Nov 28 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that the prospects of the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict were becoming “more distant”. In a statement on...

Paris, Nov 28 : French President Emmanuel Macron said the footage of several police officers beating up a black music producer was “unacceptable” and “shameful” for the country. “The images...

Sanaa, Nov 27 : Warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition launched multiple airstrikes on Houthi militia-held military camps in Yemen’s capital city of Sanaa on Friday. The Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported...

Beijing, Nov 27 : China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Friday it would impose anti-dumping measures on wine imports from Australia. The domestic industry has been subject to substantial damages...

By hitesh TikooLondon, Nov 27 : The UK royal family “cannot stomach” watching “The Crown” despite the popularity of the Netflix series which is based on the reign of Queen...

Washington, Nov 27 : Walt Disney Co.has unveiled its plan to lay off about 32,000 employees, up from the previously announced 28,000 job cuts in September, as the raging Covid-19...

Sydney, Nov 27 : The Australian Museum in Sydney, which is the oldest one in the country, will reopen on Saturday after a A$57.5 million renovation, with free general admission...

Caracas, Nov 27 : Venezuela’s Supreme Court has convicted six former American oil executives of corruption and sentenced them to prison. The six Americans, who were executives of US-based refining...

London, Nov 27 : UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned of a potential third “new year national lockdown”, if England eases up on coronavirus restrictions. Addressing a Downing Street...

Washington, Nov 27 : The number of unemployment claims in the US has exceeded economists’ expectations for the week ended November 21, as the jobs market continues to be badly...

Liverpool, Nov 27 : Liverpool, the first British city to conduct mass Covid-19 testing, will lower its restriction level to Tier Two next week, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said. Cautiously...

Riyadh, Nov 27 : Saudi Arabia announced the arrest of 226 people involved in 158 corruption cases, a state-media report said. The National Anti-corruption Commission accused them of exploiting their...

Rome, Nov 27 : The Rome international airport will start the operation of “Covid-tested” flights from three US airports on a trial basis, according to authorities. In the statement on...

Singapore, Nov 27 : Singapore is set tighten the border control measures on travellers from Finland and Turkey, requiring them to isolate for 14 days at dedicated facilities upon their...

Warsaw, Nov 27 : Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced a new economic stimulus package for businesses that were affected during the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in the...

Berlin, Nov 27 : German Chancellor Angela Merkel has confirmed the extension of a partial Covid-19 lockdown in the country until mid-December due to a surge in the number of...

New York, Nov 27 : New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has said that a Supreme Court injunction to block the state’s restrictions on church gatherings is political and has no...

Addis Ababa, Nov 26 : The Eastern Africa region’s labour market has been the worst hit on the continent from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic as an estimated 38...

Tokyo, Nov 26 : Tokyo stocks closed higher on Thursday, as investors flocked to shares of technology companies after the US Nasdaq Composite Index closed at a record high overnight....

New Delhi, Nov 26 : Residents in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) were warned on Thursday to prepare for a weekend of unusually high temperatures with a...

Mexico City, Nov 26 : Mexico’s economy could contract 8.9 per cent in 2020, amid a slow recovery in global productivity affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Bank of Mexico...

Washington, Nov 26 : US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced he has pardoned Michael Flynn, his former national security adviser who pleaded guilty to lying to the Federal Bureau...

By Nikhila NatarajanNew York, Nov 26 : US president-elect Joe Biden renewed his call to Americans to “hang on!”, mask up and limit social gatherings until the coronavirus vaccine is...

Santiago, Nov 25 : The President of Chile, Sebastian Pinera, signed a presidential decree that formally calls for the election of the members of a Constituent Assembly to draft a...

Jeddah, Nov 25 : Saudi Aramco said that the terrorist attack on its petroleum products distribution terminal in the port city of Jeddah had no effect on the company’s fuel...

Washington, Nov 25 : The US state of Pennsylvania certified the presidential election results for Democrat Joe Biden. Governor Tom Wolf tweeted on Tuesday that the Pennsylvania Department of State...

Washington, Nov 25 : International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said that China will secure economic recovery and ensure balanced and high-quality growth with the right mix of...

Geneva, Nov 25 : US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in an address to Geneva Conference said that the United States remains committed to its own enduring partnership with Afghanistan,...

Seoul, Nov 25 : South Korean President Moon Jae-in will receive Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at Cheong Wa Dae on Thursday to discuss geopolitical issues surrounding the Korean Peninsula...

Brussels, Nov 24 : NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the 66th Annual Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly said that the alliance cannot let Daesh rebuild in Afghanistan “the...

