Japan’s PM planning to cancel trip to India over security fears
AFP, Tokyo :Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is planning to scrap a visit to northeast India as the security situation there deteriorates following the passage...
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Pak to impose curbs on media coverage of convicts, abscondersPTI, IslamabadPakistan government has decided to impose curbs on media coverage of convicts and absconders, in...
Outdated, dangerous childbirth practices persist in Europe
AP, Barcelona :When Clara Massons was in labor with her son, a midwife climbed onto her bed and pushed down on Massons’ belly, explaining that...
Nine-year-old Belgian prodigy drops out of university
AFP, The Hague :A nine-year-old Belgian boy who was due to graduate in electrical engineering has dropped out of his Dutch university due to a...
US reprimanded Pakistan for misusing F-16 fighter jet: Report
PTI, Washington :Andrea Thompson, the then-undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs, wrote a letter to Pakistani Air Force Chief Air Chief...
World getting hotter, ‘more dangerous’ at faster pace: UN Chief
PTI, Madrid :The world is getting hotter and more dangerous faster than previously thought, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said here at the COP 25 climate...
Support Gambia to prove genocide in Myanmar
The governments of all the countries and international community have been urged to extend all possible support to The Gambia to ensure justice for the...
Johnson on track for 24-seat majority: Focaldata
Reuters, London :Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party is on track for a 24-seat majority after Thursday’s general election, polling company Focaldata forecast on Tuesday,...
China biggest jailer of journalists, as press dangers persist: Watchdog
AFP, Washington :At least 250 journalists are jailed around the world, with the largest number held in China, amid a growing crackdown by authoritarian regimes...
Foreign interference in US elections ‘unacceptable’: Pompeo
AP, Washington :Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday that any foreign interference in American elections is “unacceptable” and warned Russia and others that...
Climate change tops list of global worries for young people: AI
Madrid (Thomson Reuters Foundation) : Four out of 10 young people view climate change as one of the most important issues facing the world, an...
US army preparing biggest European deployment in 25 years
AFP, Washington:The US Army is planning its biggest deployment of troops to Europe in 25 years, with 20,000 troops slated to take part in a...