AFP :For millions of young Germans, Chancellor Angela Merkel is the only leader they have known, a beacon of stability in a world plagued by uncertainties. But as her 16-year tenure comes to end,...
AFP :Iran’s new ultra conservative president on Tuesday voiced support for renewed nuclear negotiations in his international debut even as he hailed what he termed the decline of US hegemony.President Ebrahim Raisi, a hardline...
AFP :South Sudanese refugee Dawood Kour fled to Sudan to turn the page on a life of displacement, only tobe forced onto the streets once more after floodwaters submerged his rickety shelter. Kour crossed...
Online Desk :The Global Peace and Humanitarian Awards 2021″ is scheduled for October 21, 2021, instead of September 21, 2021, due to some internal reasons, including the complexity of the PCR lab at the...
AP, NEW YORK : COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000. The U.S. population a century ago was just one-third of what it...
Reuters :India will resume exports of Covid-19 vaccines from the next month, prioritizing the global vaccine-sharing platform Covax and neighbouring countries first as supplies rise, the health minister said on Monday. India, the world’s...
AFP :Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) on Sunday claimed weekend attacks against the Taliban in the Afghan city of Jalalabad, in two statements carried by IS’s propaganda arm Amaq.The group claimed “three separate bomb attacks” targeting...
AFP :North Korea’s foreign ministry on Monday said a new US alliance in the Indo-Pacific and Washington’s recent submarine contract with Australia could trigger a “nuclear arms race” in the region.Last week the US...
Reuters :France has cancelled a meeting between Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly and her British counterpart planned for this week after Australia scrapped a submarine order with Paris in favour of a deal with...
Reuters :A student opened fire at a university in the Russian city of Perm on Monday, killing at least eight people and wounding several, law enforcement said.The gunman was killed himself after the shootings...
AFP :Canadian elections headed for a photo finish Monday with liberal prime minister Justin Trudeau, who is seeking a third term, threatened by a strong challenge from rookie conservative leader Erin O’Toole. Trudeau called...
AFP:US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron will talk on the phone in the coming days amid high tension over a submarines contract, a French government spokesman said on Sunday. The announcement...
