International
Nov 02, 2024
New York, Nov 2 (IANS) A criticism aimed at women supporting Donald Trump by a billionaire backer of Kamala Harris has backfired on her campaign as it is trying to douse controversy over President...
Nov 02, 2024
La Paz, Nov 2 (IANS) Opponents of the Bolivian government who sympathise with former President Evo Morales occupied the "Cacique Juan Maraza" military regiment in the town of Villa Tunari, the...
Nov 02, 2024
Tehran, Nov 2 (IANS) Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi condemned Germany's move to close Iranian consulates on its territory in response to the execution of Jamshid Sharmahd, a German-...
Nov 02, 2024
Washington, Nov 2 (IANS) Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that Diwali gives a “powerful lesson” to the world about everyone’s obligation to care for each other.
Nov 02, 2024
Kigali, Nov 2 (IANS) More than 1,600 people have been vaccinated against the Marburg virus disease in Rwanda, including those at high risk of contracting the virus and contacts of positive cases, a...
Nov 02, 2024
New York, Nov 2 (IANS) Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says that US presidential candidate Donald Trump’s “unpredictability” is an asset because it is a form of “deterrence” that keeps...
Nov 02, 2024
Washington, Nov 2 (IANS) US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the deployment of additional ballistic missile defence destroyers, fighter squadron and tanker aircraft, and several B-52 long-...
Nov 02, 2024
Madrid, Nov 2 (IANS) Spain remains deeply shaken by the deadly flash floods that have left 205 people confirmed dead and wrecked havoc across the regions of Valencia, Castilla-La Mancha and Andalusia...
Nov 02, 2024
Washington, Nov 2 (IANS) The US Defense Department has announced additional security assistance for Ukraine worth an estimated $425 million.
Nov 02, 2024
Jerusalem, Nov 2 (IANS) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that it has killed Izz al-Din Kassab, a member of Hamas' political bureau and head of its relations and coordination with...
Harris claims she is not against gas drilling, but campaign member says she won't expand fossil fuel
Nov 02, 2024
New York, Nov 2 (IANS) Trying to match former President Donald Trump’s popular call for US energy independence, Vice President Kamala Harris has said she is dropping her demand to ban drilling for...
Nov 02, 2024
Istanbul, Nov 2 (IANS) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani have held a closed-door meeting in Istanbul, according to a statement from the Turkish...
Nov 01, 2024
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 1 (IANS) Malaysia's sexual assault against children cases reached 1,389 in 2023, a significant increase of 21.1 per cent as compared to the figures of the previous year, official...
Nov 01, 2024
Cairo, Nov 1 (IANS) An Egyptian-American archaeological team has unearthed the first Middle Kingdom-era burials at the Assasif cemetery near Luxor, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities...
Nov 01, 2024
Belgrade, Nov 1 (IANS) Eight people have died following the collapse of an awning at Novi Sad railway station, Serbian Interior Minister Ivica Dacic confirmed on Friday.
Nov 01, 2024
Paris, Nov 1 (IANS) At least five people were injured in a shooting on Thursday night in Poitiers, west-central France, leading to a gang brawl involving several hundred people, the French news...
Nov 01, 2024
Damascus, Nov 1 (IANS) One person was killed and seven others injured on Friday in forest fires raging across the northern countryside of the northwestern province of Latakia since Thursday,...
Nov 01, 2024
Beirut, Nov 1 (IANS) The United Nations Human Rights Office voiced concern on Friday regarding the severe civilian impact of Israeli military operations in Lebanon, with a focus on damage to...
Nov 01, 2024
Juba, Nov 1 (IANS) The World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday urgently appealed for 404 million US dollars to support its humanitarian assistance operations in South Sudan in 2025 amid warning of...
Nov 01, 2024
Washington, Nov 1 (IANS) With the election just days away, campaign signs for both Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and Republican candidate Donald Trump are seen side by side along a...
Nov 01, 2024
Madrid, Nov 1 (IANS) The death toll from the flash floods devastating parts of east and southern Spain rose to 205 on Friday, according to the Centre of Coordinated and Integrated Operations in the...
