Brussels, Oct 30 : The leaders of the European Union (EU) issued a joint statement condemning “terrorist attacks” in France, after the latest one in Nice left at least three...

United Nations, Oct 30 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for efforts to boost women’s meaningful participation in peace processes. “Women’s meaningful and effective participation in mediation matters.It broadens the...

Moscow, Oct 30 : Russia reported record 17,717 new COVID-19 cases and 366 related deaths over the past 24 hours, the national COVID-19 response center said. According to the center’s...

Washington, Oct 30 : US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that she hopes the current selloff in the US stock market will prompt President Donald Trump to reach a deal...

Paris, Oct 30 : French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the “Islamist terrorist attack” in Nice and vowed to take new measures to fight terrorism. “Tomorrow there will be a Defence...

By Nikhila NatarajanNew York, Oct 29 : With five days to go for the US election and a week out from the final presidential debate, it’s raining polls and the...

Hong Kong, Oct 29 : A Hong Kong activist was denied bail on Thursday after he became the second person to be charged under the national security law imposed on...

Washington, Oct 29 : A new poll has revealed that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden had a 12-point nationwide lead against US President Donald Trump, just six days ahead of...

Caracas, Oct 29 : Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has slammed an attack on the oil-producing nation’s Amuay refinery complex located in Falcon state. “Yesterday it (the refinery) was attacked with...

Washington, Oct 29 : US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has that she hopes the current sell-off in the American stock market will prompt President Donald Trump to reach a deal...

Philadelphia, Oct 29 : A city-wide curfew has been imposed in Philadelphia after two consecutive nights of violent protests against the police killing of an African-American man, according to media...

Geneva, Oct 29 : Nigeria’s former Finance Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been proposed to become the new Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Spokesman Keith Rockwell told a media...

Seoul, Oct 29 : The South Korean Supreme Court on Thursday upheld former President Lee Myung-bak’s 17-year prison term over embezzlement and bribery. Besides the jail term in February, the...

New York, Oct 29 : The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), a corporation responsible for the public transportation in the US state of New York, is in dire need of a...

La Paz, Oct 29 : Bolivia’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) has officially certified Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party’s Luis Arce as President-elect for the 2020-2025 term. The TSE presented Arce...

Algiers, Oct 29 : Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been transferred to Germany for medical examination, the presidency announced in a statement. The statement issued after his departure on Wednesday...

United Nations, Oct 29 : A UN spokesman has called for attention to the humanitarian impact of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, amid the ongoing military tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan over...

United Nations, Oct 29 : UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed will take a two-day “virtual trip” to Colombia, an official confirmed here. “Our Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed will be on...

New York, Oct 29 : New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has launched the Open Storefronts program, which will provide safe spaces for small businesses, hit by the ongoing...

Melbourne, Oct 29 : Residents of Australia’s Melbourne city welcomed the reopening of bars and restaurants for the first time in nearly four months after Covid-19 lockdown restrictions were lifted....

Washington, Oct 29 : Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has cast an early ballot in his home state of Delaware for the November 3 election, saying that he will work...

Paris, Oct 29 : France will go into national lockdown starting from Friday to stem the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday evening. “The...

Berlin, Oct 29 : Effective November 2, Germany’s federal and state governments have agreed to introduce sweeping contact restrictions on everyday life to curb the steep rise of COVID-19 infections,...

Ankara, Oct 29 : Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticised Russia for conducting an airstrike that killed dozens of Turkey-backed rebels in northwestern Idlib province of Syria. “Russia’s attack on...

Tehran, Oct 29 : Iran announced its highest daily figure of deaths related to the COVID-19 epidemic so far, after 415 people died in the past 24 hours, according to...

Mogadishu, Oct 29 : The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has issued an alert on the fresh desert locust invasions in Somalia that pose a huge...

Dodoma, Oct 28 : More than 29 million Tanzanians are taking to some 80,000 polling stations across the country to cast ballots for the elections of President, Members of Parliament...

By Nikhila NatarajanNew York, Oct 28 : ‘What-if’ scenarios, polling errors, nightmare scenarios from statistical flubs in 2016 and non toss-up maps are the toast of frenzied US media coverage...

Canberra, Oct 28 : Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has urged to develop alternatives to large-scale lockdowns to deal with future coronavirus outbreaks in the country. Morrison on Tuesday delivered...

