Covid-19 no longer a public health emergency: WHO

New Delhi (IANS) After three long gruelling years of Covid-19, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday declared that the pandemic is no longer a public health emergency.

Covid-19 was declared a public health emergency of international…

Drone attack causes fire at Russian oil refinery

Moscow (IANS) Just hours after the alleged drone attack on the Kremlin residence of Russian President Vladimir Putin, an oil refinery in Krasnodar region was attacked by a drone, prompting a fire at the facility, state media reported on Thursday.

Top intelligence official responsible for assassination attempts, says Imran Khan

Lahore (IANS) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan alleged on Thursday that a "top intelligence official" was behind the assassination attempts against him and would be responsible if something happened to him in the future, media reports…

Sudan's rival factions agree to 7-day ceasefire

Juba/Khartoum (IANS) Sudan's two warring military leaders -- Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) head Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo -- have agreed on a seven-day ceasefire mediated by neighbouring…

India thinks big on military exports to Africa, Tejas jets, Akash missiles, combat helicopters on radar

New Delhi: India has introduced a holistic approach to push military exports to Africa, combining pitch for weapon sales with finance, training, infra development and soft-power.

The new initiative also calls for synergy between India's…

Russia warns of retaliation for Ukrainian attack on Kremlin

Moscow (IANS) Russia reserves the right to retaliate "anywhere and anytime it deems necessary" in response to the drone attack on President Vladimir Putins residence, the Kremlin has said, according to a media report.

Officials said two Ukrainian…

Evidence of US high-level snooping revealed in leak of Doval-Patrushev talks

New York (IANS) The US snooping on India's National Security Adviser Ajit Doval has been revealed in the leak of a Washington document on talks between him and Russia's Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev.

It was not clear…

Sudan's warring parties agree to 72-hr truce extension

Khartoum (IANS) The Sudanese Army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have announced their commitments to a new 72-hour humanitarian truce, effective as of midnight Sunday.

"Based on the endeavours and request of the Saudi-American…

Evacuation orders lifted for parts of village near Japan's Fukushima nuke plant

Tokyo (IANS) The Japanese government on Monday lifted an evacuation order for parts of Iitate village near the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.

The move means there are no entry restrictions currently in place for any designated…

US officials report extensive fraud in H-1B visa applications that surged this year

New York (IANS) The US immigration officials have reported that they have discovered extensive fraud in the huge surge of 61 per cent in applications filed for the 2024 fiscal year allocation of temporary work visas, known as H1-B, and promised a…