Islamabad (IANS) With Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in the ruling and a coalition government set in place, Islamabad and New Delhi have been working towards activating backdoor channels for talks to revive the stalled relationship between…
Kathmandu (IANS) The Nepal Army, deployed to find the missing Tara Air plane with 22 people on board, on Monday found the aircraft's crash site in Mustang district.
Nepal Army spokesperson Brigadier General Narayan Silwal posted pictures…
Kathmandu (IANS) A plane with 19 passengers, including four Indians, and three crew members went missing in Nepal on Sunday shortly after taking off, aviation authorities said.
In a statement, the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal said the…
Islamabad (IANS) Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the onus of saving Pakistan from destruction lies on the state institutions.
He once again indirectly criticised the military establishment…
United Nations (IANS) India has voted for a United States-sponsored resolution to strengthen sanctions on North Korea which was vetoed by China and Russia.
The US launched the unsuccessful effort on Thursday to punish North Korea which had…
Colombo (IANS) Sri Lanka's medical system, ailing with the shortage of over 270 drugs including some life-saving medicines, received a boost on Friday with the receipt of a 25 ton consignment of drugs valued at SLR 260 million.
Acting Indian…
Caracas (IANS) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro condemned the US for excluding his nation Cuba and Nicaragua from the upcoming Summit of the Americas to be held June 6-10 in Los Angeles.
Maduro expressed his government's "firm, strong…
Washington (IANS) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that while the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine was an immediate threat to the international order, the US remained focussed on China because the latter posed the most serious…
Lima (IANS) A massive earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale jolted Peru's Puno region, with no report of casualties or material damages, authorities reported.
The Geophysical Institute of Peru (IGP) said the quake was registered…
Rio de Janeiro (IANS) Twenty-five people were killed in a police operation conducted in a favela, or marginal neighbourhood, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian authorities said.
The operation by the Federal Police, the Federal Highway Police and…