Abuja, Oct 28 : The Nigerian government has said it aims to construct 10 new airports across the country, an endeavor seeking to boost civil aviation in the most populous...

Beijing, Oct 28 : A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Wednesday reaffirmed that no space is allowed for separatist activities seeking “Taiwan independence” in any form. Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for...

Sofia, Oct 28 : Governor of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB) Dimitar Radev has tested positive for Covid-19 and is currently being quarantined at home, officials said on Wednesday. His...

Seoul, Oct 28 : South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday declared a full-fledged policy drive for the clear recovery of the country’s economy, coupled with the firm stabilization of...

New York, Oct 28 : A prosecutor has asked parents to monitor children’s use of social media and gaming sites after the Indian-origin vice president of a financial firm and...

Mexico City, Oct 28 : Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he plans to declare three days of national mourning in tribute to those who have died from the...

New York, Oct 28 : California was added to New York state’s COVID-19 travel advisory list, the total number of which now reached 41 states and territories, the state government...

Moscow, Oct 28 : Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is self-isolating after coming into contact with someone who has the coronavirus, the Sputnik news agency reported, citing the Russian Foreign...

Washington, Oct 28 : US President Donald Trump said that it was disappointing to see a US-brokered ceasefire reached between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region collapsed. “It’s disappointing...

New York, Oct 28 : New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called on people to stay home for holidays in order to eschew group activities as a precaution against...

By Nikhila NatarajanNew York, Oct 27 : US President Donald Trump is done with the coronavirus but the pandemic isn’t done with America – especially in states that are a...

Washington, Oct 27 : For the first time since he won the Democratic Party’s nomination for the November 3 presidential election, Joe Biden is set to campaign in Iowa this...

Miami, Oct 27 : Former President Barack Obama will attend a drive-in campaign rally for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in Orlando on Tuesday, his second appearance in Florida, a...

Brussels, Oct 27 : The European Union (EU) has been formally authorised to take countermeasures against the US, allowing the bloc to increase its duties on American exports worth up...

Ottawa, Oct 27 : Canada’s House of Commons, or the lower chamber of the bicameral Parliament, will probe the Justin Trudeau-led government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic in the country...

Houston, Oct 27 : Authorities have imposed a curfew in El Paso, a city in Texas state that borders Mexico, due to an overwhelming spike in the number of new...

Manila, Oct 27 : Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday vowed to “concentrate” on fighting corruption before his term ends in 2022, adding the country continued to suffer from widespread...

United Nations, Oct 27 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that international cooperation is the only way to defeat the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, as well as climate emergency. “International...

Tokyo, Oct 27 : In his first policy speech since assuming power last month, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the country to...

Moscow, Oct 27 : Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to jointly de-escalate the situation in Europe since the termination of the Cold War-era...

New York, Oct 27 : More than 3.2 per cent of the registered voters in the state of New York have already cast their ballots in the early voting for...

New York, Oct 27 : The state of New York has collaborated with The RealReal, an online and brick-and-mortar marketplace, and dozens of fashion designers to launch “Mask Up”, a...

United Nations, Oct 27 : Nickolay Mladenov, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, has warned that the Covid-19 pandemic was feeding off instability in the region....

Washington, Oct 27 : The US has imposed fresh sanctions against the Iranian oil sector, for their “financial support” to Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force (IRGC-QF), according to the...

Washington, Oct 27 : US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin have continued talks on a Covid-19 relief package, but the two sides still have not resolved...

Washington, Oct 27 : The US Senate has confirmed Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in a victory for President Donald Trump a week before the general election....

By Nikhila NatarajanNew York, Oct 27 : Wall Street Journal columnist and former assistant to Ronald Reagan Peggy Noonan is getting slammed for describing Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris’...

By Arul LouisNew York, Oct 27 : US President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett has sailed through the Senate winning a life-time appointment and firming up...

By Nikhila NatarajanNew York, Oct 26 : Donald Trump or Joe Biden? On the night of the US 2020 election on November 3, Americans may not know who won the...

Minsk, Oct 26 : Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has said that a nation wide strike called on Monday against President Alexander Lukashenko, will go ahead despite police firing stun...

Seoul, Oct 26 : The South Korean Unification Ministry on Monday said that North Korea was showing very little signs easing restrictions along its border with China imposed in the...

