New Delhi/Islamabad (IANS) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has once again come to stand by Pakistan, which has been facing diplomatic isolation over Kashmir.
Addressing a joint session of Parliament in Islamabad, for the fourth time,…
Dhaka (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has rejected a call for special facilities for English-medium students to enrol at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), it was reported on Thursday.
In a Parliament…
New York (IANS) US-India analysts tracking President Donald Trumps scheduled visit to India later this month are keenly watching for a much anticipated trade deal that holds the promise of ending three years of escalating trade tensions, but are dialling…
New Delhi/Washington (IANS) Notwithstanding China's ongoing medical emergency due to the Covid-19 epidemic, Washington remains wary of Beijing's aggressive expansion of its regional influence.
While Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced…
New York (IANS) Former US Vice President Joe Biden ended up a disappointing fifth in the party election for the Democrats' presidential nominee in the first state to hold a secret ballot, New Hampshire, where Senator Bernie Sanders emerged as…
Sydney (IANS) A man in Australia was rescued on Tuesday, 10 hours after clinging to a tree in floodwaters.
Battered by a low pressure system bringing record rainfall and damaging winds, several drought-affected, bone-dry rivers near the township…
Dhaka (IANS) At least 15 people were killed after a boat carrying Rohingya refugees capsized in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday, according to the Bangladesh Coastguard.
The accident took place 10 km northwest of St Martin's Island.
Sixty-two…
Hong Kong (IANS) The economic damage caused by novel coronovirus to the Chinese economy is likely to be larger than SARS, leading to GDP estimates being revised downwards.
Citigroup has cut China's GDP forecast for the first quarter of…
Washington (IANS) Almost a week after the Iowa caucuses, former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg has won 14 of the state's 41 delegates, thus putting him in first place in the Democratic Party's state caucuses and giving him a key…
Bangkok (IANS) A soldier who killed 26 people in a shooting spree at a shopping mall in Thailand's Nakhon Ratchasima was shot dead by police on Sunday, Prime Minister Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha said.
The gunman, Sgt. Jakrapanth Thomma, 32,…