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...
Memorial Council celebrates 103rd Birth Anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rehman in US
New York: The 103rd birthday of Father of the Nation of Bangladesh Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rehman and the 52nd anniversary of the countrys independence...
Bangladesh allows Bhutan to use major seaports for importing, exporting goods with third countries
Dhaka: Bangladesh has allowed its neighbour Bhutan to export and import goods with third countries through major seaports.
This is in line with the Agreement...
Guterres warns of catastrophic consequences of a world without glaciers
New York: Glaciers are critical to all life on Earth, the UN chief reminded the UN 2023 Water Conference on Wednesday, warning that unless...
UN chief calls on EU to help world get back on track’
New York: UN Secretary-General Antnio Guterres attended an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, seeking support for action on climate change, sustainable development and...
Heavy security keeps Khalistani protesters away from Indian High Commission in London after Sunday’s breach
London/IBNS: Heavy security arrangements kept Pro-Khalistan protesters behind barricades outside the Indian High Commission in London on Wednesday evening following the unprecedented vandalism of...
Pakistan: Imran Khan creating chaos, unrest in country, says Minister Sanaullah
Islamabad/UNI: Parliament has the responsibility to guide the nation in various affairs and it will have to play a role now to check the...
Investment bridge between India & Saudi Arabia on anvil
On the sidelines of his visit to Saudi Arabia for attending the first India-GCC Senior Officials Meeting, Dr. Ausaf Sayeed, Secretary (CPV & OIA)...
Pakistan: 10 million deprived of safe drinking water in flood-affected areas
New York: Six months after catastrophic floods struck Pakistan, more than 10 million people, including children, still lack access to safe drinking water, the...
WHO says 7,000 avoidable deaths in Europe due to COVID-19 pandemic
There were nearly 7,000 excess deaths from tuberculosis (TB) in the UN World Health Organizations (WHO) European region during the three years of the...
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan demands extortion of Rs 1 billion from Islamabad woman
Banned terror outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has demanded extortion of Rs 1 billion from a woman residing in Islamabad, media reports said.
According to the...
PM Modi in Bhutan
PM Modi arrives at the Tashichho Dzong Palace of Thimphu, in Bhutan on March 22, 2024.(Photo Courtesy: PIB)
PM Modi arrives at the Tashichho Dzong...
Fire erupts at Dnipro hydroelectric power station after airstrikes in conflict-hit Ukraine
Ukrainian state-owned energy company Ukrhydroenergo said on Friday that the Dnipro hydroelectric power station and a dam located in Ukraine-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia had...
Ugandan Parliament passes bill which criminalizes identifying as LGBTQ
Kampala: The Ugandan Parliament has passed a bill that would criminalise people who identify themselves as LGBTQ+, among other things, media reports said.
Individuals could...
India, Mozambique, Tanzania participating in joint maritime exercise
INS Tir and INS Sujata will participate in the forthcoming second edition of India Mozambique Tanzania (IMT) Tri Lateral (TRILAT) Exercise, a joint maritime...
