International
Apr 27, 2024
Kyiv, April 27 (IANS/DPA) At least four thermal power plants were damaged as Russia again targeted Ukraine with a round of massive airstrikes overnight, the operator said on Saturday.
Apr 27, 2024
Seoul, April 27 (IANS) In another conciliatory gesture, South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo pleaded with medical professors on Friday to remain at their workplaces and with their patients, as...
Apr 27, 2024
Sanaa, April 27 (IANS) Yemen's Houthi group said early Saturday that they had launched a missile attack and hit a British oil tanker in the Red Sea and shot down a US drone in northern Yemen.
Apr 27, 2024
Houston, April 27 (IANS) All charges have been dropped against the 57 people who were arrested during a pro-Palestinian protest on the campus of the University of Texas, Austin, the Travis County...
Apr 27, 2024
Baghdad, April 27 (IANS) Four people were killed in a drone attack on a gas field in Iraq's Kurdistan region, prompting condemnation from both regional and federal authorities.
Apr 27, 2024
Seoul, April 27 (IANS) North Korea on Saturday lashed out at the recent release of the US annual report on human rights situations in the reclusive country, calling it an act of interfering in the...
Apr 27, 2024
Tel Aviv, April 27 (IANS) Israel has demanded the release of at least 33 hostages by Hamas to prevent the planned attack on the city of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip.
Apr 27, 2024
Mexico City, April 27 (IANS) Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has reiterated his request that the US government stop issuing the report evaluating the human rights situation in several...
Apr 27, 2024
Houston, April 27 (IANS) A freight train carrying gasoline and propane derailed on Friday afternoon near the Arizona-New Mexico border in the western US, causing the closure of a key trucking route,...
Apr 27, 2024
Kiev, April 27 (IANS) Explosions were heard in several Ukrainian regions late on Friday amid Russian missile attacks, local media outlets reported.
Apr 27, 2024
Gaza, April 27 (IANS) Hamas has reportedly announced its openness to any ideas or proposals for a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Apr 27, 2024
Washington, April 27 (IANS) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that he renewed calls for China to exert its influence to press North Korea to cease its "dangerous" activities and return to...
Apr 27, 2024
United Nations, April 27 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has unveiled a new initiative aimed at integrating fairness, sustainability, and human rights into the procurement and use of...
Apr 27, 2024
Tel Aviv, April 27 (IANS/DPA) Israel sees the latest efforts to achieve a ceasefire and a hostage deal in the Gaza war as a "last chance" before the planned attack on the city of Rafah in the south...
Apr 27, 2024
Aden, April 27 (IANS) Abdul Malik al-Houthi, the leader of Yemen's Houthi group, has vowed to continue its naval operations in the Red Sea, rejecting media reports suggesting a decrease in Houthi...
Apr 27, 2024
Kiev, April 27 (IANS/DPA) The city authorities in Kiev has ordered the urgent evacuation of two hospitals in the Ukrainian capital amid fears of a possible Russian missile attack sparked by an...
Apr 27, 2024
Ottawa, April 27 (IANS) Approximately 8.7 million people, or 22.9 per cent of Canada's population, lived in households that reported some form of food insecurity in 2022, Statistics Canada has said.
Apr 27, 2024
Washington, April 27 (IANS) US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has said the United States is committed to supplying Ukraine with additional Patriot air defence systems, and that in order to do so...
Apr 27, 2024
Gaza, April 27 (IANS) The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip from ongoing Israeli attacks has risen to 34,356, the Hamas-run Health Ministry has said.
Apr 27, 2024
Jerusalem, April 27 (IANS) Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir was lightly injured after his car ran a red light on Friday afternoon in the county's central city of Ramla.
Apr 26, 2024
Kiev, April 26 (IANS/DPA) Ukraine has received the bodies of 140 soldiers killed while trying to defend the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson from Russian attacks, the authority...
Apr 26, 2024
Moscow, April 26 (IANS) Russia and Europe will no longer be able to resume their past relations under the current circumstances, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday.
Apr 26, 2024
Geneva, April 26 (IANS/DPA) Numerous women and girls have been detained in Iran for failing to heed head-covering regulations, and hundreds of businesses have been closed for failing to enforce them...
Apr 26, 2024
London, April 26 (IANS/DPA) Former UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has warned against suggestions that the conflict in Ukraine should be frozen, during an interview that addressed the outlook in the...
Apr 26, 2024
Gaza, April 26 (IANS) At least three people were killed during an Israeli attack targeting a facility belonging to the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) in Gaza City, Palestinian medical...
Apr 26, 2024
Paris, April 26 (IANS/DPA) The French and German defence ministers signed an agreement in Paris on Friday for a joint Franco-German-led armaments project worth billions of euros, which includes the...
Apr 26, 2024
Seoul, April 26 (IANS/DPA) South Korea and Japan could consider adopting a simplified entry procedure for people travelling between the two countries, as an effort to keep the momentum going in the...
Apr 26, 2024
Bangkok, April 26 (IANS/DPA) Several civilians were killed and many more injured in a heavy airstrike by the military in Myanmar on a rebel-controlled region on the border with India.
Apr 26, 2024
Tokyo, April 26 (IANS) Three teenagers died after a mini car fell into a paddy field in the western Japanese prefecture of Tokushima, local authorities reported on Friday.
Apr 26, 2024
Seoul, April 26 (IANS) South Korea's health authorities on Friday warned of whooping cough, or pertussis, rapidly spreading among children, urging parents to ensure their children are vaccinated.
Apr 26, 2024
Kyiv, April 26 (IANS/DPA) Ukraine's highest anti-corruption court has ordered the pre-trial detention of Agriculture Minister Mykola Solskyi on suspicion of misappropriation of state land worth...
Apr 26, 2024
Colombo, April 26 (IANS) One soldier died and nine others were injured when a lorry truck collided with an army cab in the area called Mankulam in northern Sri Lanka on Friday, police said.
Apr 26, 2024
London, April 26 (IANS/DPA) Former UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has called on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to agree to send Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine, as he continues to resist this step...
Apr 26, 2024
Beijing, April 26 (IANS/DPA) On the last day of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to China, Beijing has warned of a deterioration in relations between the two powers.
Apr 26, 2024
Seoul, April 26 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has supervised a test-firing of new shells for a multiple rocket launcher, saying the weapon system will bring about a strategic change in...
Apr 26, 2024
Seoul, April 26 (IANS) Professors from around 20 major medical schools in South Korea will decide on Friday whether to take a weekly day off while struggling to fill the void of trainee doctors who...
Apr 26, 2024
Islamabad, April 26 (IANS) Pakistan has "categorically" rejected a report by the US State Department over the human rights violations in the country last year, saying that only a "politically...
Apr 26, 2024
Washington, April 26 (IANS/DPA) The US is preparing to negotiate with the military leadership in Niger about the "organized and responsible withdrawal" of its troops from the country.
Apr 26, 2024
Jerusalem, April 26 (IANS) Israel is expected to "soon" begin evacuating civilians from Rafah ahead of a planned ground attack on Gaza's southernmost city, a state-owned media outlet has reported.
Apr 26, 2024
United Nations, April 26 (IANS) Making the General Assembly more effective cannot be divorced from the wider context of the reform of the UN, including the Security Council, according to India.
Apr 26, 2024
United Nations, April 26 (IANS) India exemplifies how the digital revolution can be made accessible to millions and become "a fundamental driver of social transformation and progress", according to...
Apr 25, 2024
Lahore, April 25 (IANS) Pakistan Punjab's Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz turned up in a police uniform to review the passing out parade of the provincial police here on Thursday, as per reports.
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