New York: Facebook said on Tuesday it will restore Australian news pages after negotiating changes with the government to a proposed law that forces tech giants to pay for media content displayed on their platforms. Australia and the social media group have been locked in a
Geneva: Calling for extra investment in prevention and treatment, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Tuesday that one in four of the world´s population will suffer from hearing problems by 2050. The first-ever global report on hearing said that the causes of many of the
Washington/Kabul: The U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad held discussions on Monday with a senior Afghan official in Kabul over ways to accelerate the peace process, before heading to Qatar, where negotiations with Taliban representatives are ongoing. U.S.-brokered peace talks between the Afghan government and
Barbara Bibbo The failure of the last round of United Nations-led talks between the Syrian regime and the opposition in Geneva last month has left diplomats and analysts pondering how to redirect diplomatic efforts in the face of Damascus’s staunch refusal to engage in any negotiated
Kathmandu: The United Nations has recognised a troop of Nepal’s Armed Police Force that is currently in Juba of South Sudan as a part of the UN peacekeeping mission as the best team among the peacekeepers in the country. The APF says its Formed Police Unit
New York: UN humanitarian agency says the risk of large-scale famine in the Arab world’s poorest country “has never been more acute." Aftermath of bombardment on a home near Yemen's strategic rebel-held Red Sea port of Hudaida where several civilians including a child were killed on
Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Iran on Monday for a blast aboard an Israeli-owned ship in the Gulf of Oman last week but sidestepped a question on whether Israel would retaliate. The MV Helios Ray, a vehicle-carrier ship, was hit overnight by a blast above
