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...
Taiwanese Defense Ministry says it detected 18 Chinese aircraft
Taipei: The Taiwanese National Defense Ministry said on Saturday it had detected 18 aircraft and four vessels of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA)...
Chinese, Japanese FMs hold talks on relations
Beijing: Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang held talks with Yoshimasa Hayashi, Japans Minister for Foreign Affairs, in Beijing on Sunday.
Noting this...
India’s presence in ASEAN is getting stronger: Survey
Beijing: A recent survey has shown India is showing a stronger presence in ASEAN nations than even China.
The survey was conducted by the ISEAS-Yusof...
Nepal: Police arrest 19 people, including nine Chinese nationals, on charges of online fraud
Kathmandu: Nepali police have arrested nine Chinese people for their alleged involvement in online fraud, media reports said.
Police also arrested 10 Nepali nationals for...
US: Death toll due to severe weather rises to 29
Houston: The death toll has risen to 29 after tornadoes and storms touched down in multiple midwestern and southern U.S. states since Friday, authorities...
Turkish vote clears Finland’s path to NATO membership
The Turkish parliament Thursday gave its unanimous approval of Finlands entry into NATO, thereby enabling Helsinki to become a member of the military alliance....
Pope Francis set to be discharged from hospital on Saturday
Vatican City/IBNS: Pope Francis is scheduled to leave the hospital and be released on Saturday, confirmed the Vatican.
The Vatican stated that the decision for...
Afghanistan: Mine blast kills child, injures 3 others
Qalat, Afghanistan/UNI: One child was killed and three others were injured after a mine left over from past wars went off in Afghanistans southern...
Top UN official urgently calls for de-escalating nuclear tensions over Belarus
New York: Urgent efforts must be made to de-escalate the situation following Russias announcement last weekend that it plans to station tactical nuclear weapons...
Myanmar is building spy base on Coco Islands, Chinese hand doubted
Coco Islands: Satellite images have revealed that Myanmars Coco Islands, which is located at a strategically crucial point in the Bay of Bengal, is...
Former US President Donald Trump indicted over hush money
Washington: Former US President Donald Trump was indicted on Thursday by a New York jury over hush money payments made to an adult film...
Australians warned of looming Covid waves, encouraged to take booster dose
Canberra: Australias top doctor has warned the country to prepare for new waves of COVID-19 in the lead-up to winter.
Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Paul...
Women in peacekeeping: UN Fund calls for new ideas and investment
New York: The UNs Elsie Initiative Fund (EIF) launched a fresh call for funding proposals on Thursday, aimed at improving opportunities for uniformed women...
Bangladesh War: UN hosts first exhibition on 1971 genocide
A photo exhibition was held recently at the United Nations Headquarters in New York for the first time under the joint auspices of the...