Washington, Oct 26 : New tracker polls have revealed that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden was leading against US President Donald Trump in the two battleground states of Florida and...

Cairo, Oct 26 : Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has issued a decree renewing the nationwide state of emergency for three months starting Monday. According to the decree, whch was published...

Washington, Oct 26 : The number of people who have already cast their ballots in the early voting for the November 3 US presidential election has hit a record 58.6...

Tel Aviv, Oct 26 : The Israeli cabinet has approved the country’s normalisation accord with Bahrain, ahead of a vote in parliament on the historic agreement. In a statement on...

Caracas, Oct 26 : Venezuela held an election drill in preparation for the December 6 legislative polls in an effort to familiarize voters with the new electronic voting machines and...

Canberra, Oct 26 : Indigenous Australians on Monday marked the first anniversary of the climbing ban imposed on Uluru or the Ayers Rock, the sacred Aboriginal site in Northern Territory...

Tripoli, Oct 26 : The UN has launched the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) which came in the wake of the signing of a permanent ceasefire agreement onOctober 23. The...

Beijing, Oct 26 : The 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) started its fifth plenary session in Beijing on Monday. President Xi Jinping, also General Secretary...

Hobart, Oct 26 : Tasmania on Monday reopened its borders to most of mainland Australia.marking the first time in seven months that people can arrive in the island state without...

Baghdad, Oct 26 : Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Baghdad, as well as other major provinces of Iraq to mark the first anniversary of the mass anti-government...

Santiago, Oct 26 : Chileans have cast their ballots in a referendum vote on re-drafting the country’s incumbent Constitution, which was enacted in 1980 during the reign of dictator Augusto...

New York, Oct 26 : New York state is managing its Covid-19 response with a more fine-tuned approach called “micro-cluster” strategy, using data and metrics to guide decisions, state Governor...

Damascus, Oct 26 : UN special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen said he hopes that a common ground could be reached to help push forward the political process in the...

New York, Oct 26 : New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has warning that “any NYPD Officer pushing any political agenda while on duty will face consequences”. While retweeting...

Washington, Oct 26 : The Republican-majority US Senate has voted to advance the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump’s replacement for late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, to...

Washington, Oct 26 : The US State Department has announced that a humanitarian ceasefire will come into effect in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region on Monday after Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed...

New York, Oct 26 : New York state Governor Andrew Cuomo said that the Covid-19 crisis can be defeated, while questioning the White House’s inaction as its Chief of Staff...

Ottawa, Oct 26 : Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam has urged all the residents of the country to avoid large gatherings amid the ongoing second coronavirus wave. In...

Washington, Oct 26 : US Vice-President Mike Pence plans to maintain a busy election campaign schedule despite being exposed to a senior aide who has tested positive for Covid-19, his...

London, Oct 25 : At least 18 people were arrested at a protest in London which was staged against the UK government’s cornavirus-induced lockdown restrictions, the media reported. On Saturday,...

Washington, Oct 25 : With just 10 days left for the November 3 election, US President Donald Trump held back-to-back campaign rallies in the three battleground states of North Carolina,...

Miami, Oct 25 : While hitting the campaign trial for Democratic president nominee Joe Biden, former US President Barack Obama slammed his successor Donald Trump’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic...

Mexico City, Oct 25 : Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that his new energy policy will not violate any agreements or contracts, after American Congressmen accused the policy...

Tel Aviv, Oct 25 : Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the recent normalisation deal between his country and Sudan under the auspices of the US, saying the move was...

Baghdad, Oct 25 : The Iraqi Parliament has approved most of the country’s electoral districts amid disputes among political blocs. On Saturday, Parliament voted by a majority of 176 lawmakers,...

Damascus, Oct 25 : The World Health Organization (WHO) has donated 8.8 tonnes of pmedical supplies to Syria to aid the country’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, state media reported....

Amman, Oct 25 : Jordanian authorities have announced that the country will open three land border crossings for passenger movement starting from October 29. In a statement on Saturday, Minister...

Brussels, Oct 25 : Belgium will introduce additional drastic measures against the Covid-19 pandemic, including the extension of a nationwide curfew from from 10 p.m.to 6 a.m. The announcement of...

United Nations, Oct 25 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for global solidarity to tackle common challenges on the occasion of UN Day. “We face colossal challenges.With global solidarity...

