Wellington: New Zealand on Thursday temporarily suspended entry for all travellers from India, including its own citizens, for about two weeks following a high number of positive coronavirus cases arriving from the South Asian country. The move comes after New Zealand recorded 23 new positive coronavirus

Islamabad: The British Council Pakistan on Thursday assured Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood that all coronavirus standard operating procedures will be followed when during the upcoming examinations. "The head of British Council and Cambridge in Pakistan came to see me today. They [British Council] assured me

Washington: Three retired senior officials of the U.S. Department of State have urged the current administration to pay the arrears the country owes to the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping budget. These dues have been accruing for four years and total more than 1 billion U.S. dollars,

London: Britain on Thursday condemned "bullying" by the Myanmar junta after the country’s ambassador to London was ousted in an extraordinary diplomatic coup after calling for the release of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Diplomats loyal to the Myanmar military authorities seized control of the

Brussels: Compulsory childhood vaccination in the Czech Republic, with failure to do so resulting in a fine or being barred from nursery school, doesn’t violate the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Court of Human Rights found on Thursday. The case brought before the ECHR

Vienna: Diplomats from major powers met separately on Wednesday with Iran and the United States to discuss how to bring both back into compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal that Washington abandoned three years ago. Neither the United States nor Iran expect fast breakthroughs in the

New Delhi: The Election Commission issued a notice to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee for “openly demanding votes on communal grounds”. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief has been directed to explain her remarks within 48 hours of receipt of the notice, failing which the commission

New York: The United States said it is restarting assistance to the Palestinians, announcing $235 million in new humanitarian, economic and development support, reversing a Trump-era decision to cut such funding. The bulk of the money will go through the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees –

Washington: The US State Department has refused to comment on Pakistan cancelling an earlier decision to import sugar and cotton from India but did ask the two neighbours to hold direct talks to normalise relations. “I wouldn’t want to comment on that specifically. What I would

Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was travelling to the country's eastern frontline on Thursday, after a surge in clashes with separatist forces and a spike in tensions with Moscow. Fighting between the Ukrainian army and separatists has intensified in recent weeks, raising fears of a major