Hong Kong, Nov 24 : The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Tuesday objected to sweeping attacks and groundless accusations by Britain in a six-monthly report on Hong...

Geneva, Nov 24 : While addressing the opening ceremony of the Afghanistan 2020 Conference in Geneva on Tuesday, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani called on the Taliban to agree on an...

Seoul, Nov 24 : The top diplomats of South Korea and New Zealand spoke over the phone on Tuesday and discussed bilateral cooperation in areas including the fight against the...

Chongqing, Nov 24 : China will strengthen cooperation with Singapore to promote greater financial connectivity, according to officials. Chen Yulu, vice governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), made...

Beijing, Nov 24 : China will step up efforts to expand the free trade area network across the world to enlarge its “circle of friends”, according to China’s Commerce Minister...

Seoul, Nov 24 : South Korea anticipates working closely with US President-elect Joe Biden’s pick for secretary of state, Antony Blinken, to deepen the alliance between the two countries, the...

Kabul, Nov 24 : Afghanistan President Ghani while addressing a side event of the Geneva summit explained the ways through which can improve its economy and reiterated that the country...

Beijing, Nov 24 : China is ready to continue sharing its experience in epidemic prevention and control with Indonesia, said Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi. Wang made...

Seoul, Nov 24 : South Korean President Moon Jae-in appealed to the public on Tuesday to continue supporting the government’s fight against the rapid spread of COVID-19. He posted the...

Beijing, Nov 24 : Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that China and the European Union (EU) need to enhance strategic cooperation and play a constructive role...

Beijing, Nov 24 : Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged on Tuesday to work with his Ethiopian counterpart Sahle-Work Zewde to enhance China-Africa and the Belt and Road cooperation, so as...

Seoul, Nov 24 : South Korea’s main opposition, People Power Party (PPP), will push to include funds for an additional third round of coronavirus-related emergency handouts in next year’s state...

Geneva, Nov 24 : Addressing an side event on anti-corruption efforts at the Geneva conference, First Vice President of Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh accused some “certain” Afghan lawmakers of involvement in...

Wellington, Nov 24 : New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday highlighted the crucial importance of the primary industries, implying that her government would invest huge resources in the...

By Nikhila NatarajanNew York, Nov 24 : US President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate former chief of the Federal Reserve Janet Yellen as Americas next Treasury secretary, according to a...

By Arul LouisNew York, Nov 23 : Joe Biden announced on Monday that he will be nominating Antony Blinken to be his Secretary of State, a key administrative position for...

Tel Aviv, Nov 23 : Israeli state-media reported on Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embarked on a secret visit to Saudi Arabia for a meeting with the Crown Prince...

Melbourne, Nov 23 : More restrictions in Victoria, the worst-hit Australian state by the pandemic, were eased on Monday as it has remained case-free for more than three weeks. Victoria,...

Seoul, Nov 23 : North Korea has called for tighter border controls against the coronavirus pandemic, urging its officials to stay on “high alert at all times” amid a global...

Hong Kong, Nov 23 : Joshua Wong, a prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist, and two others on Monday pled guilty to charges over their involvement in a 15-hour siege of...

Jerusalem, Nov 23 : The Israeli army has said that it thwarted a Palestinian attempt to carry out an attack against soldiers in the occupied West Bank using makeshift bombs....

Abu Dhabi, Nov 23 : An estimated 22 billion barrels of non-conventional and recoverable crude oil was recently discovered in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE),...

London, Nov 23 : The four UK nations of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have backed plans to allow some household mixing “for a small number of days” over...

Washington, Nov 23 : The US has announced its officially withdrawal from the Treaty on Open Skies, in yet another move to abandon a major international arms control agreement. “Today...

New York, Nov 23 : New York state Governor Andrew Cuomo has warned that there might be a fresh Covid-19 resurgence “between now and January”, as holidays come one after...

Mexico City, Nov 23 : Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has urged to resolve the increase in debt at the global level caused by the coronavirus pandemic at the...

Tel Aviv, Nov 23 : The Israeli cabinet has ratified a mutual visa exemption deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Jewish state’s first such move with an Arab...

Paris, Nov 23 : Amid improved pandemic data after a second lockdown was imposed in France, the country, one of the worst-hit in Europe, has envisaged a three-stage process to...

Hong Kong, Nov 23 : The number of new confirmed Covid-19 cases in Hong Kong has reached a new high in over three months, prompting the city government to roll...

Tehran, Nov 23 : Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has urged western countries to lift sanctions against Syria. The Minister made the remarks on Sunday during a meeting with...