Cairo, Oct 25 : Egyptians voted in the first phase of the parliamentary polls in 14 provinces amid tight security measures and precautions against the Covid-19 pandemic. About 2,163 candidates...

New York, Oct 25 : Early voting has started all across the state of New York State, offering voters nine days to cast their ballots prior to the November 3...

Abuja, Oct 25 : Nigeria’s chief of police has ordered the immediate mobilisation of all police resources to put an end to days of street violence and looting.Mohammed Adamu said...

United Nations, Oct 24 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday expressed hope that the agreement between Israel and Sudan to normalise relations will create opportunities for peace and prosperity...

Beijing, Oct 24 : In a message to celebrate United Nations Day, the Chinese UN Ambassador called for efforts to uphold multilateralism and to support the United Nations. This United...

Washington, Oct 24 : Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign has spent a record amount of money on television and digital advertising than any other presidential candidate in the US’...

Tel Aviv, Oct 24 : Israel will not oppose the sale of “certain weapon systems” to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in light of a promise by the US to...

Washington, Oct 24 : US President Donald Trump will vote in person in West Palm Beach, Florida, before holding campaign rallies in the three swing states of North Carolina, Ohio...

Rome, Oct 24 : Italy’s competition regulator announced that it has dropped its anti-trust investigation against four major discount air carriers after the companies agreed to change their policies regarding...

Ramallah, Oct 24 : Palestinian authorities have slammed Sudan’s decision to normalise ties with Israel in exchange for the US to remove Khartoum from the list of state sponsors of...

Rome, Oct 24 : Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has urged vigilance and said that all steps should be taken to avert a second national lockdown, as the country has...

United Nations, Oct 24 : UN General Assembly (UNGA) President Volkan Bozkir said that he was “saddened” by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s refusal to meet him. “I...

Washington, Oct 24 : Amid the ongoing military conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan separately met US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo here,...

Washington, Oct 24 : The US has imposed new sanctions on a Russian government research institution that is connected to a malware “designed specifically to target and manipulate industrial safety...

La Paz, Oct 24 : Bolivia’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) announced that Luis Arce Catacora, the candidate for the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party, has won the October 18 presidential...

Brussels, Oct 24 : The European Union’s (EU) domestic tourism has recovered faster than foreign tourism after most countries started easing their Covid-19 restrictions by June, official figures have revealed....

Buenos Aires, Oct 24 : Argentina has decided to prolong its isolation and social distancing measures aimed at controlling the spread of the novel coronavirus until November 8, President Alberto...

Ankara, Oct 24 : Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed that the country’s army had been testing the Russian-made S-400 air defence system. “It is true about the tests.They have...

Bogota, Oct 24 : Colombian Vice President Marta Lucia Ramirez confirmed that she has tested positive for the novel coronavirus and would be isolated in her home for 15 days....

By Arul LouisNew York, Oct 24 : In another Middle East diplomatic breakthrough for US President Donald Trump, Sudan is normalising relations with Israel in exchange for Washington removing Khartoum...

Abuja, Oct 24 : Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has said 69 people have been killed in protests against police brutality that have rocked the country. The deaths were mainly civilians...

Paris, Oct 24 : French President Emmanuel Macron has said his country will be fighting the coronavirus until at least the middle of next year as cases there surged past...

Washington, Oct 24 : US President Donald Trump has seized on a TV debate remark by his White House rival Joe Biden about shutting down the oil industry, as the...

Beijing, Oct 23 : China on Friday warned the UK against offering citizenship to Hong Kong residents and “immediately correct its mistakes” in order to avoid retaliatory measures. In response...

Washington, Oct 23 : Bernie Sanders, Senator from the US state of Vermont, has expressed hope to be a part of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s administration if the latter...

Washington, Oct 23 : A new poll has revealed that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s national lead against US President Donald Trump has narrowed to four points with just 12...

Havana, Oct 23 : The US trade embargo against Cuba has caused more than $144 billion in losses for the island nation’s economy in the past six decades, Foreign Affairs...

Jerusalem, Oct 23 : Israeli war planes on Friday attacked military sites that belong to the Islamic Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, according to security sources. The sources said...

Caracas, Oct 23 : Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) announced that the campaigning for the December 6 legislative elections will begin on November 3. “The electoral campaign for the parliamentary...

Washington, Oct 23 : The US has imposed new sanctions on five Iranian entities for “attempting to influence” the November 3 American presidential election. In a statement on Thursday, the...

