China holiday train travel down nearly 70 per cent amid restrictions
Beijing: Railway journeys in China during the usually frenetic Lunar New Year holiday travel rush are down by almost 70 per cent amid calls for people...
Air travellers to Canada to isolate at hotels starting Feb 22
Toronto: Air travellers to Canada will quarantine in a hotel starting on February 22 as they await the result of a coronavirus test, Prime Minister Ju...
Afghanistan to build $2 billion airport in Taliban-dominated province
KABUL: The Afghan government is planning to open a new international airport in a Taliban-dominated eastern province to transform the region into an a...
8 Saudi mosques closed as coronavirus cases surge
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance temporarily closed eight more mosques across the country on Friday as coronaviru...
Meghan Markle wins privacy case against UK tabloid
London: The Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, has won a legal case against the publisher of a British tabloid newspaper that printed extracts of a let...
MEA reiterates, India and China have agreed to convene a senior commanders meeting
The External Affairs Ministry has reiterated that India and China have agreed to convene a 10th round of senior commanders meeting within 48 hours aft...
Protests break out in Chad
In Chad, protests broke out after President Idriss Deby was confirmed as the governing party’s nominee for the election.Police fired tear gas at the p...
US President Joe Biden has Revoked the National Emergency Order Used to Fund Ex President Trump's Mexico Border Wall Project
Yesterday in a letter to Congress, Biden wrote that the order was unwarranted and told no further tax dollars will be spent on the wall. The announcem...
Australia to introduce landmark Google, Facebook legislation to parliament next week
CANBERRA: Australia will introduce landmark legislation to force Alphabet’s Google and Facebook to pay publishers and broadcasters for content next we...
Kim lays blame at officials for N Korea's economic failures
Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ripped into the performance of his Cabinet and fired a senior economic official he appointed a month ago, sayin...
China bans BBC from broadcasting
Beijing: China has banned BBC World News from broadcasting in the country for seriously violating its guidelines for reporting, its television and rad...
US announces sanctions against Army Chief General Hlaing against Myanmar
The United States has announced a series of executive actions against the military government and people and organisations associated with Feb. 1 coup...
Authorities order snap Covid lockdown in Melbourne
In Australia, authorities have ordered a snap, five-day lockdown in Melbourne today to contain a new Corona virus outbreak. The lockdown will begin fr...
US President Joe Biden revokes national emergency order used to fund Mexico border wall project
United States President Joe Biden has revoked the national emergency order used to fund former President Donald Trump's Mexico border wall project.In ...
China celebrates Lunar New Year today
China is celebrating Lunar New Year today as it ushered into the Year of the Ox. It is one of the most important Chinese festivals, also known as the ...
Iraq invites 52 countries to monitor elections
The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) of Iraq has sent invitations to embassies of 52 countries to monitor the country’s elections slated t...
United States says, there is no change in its Policy on J&K
The United States said that there is no change in its policy on Jammu and Kashmir. State Department Spokesperson Ned Price told reporters in Washingto...
Biennial Election to Legislative Councils of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana from Graduates & Teachers Constituencies to be held on March 14
Election Commission has decided that Biennial Election to the Andhra Pradesh State Legislative Council from Teachers Constituencies and Telangana Stat...
US freezes USD 1 billion funds of Myanmar govt
The United States has announced that it is going to freeze USD 1 billion in Burmese government funds held in the United States.President Joe Biden has...
Second day of Trump's Senate impeachment trial held
In the US, the second day of former President Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial was dominated by a detailed and damning documentation of the eve...
US Prez Joe Biden announces launch of China task force to counter challenges posed by Beijing
US President Joe Biden has announced the launch of a new China task force that will provide recommendations on military strategy to the Department of ...
4.9-magnitude earthquake hits Hindu Kush area in Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, an earthquake of 4.9 magnitude on the Richter scale hit the Hindu Kush area early this morning, about 36 kilometer south of Fayzabad. ...
67-year-old man opens fire at clinic in Minnesota, USA
A 67-year-old man unhappy with the health care he received opened fire at a clinic in Minnesota, USA, yesterday, one person was killed and four ...
Twitter ends 2020 with record 192 million daily users
San Francisco: Twitter ended 2020 with 192 million daily users, up 27 per cent (year-over-year) with growth from product improvements reaching an all-...
Biden Admin welcomes India's emergence as a leading global power
Washington: Describing India as one of the most important partners of the US in the Indo-Pacific region, the Biden Administration on Tuesday said that...
Second impeachment trial of former US President Donald Trump begins in Senate
Former US President Donald Trump's second impeachment trial formally commenced in the Senate yesterday. The Senate has voted 56-44 to proceed to the f...
Police, protesters clash in Myanmar's capital on most violent day of protests
Police and protesters clashed in Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw yesterday in the most violent day of demonstrations against a military coup that overthre...
Over 46,000 Take Shot in Second Day of COVID Vaccination Programme in Bangladesh
On the second day of the nationwide COVID 19 vaccination programme, 46500 people took the vaccine shot across Bangladesh on Monday. With this, the tot...
International Team Probing COVID-19 Origins in China to Hold Press Conference
The international team working to understand the origins of the COVID-19 virus is completing its 4 weeks stay in Wuhan, China, and together with their...
Facebook to remove more false alarms about Covid, vaccines
San Francisco: Facebook has announced to expand its efforts to remove false claims on its own platform and Instagram about Covid-19 and its vaccines.T...
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