Nov 01, 2024
Mogadishu, Nov 1 (IANS) The United Nations Transitional Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNTMIS) began operations on Friday in the country, succeeding the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM), a UN...
Nov 01, 2024
Mogadishu, Nov 1 (IANS) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it has reached a staff-level agreement with Somalia on the second review under the extended credit facility (ECF) arrangement.
Nov 01, 2024
Tokyo, Nov 1 (IANS) Japan's cabinet office on Friday lowered its growth forecast for the current fiscal year to an expansion of 0.7 per cent in inflation-adjusted real terms, down from a previous...
Nov 01, 2024
Gaborone, Nov 1 (IANS) Duma Boko, the presidential candidate of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), was declared as Botswana's sixth President on Friday.
Nov 01, 2024
Beijing, Nov 1 (IANS) Luo Yulin, a former Deputy Minister-level official in China's state-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, stood trial on Friday, charged...
Nov 01, 2024
Addis Ababa/Kigali, Nov 1 (IANS) Rwanda is heading in "a good direction" in its efforts to contain the deadly Marburg virus disease, with only four confirmed cases reported in the last two weeks, a...
Nov 01, 2024
Nairobi, Nov 1 (IANS) Kenya's Kithure Kindiki was sworn in as the country's new Deputy President Friday in a ceremony held in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, a day after the High Court lifted orders...
Nov 01, 2024
Jerusalem, Nov 1 (IANS) Israel's cabinet approved a 2025 wartime budget on Friday, detailing measures and tax increases to bolster military spending for ongoing operations in the Gaza Strip and...
Nov 01, 2024
Addis Ababa, Nov 1 (IANS) Confirmed monkeypox cases in Africa have surged by over 500 per cent this year compared to the total for all of last year, with the number of affected countries rising to 19...
Nov 01, 2024
Beirut, Nov 1 (IANS) Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Friday accused Israel of rejecting efforts to reach a ceasefire as Israeli forces resumed bombing Beirut's southern suburbs and other...
Nov 01, 2024
Kabul, Nov 1 (IANS) Afghan security forces have rescued a child in Afghanistan's Herat province and arrested two kidnappers, district police chief Mohammad Hasan Ihsan said on Friday.
Nov 01, 2024
Manila, Nov 1 (IANS) The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Friday that it has approved a loan of $85 million to fund the modernisation of irrigation networks and increase agricultural production...
Nov 01, 2024
Jakarta, Nov 1 (IANS) Several people were killed, and nine others were injured when a major fire broke out at a cooking oil factory near Jakarta, Indonesia's largest city, on Friday, according to...
Nov 01, 2024
Beijing, Nov 1 (IANS) Chinese authorities have stepped up precautionary measures against Typhoon Kong-rey, with strong winds, heavy rain and flood risks forecast in coastal regions.
Nov 01, 2024
Moscow, Nov 1 (IANS) Russian Defence Ministry on Friday said that the country's military has inflicted considerable damage on the Ukrainian facilities over the past one week, damaging the control...
Nov 01, 2024
Kandahar (Afghanistan), Nov 1 (IANS) Police have prevented attempts to smuggle a large quantity of relics, including ancient coins, in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province, provincial director...
Nov 01, 2024
Baghdad, Nov 1 (IANS) The Islamic Resistance in Iraq, a Shiite militia group, on Friday claimed responsibility for six drone attacks on Israeli targets.
Nov 01, 2024
New York, Nov 1 (IANS) Jaden Thakur will never forget the day his uncle nearly became another victim in America's gun violence crisis.
Nov 01, 2024
Kabul, Nov 1 (IANS) The construction of a water supply project has been completed and put into operation in the Kharwar district of eastern Afghanistan's Logar province, a statement of the provincial...
Nov 01, 2024
Jakarta, Nov 1 (IANS) A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia's eastern Papua province on Friday, according to the country's Meteorology and Geophysics Agency.
Nov 01, 2024
Hanoi, Nov 1 (IANS) Vietnam's manufacturing sector in October started to recover from the effects of September's typhoon, recording renewed increases in both output and new orders, according to an S...
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