Washington, Oct 23 : American multinational retail corporation Walmart announced it has filed a pre-emptive lawsuit against the US government to thwart its “completely unjustified” attempt to hold the company...

Washington, Oct 23 : Republicans lawmakers the US Senate Judiciary Committee have voted to advance the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump’s replacement for late Justice Ruth...

Moscow, Oct 23 : Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that even if the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with the US expires, Mowcow can ensure its security...

Beirut, Oct 23 : Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri has announced that he will form a specialists’ cabinet quickly to start with the implementation of structural reforms, aiming to save...

London, Oct 23 : UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reiterated his stand to avoid a national lockdown against the COVID-19 pandemic, saying his government will work hard to protect...

Moscow, Oct 23 : Edward Snowden, the former US National Security Agency contractor who leaked classified documents on American surveillance programmes, has obtained Russias open-ended residence permit, his lawyer told...

Washington, Oct 23 : US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has pressed for immediate negotiations with Russia to finalize a verifiable agreement as the two sides seem moving closer to...

Washington, Oct 23 : Three US cities of New York, Seattle and Portland have filed a federal lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s memorandum which orders federal agencies to withhold federal...

Sao Paulo, Oct 23 : The biggest Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, also the epicentre of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country, will resume in-person secondary school classes from November...

United Nations, Oct 23 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for investment in culture to promote global solidarity amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Guterres made the appeal on Thursday...

By Arul LouisNew York, Oct 22 : US President Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden will face-off on Thursday night for the final debate with a microphone muzzle setup...

Kathmandu, Oct 22 : Nepal on Thursday recorded 3,637 new Covid-19 cases, taking the country’s tally to 148,509, health officials said. There are currently 44,877 active cases of infection.Of the...

Kuala Lumpur, Oct 22 : Malaysia’s Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin is expected to chair a special meeting with his Cabinet at his office in Putrajaya on Friday morning, sources said....

United Nations, Oct 22 : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed concern about intensified geopolitical competition in Southeast Asia and beyond, which, he said, has led to a deepening of...

Seoul, Oct 22 : North Korean state-media on Thursday reported that the country’s leader Kim Jong-un visited the cemetery of Chinese soldiers who fell during the 1950-53 Korean War, to...

Paris, Oct 22 (IANS) : French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to “quiet hero” Samuel Paty, the teacher who was beheaded last week on Friday. Paty was targeted close...

Washington, Oct 21 (IANS) : US President Donald Trump jokingly blamed “crooked Hillary” after his microphone stopped working at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. The incident took place during the...

Washington, Oct 21 (IANS) : The Republican-majority US Senate will vote on October 26 to confirm US President Donald Trump’s nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court as...

Washington, Oct 21 (IANS) : With more than $177 million in the bank, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden currently holds a massive cash advantage against US President Donald Trump, just...

Washington, Oct 21 (IANS) : After months of discussions on a new Covid-19 relief package aimed at assisting American businesses and workers affected by the pandemic, top US negotiators appeared...

Ottawa, Oct 21 (IANS) : The Canadian Liberal government and the opposition Conservatives have sparred over a proposal to create a parliamentary committee to probe the former’s response to the...

Houston, Oct 21 (IANS) : Voter turnout in Harris County, Texas, after seven days of early voting for the November 3 presidential election has surpassed the figure recorded during the...

Madrid, Oct 21 (IANS) : The Spanish government announced that was considering fresh curfews to tackle a resurgence in the number of new coronavirus cases, Addressing the media here on...

Denver, Oct 21 (IANS) : Raging wildfires in Colorado have prompted authorities at the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests to temporarily close all national forest land in five of the...

San Francisco, Oct 21 (IANS) : San Francisco Mayor London Breed has announced the launch of the ‘Stand Together’ campaign to denounce and combat racial discrimination in the US city....

Tel Aviv, Oct 21 (IANS) : Arkia, Israel’s second-largest airline, has announced direct flight services to Dubai, which will begin from January 3, 2021. The announcement on Tuesday is the...

Washington, Oct 21 (IANS) : As he readies to hit the campaign trail for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, former US President Barack Obama urged the country’s youth to vote...

Washington, Oct 21 (IANS) : Amid the ongoing military conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, the Foreign Ministers of the warring countries of Armenia and Azerbaijan will separately meet US...

