Indigenous Australians mark 1 year of Uluru climbing ban

Canberra (IANS) Indigenous Australians on Monday marked the first anniversary of the climbing ban imposed on Uluru or the Ayers Rock, the sacred Aboriginal site in Northern Territory (NT)

Uluru is listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site and…

Belarus strike to go ahead, says oppn leader

Minsk (IANS) Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has said that a nationwide strike called on Monday against President Alexander Lukashenko, will go ahead despite police firing stun grenades at protesters the previous day.

In…

In Trump diplomatic breakthrough, Sudan normalises Israel ties

New York (IANS) In another Middle East diplomatic breakthrough for US President Donald Trump, Sudan is normalising relations with Israel in exchange for Washington removing Khartoum from the list of state sponsors of terrorism.

On Friday, Sudan…

US, Russia move closer on n-arms control deal

Washington (IANS) US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has pressed for immediate negotiations with Russia to finalize a verifiable agreement as the two sides seem moving closer to extend a key nuclear arms control treaty.

"Russia has agreed in…

Pakistan has fallen into a debt trap, claims report

Islamabad (IANS) "Pakistan has slipped into a debt trap due to the governments failure to bring reforms and weak fiscal management, which has also raised national security concerns" -- this startling claim has been made by a report by the Institute…

US election outcome won't affect ties with India: Senior official

New York (IANS) A high-ranking US official said that he is optimistic that any possible outcome of the November 3 presidential election won't affect the deepening ties with India because "this relationship is much bigger than any one political…

Sindh Police rise in defiance against Army in Pakistan

New Delhi/Islamabad (IANS) In a major show of open defiance against Pakistan Army, police officers in Karachi have threatened to go on mass leave after the Sindh Police chief was allegedly kidnapped and coerced to act against PML(N) Vice President…

Trump slams Fauci, calls him 'disaster'

Washington (IANS) During a call with his re-election campaign staff, US President Donald Trump slammed Anthony Fauci, America's top infectious disease expert, and called the latter "a disaster".

According to the audio of Monday's call…

'Trump will be remembered as a Prez who didn't send US troops out'

Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) Former diplomat T.P.Sreenivasan on Sunday said that Donald Trump will be remembered as the US President who did not send his troops to other countries even though there were situations which had demanded US interventions.

Trump continues to lie about Covid-19: Biden

Washington (IANS) Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has said that US President Donald Trump continues to "lie about the circumstances" of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country.

"The other night, Trump said in one of his rallies, 'we've…