London, April 12 : The supply of warm water to Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, also known as the “doomsday glacier”, is larger than previously thought, triggering concerns of faster melting and...

Nay Pyi Taw, April 12 : Myanmar’s former de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who was ousted and detained following the February 1 coup, has again demanded a face-to-face...

Berlin, April 12 : A 21-year-old Syrian suspect went on trial in the German city of Dresden on Monday, six months after a knife attack on two tourists that left...

Athens, April 12 : Greek Vice-Minister of Tourism Sofia Zacharaki announced on Monday that holidaymakers from European Union (EU) nations will be able to travel Athens without having to quarantine...

Dhaka, April 12 : Amid a surge in new Covid-19 cases, the Bangladeshi government on Monday issued a fresh set of directives for a nationwide “full lockdown” from wednesday onwards....

Toronto, April 12 : Grey wolves which are among the largest predators to have survived the extinction at the end of the last ice age around 11,700 years ago probably...

Tehran, April 12 : Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday described the cyberattack on the Natanz nuclear facility as an act of terrorism and blamed Israel for it....

New York, April 12 : A new personalised cancer vaccine, developed by the US researchers, is safe and beneficial for patients with different cancers, including lung and bladder, results of...

London, April 12 : The UK’s Prince Harry has returned to Britain for the first time since leaving for his new life in Los Angeles ahead of the funeral of...

Dhaka, April 12 : Bangladesh has announced plans to ban all international and domestic flights for a week from Wednesday, coinciding with yet another lockdown to counter a spike in...

Phnom Penh, April 12 : Cambodians are demanding an apology after an Irish artist altered images of the country’s genocide victims, including digitally colouring and adding smiles to prisoners facing...

Tokyo, April 12 : Japan on Monday started to vaccinate its elderly population against Covid-19 amid growing concerns about another wave of new infections. The country will inoculate about 36...

Rome, April 12 : Italian investigators have conducted raids in relation to 45 Mafia suspects as part of a major investigation into the country’s petroleum sector, authorities said on Monday....

Kabul, April 12 : At least 65 people were killed in clashes and terrorist attacks in Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, an independent war monitoring group said on Monday....

Canberra, April 12 : Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has conceded that every citizens of the country might not all receive coronavirus vaccines in 2021. Morrison said on Sunday afternoon...

Havana, April 12 : The Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) will hold its eighth Congress scheduled for April 16-19 as the island nation marks the 60th anniversary of the Bay...

San Francisco, April 12 : The total number of Covid-19 cases in California, the most populous state in the US, has surpassed the 3.6 million mark, according to health authorities....

Canberra, April 12 : Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Monday described News Corporation, owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch, as the most powerful political force in the country....

Lima, April 12 : Pedro Castillo, a school teacher running for the Free Peru party, is leading the country’s presidential elections with 16.1 per cent of the vote, according to...

Wellington, April 12 : A worker for a managed isolation quarantine (MIQ) hotel in Auckland, New Zealand, has tested positive for Covid-19, becoming the third consecutive case at the same...

Quito, April 12 : Former banker and three-time presidential candidate Guillermo Lasso declared victory in Ecuador’s presidential run-off elections, calling it a historic day for the South American country. “This...

Paris, April 12 : France will extend the interval between the two doses of mRNA coronavirus vaccine by two more weeks to quickly inoculate more people amid surging infections and...

Tehran, April 12 : Iran’s First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri called on South Korea to unfreeze Tehran’s assets in its banks as soon as possible. Blocking Iran’s foreign exchange assets in...

Tel Aviv, April 12 : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that struggling against Iran is “a huge task”. He made the remarks on Sunday hours after Iran announced that...

London, April 12 : More than 30 fines were issued to people attending an illegal house party in London, local media reported. Police arrived at the address in Dover Street,...