Hong Kong, Oct 21 (IANS) : Hong Kong flag carrier Cathay Pacific on Wednesday announced that it will eliminate 8,500 job posts, making 5,900 staff redundant, and shut one of...

Washington, Oct 20 (IANS) : At least 291 former US national security officials have signed a letter endorsing Democratic nominee Joe Biden for President, it was announced on Tuesday. The...

Miami, Oct 20 (IANS) : Florida, a key battleground US state, broke its record for in-person early voting for the November 3 presidential election, with at least 350,000 people casting...

Washington, Oct 20 (IANS) : Senate Republicans were eyeing October 26 to cast a final vote to confirm US President Donald Trump’s nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme...

London, Oct 20 (IANS) : UK Health Minister Matt Hancock has come under fire after he was photographed without a mask in a chauffeur-driven car, media reports said on Tuesday....

Manchester, Oct 20 (IANS) : The UK government has given the Mayor of Manchester until Tuesday midday to reach a deal over moving to tier-three or the strictest Covid-19 restrictions,...

Washington, Oct 20 (IANS) : US President Donald Trump was closing in on his Democratic rival Joe Biden’s lead in Pennsylvania, a key battleground state that could alter the results...

Kuwait City, Oct 20 (IANS) : Authorities at the Kuwait International Airport have submitted a proposal to end the travel ban and enforce a mandatory 14-day institutional quarantine in the...

Tel Aviv, Oct 20 (IANS) : Following the September 15 US-brokered normalization deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the two countries are scheduled to sign a visa...

Hong Kong, Oct 20 (IANS) : Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Tuesday announced that her government could slightly relax some of the incumbent social-distancing rules aimed at allowing...

Washington, Oct 20 (IANS) : During a call with his re-election campaign staff, US President Donald Trump slammed Anthony Fauci, America’s top infectious disease expert, and called the latter “a...

Tehran, Oct 20 (IANS) : Iranian Defence Minister Amir Hatami said that Iran is ready to sign “military and security” agreements with the Gulf states. Pointing to the importance of...

Washington, Oct 20 (IANS) : US President Donald Trump has announced his intention of removing Sudan from the state sponsor of terrorism list once the African country deposits the settlement...

Washington, Oct 20 (IANS) : The microphones of US President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden will be muted during segments of Thursday’s presidential debate, the last direct...

Seoul, Oct 20 (IANS) : A North Korean media outlet on Tuesday slammed South Korea for its recent defence talks with the US, terming the discussions as a “reckless scheme...

Tehran, Oct 20 (IANS) : Iran and Ukraine began a new round of talks over the issues of the Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed over the Iranian space earlier this...

Moscow, Oct 20 (IANS) : As one of the founding countries of the United Nations, Russia consistently advocates strengthening the organisation’s central role in addressing global affairs, President Vladimir Putin...

Jakarta, Oct 20 (IANS) : Indonesia will at the first phase provide the COVID-19 vaccine to 9.1 million people between November and December 2020, the Health Ministry’s Disease Control and...

Baghdad, Oct 20 (IANS) : Iraqi security forces launched an offensive to hunt down extremist Islamic State (IS) militants in one of their major hideouts in Salahudin Province, a provincial...

Washington, Oct 19 (IANS) : Anthony Fauci, America’s top infectious disease expert, said that he was not surprised that US President Donald Trump had tested positive for the novel coronvirus...

Seoul, Oct 19 (IANS) : After remaining suspended for more than a year, tours to the inter-Korean village of Panmunjom will resume in November, the Unification Ministry in Seoul said...

Washington, Oct 19 (IANS) : Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has said that US President Donald Trump continues to “lie about the circumstances” of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country....

Bangkok, Oct 19 (IANS) : Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said on Monday that the government will endorse an extraordinary session of Parliamen in a bid to avert a looming...

Prague, Oct 19 (IANS) : More than 100 people were arrested in Prague on suspicion of rioting and attacking officers following a protest against the incumbent Covid-19 restrictions imposed in...

Tripoli, Oct 19 (IANS) : Libyan authorities have announced the recovery of 12 unidentified bodies in mass graves in the city of Tarhuna, some 90 km south of the capital...

Rome, Oct 19 (IANS) : Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced that his government has approved fresh anti-coronavirus curbs after more than 11,000 new cases were reported in just 24...