Moscow, Nov 23 : The Russian Foreign Ministry has said that Moscow will seek firm guarantees that the remaining parties of the Treaty on Open Skies fulfil their obligations, amid...

Washington, Nov 23 : International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has urged the Group of 20 (G20) leaders to maintain policy support and reinforce the economic bridge to...

United Nations, Nov 23 : United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that the leadership of the Group of 20 (G20) is vital in the global struggle with the Covid-19...

By Nikhila NatarajanNew York, Nov 23 : US President-elect Joe Biden’s first wave of Cabinet picks are expected on November 24 amid the thick of ongoing obstruction to the political...

Moscow, Nov 23 : Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday said that he is still not ready to recognise Joe Biden as the winner of the United States presidential election,...

London, Nov 22 : A tougher three-tiered system of local restrictions against the Covid-19 pandemic will come into force in England when the ongoing lockdown ends on December 2, Downing...

By Rahul KumarNew Delhi, Nov 22 : A forward-looking legislation that seeks to unshackle farmers and open up markets for Indian agriculture is unexpectedly facing protests on foreign lands-the UK,...

Washington, Nov 22 : World Bank Group President David Malpass said that he was very pleased to see the progress the G20 group of countries has made on debt transparency...

Washington, Nov 22 : The re-election campaign of US President Donald Trump has announced that it would seek an expedited appeal after a federal judge in the state of Pennsylvania...

Guatemala City, Nov 22 : Protesters who were rallying against the approval of the 2021 budget in Guatemala set fire to a part of the Congress building here. On Saturday...

Washington, Nov 22 : Dominion, one of the most widely used voting equipment companies in the US, has denied “false assertions about vote switching and software issues with our voting...

United Nations, Nov 22 : Public international finance must be allocated to countries and sectors most in need amid the Covid-19 andemic, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in his video...

Mexico City, Nov : Health as “a fundamental human right”, should not be subject to the pursuit of profit, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador while addressing the G20 Summit....

Bogota, Nov 22 : Colombian President Ivan Duque has urged the public to utilize the year’s third and final VAT-free Day to re-energize the country’s pandemic-hit economy. For 24 hours,...

Singapore, Nov 22 : In his address to the ongoing 12th G20 Summit, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has put forward two suggestions on what member countries could do...

Amman, Nov 22 : King Abdullah II of Jordan has stressed the need to counter the global humanitarian and economic implications of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, especially its impact on...

Jerusalem, Nov 22 : A handmade rocket was launched from the Gaza Strip towards southern Israel, according to Palestinian and Israeli security sources. The Palestinian sources told Xinhua news agency...

Lisbon, Nov 22 : Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa has announced a ban on free movement between municipalities ahead of the two upcoming public holidays amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The...

Riyadh, Nov 22 : Saudi Arabia has announced that it will launch a national investment strategy next year, according to a state media report. On Saturday, Saudi Minister of Investment...

Rome, Nov 22 : Archaeologists have discovered the remains of two men who died in the 79 AD eruption of Mt.Vesuvius, it was announced. “Two skeletons of individuals caught in...

Cairo, Nov 22 : Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi praised the economic performance of his government despite the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, commending the positive outlook of the country’s economy...

Moscow, Nov 22 : Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has rejected doubts over a trilateral ceasefire statement centred around the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. On Saturday, Lavrov said during a briefing...

Washington, Nov 22 : A federal judge in the US state of Pennsylvania has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the re-election campaign of President Donald Trump seeking to block millions...

Ramallah, Nov 22 : A senior Palestinian official said that Palestine has proposed to exclude the US from the Middle East Quartet to advance the stalled peace talks with Israel....

Rome, Nov 22 : New funds were allocated in Italy to feed existing relief measures for economic activities, as the restrictions to slow down a second wave of the coronavirus...

Jakarta, Nov 22 : The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is expected to play a large role in promoting economic and trade relations between Indonesia and China, Indonesian experts said....

Ottawa, Nov 22 : Canada and Britain signed the Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement on Saturday as an interim post-Brexit trade agreement that will take effect on January 1, 2021...

Paris, Nov 22 : The world needs a global, coordinated and united response to effectively fight the coronavirus pandemic, said French President Emmanuel Macron when addressing the Group of 20...

Riyadh, Nov 22 : Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has called for supporting the global economy and reopening economies and borders to facilitate trade and mobility of...

Moscow, Nov 22 : Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke against protectionism and unilateralism when addressing the G20 summit via video link. “We have to tackle the urgent problems that have...

London, Nov 21 : Former UK Prime Ministers David Cameron and Tony Blair have warned incumbent leader Boris Johnson against slashing the country’s overseas budget, the media reported on Saturday....

