US President May Use OPCON Transfer to Reduce US Troops in Korea
US President Donald Trump reportedly views the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON) to South Korea as a possible way to reduce or withdraw American troops from the Korean...
MEA Secretary Meets Somali President, Conveys Greetings from PM Modi
MEA Secretary Sripriya Ranganathan met Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, conveying greetings from President...
China Tightens Internet Censorship as Universities Intensify Student Surveillance Measures
China is tightening internet censorship as universities intensify surveillance of students using VPNs to...
Tibetan Leader Accuses China of Interfering in Dalai Lama Succession
Tibetan leader Penpa Tsering has accused China of attempting to control the selection of...
Microsoft Apologises After Major Global Outage Disrupts Outlook and Teams
Microsoft apologised for a major global outage that disrupted services including Outlook, Teams and...
China strongly condemns transit of Taiwans Vice President Lai Ching-te through US
Beijing/IBNS/UNI: China has expressed strong dissatisfaction over the transit of Taiwans vice president and presidential candidate Lai Ching-te through the United States and has...
Death toll in Hawaii wildfire touches 67
The death toll due to the Hawaii wildfires has touched 67, making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in the history of the...
Ukraine: Military strengthening second line of defence on northern border
Kyiv: The Ukrainian military is strengthening a second line of defence in the Rivne Region near the border with Belarus, filling it with traps...
Russian government proposes visa-free tourist deal to India
Moscow: Russia has sent a proposal to India to launch a visa-free tourist group exchange programmes for citizens of both the nations, media reports...
Myanmar: More than 18,000 evacuated after rivers swell above danger mark
Yangon: Over 18,000 people have been relocated to shelters in southern Myanmars Kayin State due to rising river levels surpassing the danger mark, the...
Sikh New York State Trooper barred from growing beard, Indian Embassy responds
New York/IBNS: The Indian Embassy has come out with a response after a Sikh New York State Trooper was barred from growing a beard,...
Russia launches its first lunar station in nearly 50 years
Vladivostok/UNI/IBNS: Russia successfully launched the Luna-25 lunar station early on Friday, embarking on a historic mission to explore the south pole of the Moon.
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Guterres warns against nuclear catastrophe risk in message to Nagasaki memorial
UN Secretary-General Antnio Guterres called for countries to recommit to eliminating nuclear weapons in his message to mark the 78th anniversary of the atomic...
Niger: Guterres concerned about health and safety of detained President
UN Secretary-General Antnio Guterres has voiced concern about the reported deplorable living conditions of the President of Niger in arbitrary detention, his spokesperson said...
China not interested in space race: Foreign Minister
Beijing: China is not interested in a space race and urges the US to stop baseless speculation around this topic, the Chinese Foreign Ministry...
North Korea: Kim Jong Un convenes big meeting on war preparations
Seoul: North Korea on Wednesday convened an enlarged central military commission meeting, discussing ways to intensify war preparations in response to the grave political...
Taiwan: Ministry of National Defence says it tracked 11 Chinese military aircrafts, 5 naval ships around country
As many as 11 Chinese military aircraft and five naval vessels were recently tracked around Taiwan between Monday and Tuesday, the countrys Ministry of...
Solomon Islands newspaper promised to give China ‘positive coverage’ in exchange for funding: Reports
The Chinese government has granted over USD 130,000 to Solomon Islands news companies to promote the truth about Chinas generosity and its true intention...
Joe Biden bans US high tech investments in China, cites national security
Washington: US President Joe Biden has banned US high tech investments in China citing national security, media reports said.
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