Brussels, Oct 19 (IANS) : The European Union (EU) welcomed the new ceasefire reached between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the conflict-ridden Nagorno-Karabakh region, but denounced any violation of the latest...

Canberra, Oct 19 (IANS) : Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday welcomed the easing of strict Covid-19 restrictions in Victoria, the hardest-hit state by the pandemic in the country....

Manama, Oct 19 (IANS) : Bahrain and Israel signed a series of key agreements covering bilateral relations, agriculture, trade, civil aviation, telecommunications and financial services, state Bahrain News Agency (BNA)...

Cairo, Oct 19 (IANS) : Egypts Senate members took the constitutional oath during the opening procedural session of the Upper House of Parliament. The opening session was held at the...

London, Oct 19 (IANS) : People who have been askedto self-isolate through the test and trace system of the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) could have their contact details shared...

United Nations, Oct 19 (IANS) : United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the day’s indiscriminate attack on a provincial police headquarters in Afghanistan’s province of Ghor. “The secretary-general strongly...

London, Oct 19 (IANS) : Another 16,982 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 722,409, according to official...

New York, Oct 19 (IANS) : The National Governors Association (NGA) sent a list of questions to the Trump Administration seeking clarification on how the federal government will most effectively...

Jerusalem, Oct 19 (IANS) : Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have agreed to operate 28 commercial flights between Tel Aviv and Abu Dhabi or Dubai per week, Israel’s...

Yerevan/Baku, Oct 18 (IANS) : Armenia and Azerbaijan on Sunday accused each other of violating a new ceasefire that came into force in the conflict-ridden Nagorno-Karabakh region just hours earlier....

Washington, Oct 18 (IANS) : The Republican-majority US Senate will vote on a $500 billion coronavirus relief bill on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced. McConnell’s announcement on Saturday...

Washington, Oct 18 (IANS) : Female protesters and supporters of the Women’s March movement staged a rally in Washington D.C., against the October 22 confirmation vote to approve US President...

Washington, Oct 18 (IANS) : US President Donald Trump has wished Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris “the best” and hoped that she was “in good shape” after an aide...

Seoul, Oct 18 (IANS) : A North Korean media outlet on Sunday slammed South Korea that it allegedly approached the US to purchase nuclear fuel for a nuclear-powered submarine. Meari,...

Wellington, Oct 18 (IANS) : New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Sunday said that she expected to form a new government within the next two to three weeks...

Beirut, Oct 18 (IANS) : Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Beirut to mark the first anniversary of the protests against the Lebanese government and the...

Dharamsala, Oct 18 (IANS) : Tibetan political prisoner Tanak Jigme Sangpo, who had been in Switzerland since receiving political asylum in 2003 a year after he completed 37-year sentence at...

La Paz, Oct 18 (IANS) : Bolivia’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) has announced that Sunday’s general elections will be monitored by 213,600 citizen observers. Over 7.3 million Bolivians will be...

New York, Oct 18 (IANS) : Movie theatres in New York State, except New York City, can reopen at 25 per cent capacity with up to 50 people per screen...

Ankara, Oct 18 (IANS) : Turkey has found more gas reserves in the Black Sea, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced. “As a result of testing, analysis, and detailed engineering work,...

Tehran, Oct 18 (IANS) : A new round of talks between Iran and Ukraine will begin on Monday in Tehran to discuss the remaining issues regarding the crashed Ukrainian passenger...

Washington, Oct 18 (IANS) : Five people were injured in a gas explosion at a shopping centre in the US state of Virginia, according to officials. The incident took place...

United Nations, Oct 18 (IANS) : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the international community to stand in solidarity with people living in poverty. “On the International Day for the...

Tehran, Oct 18 (IANS) : The Iranian Foreign Ministry on Sunday announced that the UN Security Councils (UNSC) arms embargo against Tehran has been terminated in line with the 2015...

Yerevan, Oct 18 (IANS) : Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed on a new “humanitarian ceasefire” in the Nagorno-Karabakh region starting midnight (2000 GMT), the two countries’ foreign ministries announced on...

New York, Oct 18 (IANS) : New York will target individual blocks rather than entire neighbourhoods as the state tries to fight the coronavirus in fall and winter, said Governor...

Istanbul, Oct 18 (IANS) : Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Turkey found more gas reserves in the Black Sea. “As a result of testing, analysis, and detailed engineering...