Tokyo: Japan's Cabinet approved a one-year extension of the participation of the Self-Defense Forces in the U.N. peacekeeping mission in South Sudan at its headquarters until May 31 next year. The move came after the U.N. Security Council decided in March to extend by one year

Bengaluru: India said it was working to alleviate a shortage of a medicine used to treat a rare fungal disease hitting Covid patients as its healthcare system reels under a massive wave of coronavirus infections. Cases of mucormycosis, or “black fungus”, a potentially serious condition that

OTTAWA: A Canadian ban on direct passenger flights from India after increased Covid-19 cases were detected in travellers arriving from these countries was extended Friday until June 21. The measure, first announced on April 22, was set to expire Saturday. "Our battle against Covid-19 continues," Transportation Minister

New York: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi says the Kashmir dispute is an important pillar of Pakistan's foreign policy. "The Kashmir dispute should be resolved in line with the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council," Qureshi said to Kashmiri leaders while discussing the gross human

New Delhi: Leading Indian authors Pankaj Mishra and Arundhati Roy have spoken out against Penguin Random House India’s decision to publish and promote a book by Narendra Modi during the country’s coronavirus crisis, with Mishra accusing PRH India of “enlist[ing] in a flailing politician’s propaganda

Islamabad: Prime Minister’s National Security Advisor Dr Moeed Yusuf has said Pakistan would continue do everything to ensure Kashmiris achieve their aspirations. The National Security Advisor in a series of tweets on his official Twitter handle expressed solidarity with Kashmiris and paid tribute to the martyred

Cairo: On May 8, Egypt’s Permanent Supreme Committee for Human Rights, a body established in 2018 by Prime Minister Mustafa Madbouly, held a meeting with representatives of a number of state-aligned civil society groups to discuss an ambitious and equally dubious five-year national government strategy

Vienna: The International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran are working to extend their monitoring agreement to keep nuclear negotiations with world powers and Tehran on track, the IAEA said. "The Agency and Iran are now in consultations," the Vienna-based UN watchdog said in a statement sent

Gaza: A few hours into a ceasefire agreement reached between the Israeli government and Hamas, which governs the Gaza strip, Israeli police were reported to have stormed the compound of the Al-Aqsa mosque once more on Friday. Several Arab media outlets reported the forces launched tear