BEIJING: The Chinese army will hold its first military exercises with its Bangladesh counterpart next month, it was announced here on Thursday, as the...
NEW DELHI: To combat sexual violence in conflict situations, India has advocated a multifaceted approach which includes “gender-responsive arms control” that prevents the proliferation...
OTTAWA: The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine...
TEHRAN: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has censured the European Union over tightening sanctions on the country in reprisal for the recent extensive missile...
TEL AVIV: The head of Israel's military intelligence directorate resigned on Monday over the failures surrounding Hamas' unprecedented Oct. 7 attack, the military said,...
TEHRAN: Despite fierce protests from society, Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi wants to maintain strict police checks on women for headscarf offences.
“Respecting the headscarf is...
WASHINGTON: A total of 65,960 Indians officially became US citizens, making India the second-largest source country for new citizens in America after Mexico, according...
MALE: Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu’s political party won 70 seats and secured a “super majority” in parliamentary elections, seen as a strong endorsement of...
GAZA: Palestinian civil defence crews have uncovered a mass grave inside the Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza’s Khan Younis, with 180 bodies recovered so...
NEW DELHI: Multiple regions across the world simultaneously experiencing heat extremes could become an "emerging feature" of a warmer planet, according to a new...
TAIPEI: Taiwan has detected 21 Chinese military aircraft, including Shenyang J-16 fighter jets, Shaanxi Y-8 transport aircraft, and drones, of which 17 crossed the...
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday launched an Information Support Force, a new wing of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), which he said...
TEHRAN: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned that it would attack Israel’s nuclear sites and may pursue a nuclear weapon if the...
WASHINGTON: The US supports much-needed reform of the United Nations, including the Security Council, to make it reflective of the 21st-century world, a senior...
WASHINGTON: The chief of US space agency NASA has told lawmakers in Washington that China is using civilian programmes to hide military objectives in...
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations appealed for USD 2.8 billion on Tuesday to provide desperately needed aid to 3 million Palestinians, stressing that tackling...
WASHINGTON: The U.S. and its allies planned fresh sanctions against Iran over its unprecedented attack on Israel, seeking to dissuade Israel from a major...