San Francisco (IANS) The powerful winter storm has continued to lash California, bringing heavy rainfall, snowfall and strong winds that led to road closure, flooding, power outage, among other damages.
The cold and slow-moving storm is expected…
United Nations (IANS) The intractable nature of the year-long Ukraine war has manifested itself in the UN Security Council in the drama of Russia and Ukraine holding two rivalling moments of silence for victims of conflicts there.
As the Council…
Bamako (IANS) At least 13 civilians were killed and three others wounded during a raid on a village in central Mali by armed men, local media reported, citing witnesses.
In a video posted by a news website, crackling automatic weapons could…
Brasilia (IANS) Brazil has mobilised its largest warship to assist victims of deadly landslides caused due to heavy rain, which killed 49 people and displaced over 2,500 others in the coastal area of Sao Paulo state.
The aircraft carrier arrived…
Beijing (IANS) A massive landslide has halted search and rescue efforts at a collapsed coal mine which left 53 people missing in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, local authorities said Thursday.
The landslide occurred at the rescue…
Ottawa (IANS) Ground-penetrating radar has detected 17 suspected grave sites around the property of the former Alberni Indian Residential School in British Columbia, Canada, local media reported.
The suspected graves represent the minimum number…
Moscow (IANS) In his State of the Nation address, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday has blamed the West and Ukraine for starting the war and added that "we are using force to stop it".
In his address to the Federal Assembly, which…
Moscow (IANS) In a major move, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday announced that his country was suspending its participation in the New Start treaty - the sole remaining strategic weapons reduction treaty between the US and Russia.
"I…
Seoul (IANS) North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) toward the East Sea on Monday, a day after South Korea and the US staged joint air drills, involving B-1B bombers.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said…
Wellington (IANS) Eleven people have been reported dead, with more than 3,200 people still unaccounted for as serach and rescue operations continue in New Zealand after cyclone Gabrielle lashed the North Island last week.
More fatalities are…