U.S. envoy to U.N. to visit Taiwan; China says playing with fire
Reuters, Taipei :The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Kelly Craft, will visit Taiwan next week for meetings with senior Taiwanese leaders, Taiwan’s government and...
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France braces for more duck slaughters to halt flu outbreak
AFP, Paris :French producers of foie gras called Thursday for a mass preventive cull of ducks to try to halt the spread of a severe...
Pakistan Sentences Lakhvi to Five Years for Terrorism Financing
Reuters, Lahore :A Pakistan court on Friday sentenced Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi, a senior official of militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), to five years in jail...
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards unveil underground missile base in Gulf
Reuters, Dubai :Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards unveiled an underground missile base at an undisclosed Gulf location today, Iranian state media reported, at a time of...
Farmers from Uttarakhand hold tractor rally in Kumaon
Hindustan Times, New Delhi :Farmers protesting against the Centre’s three laws have organised a tractor march on Thursday, converging on the eastern and western peripheral...
Iraq court orders Trump arrest over drone strike on Iran general
AFP :A Baghdad court has issued a warrant for the arrest of US President Donald Trump as part of its investigation into the killing of...
Japan declares state of emergency for Tokyo area as Covid-19 cases surge
Reuters, Tokyo :Japan declared a limited state of emergency in the capital, Tokyo, and three neighbouring prefectures on Thursday to stem the spread of the...
Biden selects Judge Merrick Garland for attorney general
Reuters :President-elect Joe Biden will nominate federal appeals judge Merrick Garland to be the next US attorney general, a Biden transition official said on Wednesday,...
Blood plasma reduces risk of severe Covid-19 if given early
The New York Times :A small but rigorous clinical trial in Argentina has found that blood plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients can keep older adults...
Soldiers break up scuffle in Ghana parliament
Reuters, Accra :Soldiers entered Ghana’s parliament to break up a scuffle between rival lawmakers at odds over last month’s elections, hours before President Nana Akufo-Addo...
Nepal’s top court begins hearing on dissolution of Parliament amid protest
Reuters, Kathmandu : Nepal’s top court began hearings on Wednesday on petitions challenging Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli’s sudden decision to dissolve parliament, as protesters...
Lahore High Court outlaws virginity tests in abuse cases
Dawn.com : Pakistan’s Lahore High Court has declared that the two-finger test (TFT) and the hymen test for the purposes of ascertaining virginity of a...