Moscow: Russia has implemented a ban on the entry of "500 Americans," a list that includes prominent figures such as former US President Barack Obama, late-night television host Stephen Colbert, and CNN journalist Erin Burnett. The ban is a response to the anti-Russian sanctions imposed
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Sunday warned that despite the headway over the past 75 years, progress on human health in the wake of COVID, climate change, and other challenges, was “in peril”. The UN chief, who was addressing via video-link the annual opening of the World
Seoul: South Korea and Germany will soon sign an agreement aimed at protecting military secrets to boost defense cooperation, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said as he met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Seoul. The military information agreement will help “smoothly operate the defense
London: The UK Home Office has refuted allegations of harassment, humiliation and abuse of asylum-seekers staying at hotels in and around Liverpool. Earlier, accusations were made against staff of Home Office subcontractor Serco of creating a culture of “institutional abuse” at five hotels in the Merseyside
Geneva: The economic damage of weather- and climate-related disasters continues to rise, even as improvements in early warning have helped reduce the human toll, the UN weather agency said Monday. The World Meteorological Organization, in an updated report, tallied nearly 12,000 extreme weather, climate and water-related
Cape Canaveral, Florida: A private mission organized by Axiom Space successfully launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying the first two Saudi astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). This second-ever private mission to the ISS marks a significant milestone in space exploration. Rayyanah Barnawi, a
Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo: Four men with machetes were hard on their heels as a group of women raced through the dense forest surrounding east Congo's city of Goma, desperate to reach a displacement camp they had left to collect firewood. One tripped on a
Belgrade: Tens of thousands of people gathered in the Serbian capital Belgrade, amid growing concern at rising levels of violence following two mass shootings that killed 18 people this month. The rally marked the third major “Serbia against violence” protest in recent weeks, which has brought
Taipei: Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen vowed to maintain the status quo of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait amid high tensions with China, which has stepped up military pressure on the democratically governed island. Taiwan will not provoke and will not bow to Chinese pressure,
New Delhi: As the stalemate between Islamabad and New Delhi continues over bilateral relations, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has laid the sole responsibility for the normalisation of ties on Pakistan. India wants "normal and neighbourly relations", Modi said in an interview with a Japanese media