Addis Ababa, April 12 : Security forces in Ethiopia’s Oromia state have killed 119 rebels, an top official said. Alemayehu Tesfaye, Chief Administrator of East Wollega zone of Oromia regional...

Jakarta, April 12 : The death toll from the floods and landslides triggered by tropical cyclone Seroja in Indonesia’s East Nusa Tenggara province has increased to 177 with 45 still...

Baghdad, April 12 : Five Islamic State (IS) terrorists were killed in an airstrike in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, the military said. A statement by the media office of...

Seoul, April 12 : South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun has arrived in for talks on a range of issues concerning bilateral ties. This is the first trip to Iran...

Kabul, April 12 : Afghans from all walks of life are calling for ceasefire to be observed in Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which starts on Tuesday. In war-torn Afghanistan,...

Tokyo, April 12 : The number of eateries in Japan that went bankrupt in fiscal 2020 stood at 715, the third largest in two decades, local media reported. The bankruptcies...

Washington, April 12 : A policeman from the US state of Virginia who pepper sprayed an Army officer at a traffic stop last year has been fired, an official statement...

San Francisco, April 12 : Apple will send its chief compliance officer before the US Senate Judiciary Committee to testify during a hearing on app stores and digital competition on...

Sanaa, April 12 : Forty-seven people were killed in the past 24 hours as fighting escalated in Yemen’s oil-rich province of Marib, a government official said. The government forces engaged...

Tel Aviv, April 12 : During a meeting with Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz, visiting US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said he was committed to boosting the Jewish state’s security...

Sanaa, April 12 : Yemen’s Houthi militia said they launched bomb-laden drone attacks towards the Jizan Airport and King Khalid Airbase in southwestern Saudi Arabia. “The attacks targeted aircraft hangars...

Manila, April 12 : The Philippines and the US will start their annual joint military exercise dubbed the “Balikatan” on Monday, the army chief in Manila said. This year’s exercise...

Kabul, April 12 : Afghan forces have foiled a Taliban attack on the outskirts of Kunduz city, a provincial spokesman said. A group of Taliban militants, according to the spokesman,...

Manila, April 12 : The Philippines will ease lockdown restrictions in Metro Manila and four adjacent provinces from Monday onwards despite a surge in new coronavirus cases, a government spokesman...

Nairobi, April 12 : Kenya’s elephant population has gradually increased at an annual rate of approximately 2.8 per cent over the last three decades amid declining poaching, a wildlife research...

Jakarta, April 12 : At least eight people were killed and 39 others injured when an earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale jolted Indonesia’s East Java province, the National...

Washington, April 12 : The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 135.8 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.93 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In...

Moscow, April 12 : Russia does not seek a war with Ukraine but is concerned for the Russian-speaking population in the country’s eastern Donbass region, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said....

Dublin, April 12 : People arriving in Ireland from the United States and 15 other countries and regions will have to complete a 14-day mandatory quarantine at a government-designated facility...

Ottawa, April 12 : Ontario, Canada’s most populous province with a population of 14 million, reported 4,456 new cases of Covid-19, the highest single day case count since the pandemic...

London, April 12 : British scientists have warned that the British government is risking a third wave of Covid-19 by easing the lockdown too soon, local media reported. “There are...

Sanaa, April 12 : Health authority in Yemeni Houthi-controlled Sanaa urged residents to wear masks to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Yemen has seen a sharp increase in...

Addis Ababa, April 12 : The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Africa has reached 4,340,817, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC,...

Havana, April 12 : Cuba reported five deaths and 1,040 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the death toll to 453 and the total number of cases to 85,572, the Ministry of...

Buenos Aires, April 12 : The Argentinean Ministry of Health reported that the number of cases of the novel coronavirus in the country has risen to 2,517,300, with 57,647 deaths....

Washington, April 11 : US President Joe Biden on Sunday hailed the settlement of an electric vehicle battery dispute between LG Energy Solution Ltd.and SK Innovation Co.as a “win for...