Moscow (IANS) At least 11 people were killed on Tuesday in a fire that engulfed a residential building in Russia's Tomsk region.
"At 7.03 a.m., the body of the 11th person was discovered," Xinhua news agency quoted Emergencies Ministry…
Beijing (IANS) A Chinese court on Tuesday sentenced former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei to 13-and-a-half years in jail after he pleaded guilty to accepting bribes worth over 14 million yuan ($2 million).
The 56-year-old was also ordered by the…
Dhaka (IANS) A Bangladesh court on Monday sentenced 10 members of the banned militant outfit Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (Huji) to death over the 2001 blasts at a political rally here.
Judge Md Robiul Alam of the Third Additional Metropolitan…
Tehran (IANS) Iran on Monday Iran said it could take a "final and more effective" step concerning its nuclear deal if the other parties remain in default of their contractual obligations towards Tehran.
"If this trend continues, Iran will take…
Seoul (IANS) North Korea appears to have picked its point man for relations with Seoul as its new Foreign Minister, possibly heralding a shift in its policy toward the US and South Korea, informed sources said here on Sunday.
According to the…
Nay Pyi Taw (IANS) Myanmar and China on Saturday signed dozens of cooperation and infrastructure agreements aimed at strengthening their bilateral ties during Chinese President Xi Jinping's historic visit to the neighbouring country.
Xi…
Washington (IANS) The impeachment trial of US President Donald Trump officially kicked off in the Republican-majority Senate with the reading of the two articles of impeachment the Democrat-majority House of Representatives approved last month.
…Tokyo (IANS) A Japanese court on Friday ordered the suspension of a nuclear reactor on safety grounds, revoking an earlier decision that had green lighted its operation.
The Hiroshima High Court said the operators Shikoku Electric and the Japanese…
United Nations (IANS) China drew a blank at the Security Council consultation at which it raised the Kashmir issue with members declaring it a bilateral issue and refusing to step in.
Beijing's Permanent Representative Zhang Jun himself…
New Delhi/Islamabad (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is likely to send a member of his government in his place to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) meeting in New Delhi later this year.
The government in New Delhi…