Kathmandu (IANS) Nepal has officially proposed a review of the 1947 agreement among Nepal, India and Britain over the recruitment and deployment of Gurkha soldiers and their perks and facilities.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February…
Ouagadougou (IANS) In the latest attack on a religious institution in the unstable West African nation of Burkina Faso, armed men killed as many as 10 people.
The assailants attacked a church in the Yagha province of the Sahel region during…
Islamabad (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived here on Sunday on his first official visit to Pakistan to attend an international conference on Afghan refugees. He will also be visiting the holy Sikh shrine in Kartarpur.
During…
Sanaa (IANS) A warplane belonging to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen has crashed in the northern province of al-Jawf, officials said.
A coalition spokesman confirmed that a Saudi Tornado fighter jet had "fallen" while carrying out…
Beijing (IANS) The number of fatalities from China's new coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic climbed to 1,665 on Sunday after 142 more people died due to the infection that has spiralled into a nationwide health crisis in the country.
According…
Pyongyang (IANS) North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un made his first public appearance in three weeks on Sunday to take part in a ceremony marking what would have been the 78th birthday of his late father Kim Jong-il.
Kim paid tribute to…
New York (IANS) US President Donald Trumps top trade negotiator Robert Lighthizer, the lynchpin of an impending but elusive trade deal with India, says the game changer in Americas bare knuckle negotiation strategy is that "no one thinks were bluffing"…
New Delhi/Washington (IANS) The US government and the Taliban, by the end of this month, are to sign their peace treaty which includes a plan for a week-long ceasefire and withdrawal of all American troops from Afghanistan over a period of 18 months.
…New Delhi/Kabul (IANS) At least three top militants of Pakistani Taliban have been killed in Afghanistan ever since former spokesperson of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan's (TTP) Ehsanullah Ehsan struck a deal for his escape from military custody in…
Colombo (IANS) The Sri Lankan government on Friday donated 4 tonnes of Ceylon Tea for the bushfire victims in Australia, authorities said.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had pledged the donation in a recent telephone conversation with Australian…