Washington: The Omicron BA.2 subvariant is less severe than the Delta variant and to an even greater extent than the original Omicron variant, according...
Washington: China is the only competitor to the United States which has both the intent to reshape the international order and increasingly the power...
KYIV: Moscow-appointed authorities have fled the capital of southern Ukraine's Kherson region along with tens of thousands of residents as Ukrainian forces attacked Russia's...
Kyiv: Ukrainian forces attacked Russia's hold on the southern city of Kherson on Thursday while fighting also intensified in the country's east. The battles...
MOSCOW: Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday reiterated claims that Ukraine is preparing a provocation using a "dirty bomb" in a video call...
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden and Britain's new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak agreed in talks Tuesday to work together to support Ukraine and stand...
TOKYO: The United States will make full use of its military capabilities, “including nuclear, conventional and missile defense," to defend its allies Japan and...
London: Heat-related deaths increased by 68 per cent between 2000-2004 and 2017-2021, while vulnerable populations -- the elderly and children less than a year...
London: Rishi Sunak on Tuesday took charge as Britain's first Indian-origin Prime Minister with a promise to fix recent "mistakes" after an audience with...
WASHINGTON: The United States has no indication that Russia has decided to use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons in Ukraine, including a so-called "dirty...
Islamabad: The Pakistan government on Tuesday decided to set up a judicial commission to probe the killing of prominent journalist Arshad Sharif in Kenya.
Sharif...
WASHINGTON: The Joe Biden administration has appointed senior foreign service officer Elizabeth Jones as the Chargé d’Affaires ad interim at the US Embassy in...
Washington: United States Vice President Kamala Harris attributed her success to the dedication, determination and courage of her Indian American mother.
Harris is the first...
Islamabad: With Rishi Sunak on the threshold of becoming the first non-White Prime Minister of Britain, arch-rivals India and Pakistan are on the cusp...
Taipei: Any changes to the China-Taiwan relationship must come about peacefully, a visiting German lawmaker said on Monday, two days after China's ruling Communist...
Bangkok: Air strikes by Myanmar's military killed more than 60 people, including singers and musicians, attending an anniversary celebration of the Kachin ethnic minority's...
LONDON: The head of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Eastern Mediterranean region told staff in an internal email that he is “very disturbed” by...
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday created history, becoming the first leader of the ruling Communist Party after party founder Mao Zedong to...
MOSCOW: Russia's defence minister Sergei Shoigu told his French counterpart in a telephone call on Sunday that Moscow was concerned Ukraine could use a...
MOSCOW: A Russian warplane crashed into a residential building in the Siberian city of Irkutsk on Sunday, regional authorities said. There was no immediate...
Dubai: Iran's atomic energy agency alleged on Sunday that hackers acting on behalf of an unidentified foreign country broke into a subsidiary's network and...