DUBAI: A three-month monitoring deal between Tehran and the UN nuclear watchdog expired on Saturday, Iran’s parliament speaker told the country’s state TV on...
GAZA CITY: A Palestinian official says an initial assessment shows at least 2,000 housing units were destroyed in the fighting between Israel and Palestinian...
United Nations: Recent surges of Covid-19 in India, South America and other regions have left people “literally gasping for breath before our eyes”, UN...
London: Two doses from either the Oxford/AstraZeneca or the Pfizer vaccine are over 80 per cent effective in preventing infection from the B1.617.2 variant...
KATHMANDU: An expert climbing guide said Saturday that a coronavirus outbreak on Mount Everest has infected at least 100 climbers and support staff, giving...
Washington: The International Monetary Fund stands ready to strengthen its dialogue and scale-up its technical collaboration with India, spokesperson Gerry Rice has said, observing...
Beijing: China is ramping up efforts to develop the infrastructure in remote villages located along Tibet's border with India, Bhutan, and Nepal, according to...
UNITED NATIONS: India has underlined that every effort should be made to create conducive conditions for the resumption of direct talks between Israel and...
Peshawar: Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government has handed over Rs 2.30 crore to Peshawar's Deputy Commissioner for purchasing the ancestral houses of legendary Bollywood...
'President Joe Biden is deeply engaged with the assistance program'
Washington: The United States will continue to provide a range of assistance to India, as...
BEIJING: China, which is actively pursuing vaccine diplomacy, said on Monday that it is "supportive" of India and South Africa's proposal for a temporary...
NEW YORK: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that once the devastating COVID-19 outbreak in India recedes, the Serum Institute of India will...
Kabul: He served as an interpreter alongside US soldiers on hundreds of patrols and dozens of firefights in eastern Afghanistan, earning a glowing letter...
Beijing: China has said the “hasty” withdrawal of the US troops from war-torn Afghanistan has severely affected the peace process and the regional stability...
BEIJING: Chinese demographers say India will become the world's most populous country earlier than the United Nations' projection of 2027, surpassing China where a...
WASHINGTON: India made the "incorrect assumption" that it was finished with the COVID-19 pandemic and opened up prematurely that has left the country in...
DHAKA: China has warned Bangladesh against joining the US-led Quad alliance, saying that Dhaka's participation in the anti-Beijing "club" would result in "substantial damage"...
GENEVA: A Covid-19 variant spreading in India, which is facing an explosive outbreak, appears to be more contagious and has been classified as being...
Reports suggest China probed weaponising coronaviruses five years before COVID-19 pandemic
London/Melbourne: Chinese military scientists allegedly investigated weaponising coronaviruses five years before the COVID-19 pandemic...
BEIJING: A large segment of a Chinese rocket re-entered the Earth's atmosphere and disintegrated over the Indian Ocean on Sunday, the Chinese space agency...
Brussels: The European Union cemented its support for Pfizer-BioNTech and its novel COVID-19 vaccine technology Saturday by agreeing to a massive contract extension for...
LONDON: The world's largest cargo plane left Belfast in Northern Ireland, carrying three 18-tonne oxygen generators and 1,000 ventilators as part of the UK's...