Washington, Nov 21 : The White House announced that US President Donald Trump will participate in the virtual G20 Summit on Saturday and Sunday, as global leaders were trying to...

San Francisco, Nov 21 : Micro-blogging site Twitter has announced that it will handover the @POTUS (President of the United States) account to American President-elect Joe Biden after he is...

Singapore, Nov 21 : The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) announced on Saturday that all travellers arriving from Hong Kong as part of the Air Travel Bubble (ATB) will...

Washington, Nov 21 : The US economy could see slower and even negative growth once again in the first quarter of 2021 due to soaring Covid-19 infections, newly imposed restrictions...

Kuala Lumpur, Nov 21 : The leaders of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) have committed their efforts to combat the Covid-19 crisis and pushing for post-pandemic recovery in a coordinated...

London, Nov 21 : The UK’s Treasury announced that it will launch a national infrastructure bank to co-invest alongside the private sector in key infrastructure projects, like transport, renewable energy...

Hong Kong, Nov 21 : Hong Kong has moved to tighten social distancing measures in response to a resurgence in new Covid-19 cases, with the city’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam...

Lisbon, Nov 21 : Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa announced the renewal of the “state of emergency” in the country until December 8 to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. “I...

United Nations, Nov 21 : UN agencies are appealing for funding to aid more than 33,000 people fleeing violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, fearing more than 200,000 could follow in...

Brussels, Nov 21 : European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has underlined the need to focus global efforts on protecting the nature and addressing the alarming loss of biodiversity....

Ottawa, Nov 21 : Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that the country, which is currently witnessing a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, was at stake as the Covid-19...

London, Nov 21 : UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that his Home Secretary Priti Patel did not breach the ministerial code over bullying accusations. The latest move prompted...

Tehran, Nov 21 : Due to a record surge in the number of fresh coronavirus cases and deaths across Iran, the country will enter a two-week lockdown from Saturday. Under...

Santiago, Nov 21 : Chilean President Sebastian Pinera has called on the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies to continue to cooperate and work closely with international organisations, the private sector...

Washington, Nov 21 : Georgia has certified the results of the 2020 US presidential following the full hand recount, making it official that Democrat Joe Biden won the state’s 16...

Washington, Nov 21 : US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that the central bank will return unused funds of the emergency Covid-19 lending facilities to the Treasury Department. “You...

United Nations, Nov 21 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that a global coalition for net zero emissions by 2050 is taking shape, while calling for more action on the...

Wellington, Nov 21 : New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern took over the rotating chairmanship of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) on Saturday, when she joined leaders from the 21...

By Nikhila NatarajanNew York, Nov 21 : United States President Donald Trumps eldest son Donald Trump Jr.has tested positive for the coronavirus and is quarantining “out at his cabin”, according...

Frankfurt, Nov 21 : European Central Bank (ECB) president Christine Lagarde has said that the pandemic provides an opportunity to harness new technologies and urged policymakers and the industry to...

Brussels, Nov 21 : Top European Union (EU) officials have called on leaders of the Group of Twenty (G20) to advance actions more ambitiously to build a more sustainable future,...

Moscow, Nov 21 : The Russian peacekeeping mission is maintaining effective control over the ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, President Vladimir Putin said. “Our military is maintaining effective control over the ceasefire,...

Edinburgh, Nov 20 : More than two million people across Scotland were bracing for the country’s most stringent coronavirus restrictions set to come into force on Friday evening. Under the...

Canberra, Nov 20 : Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has vowed that allegations of war crimes committed by his country’s soldiers in Afghanistan between 2005 and 2016 will be taken...

London, Nov 20 : UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announced his decision over the findings on an inquiry into Home Secretary Priti Patel’s conduct, a media report...

Seoul, Nov 20 : North Korea has slammed the UN Security Council (UNSC) for labelling the country’s space program as threats, calling the agency an “undemocratic organ devoid of impartiality”,...

Tripoli, Nov 20 : The UN Development Program (UNDP) announced that Italy has supported the Libyan political dialogue program by providing a financial aid of 450,000 euros ($526,000 ). According...

Washington, Nov 20 : US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has asked the Federal Reserve to end five emergency Covid-19 lending facilities and return $455 billion of unused funds. “I am...

Tokyo, Nov 20 : Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday said that the promotion of digital transformation and realization of a green society are the key priorities of his...

By Arul LouisNew York, Nov 20 : The US state of Georgia has completed an audit of the votes cast in the November 3 presidential election that confirmed Democrat Joe...