The Washington Post publishes missing Saudi journalist's last article

Washington (IANS) The Washington Post has published the last article written by its missing Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi in which he wrote about the poor state of press freedom across the Arab world.

Khashoggi's…

UN launches workplace mental health strategy

United Nations (IANS) The UN has launched a strategy to deal with workplace mental health issues and ways to maintain the well-being of its staff by dealing with the stigma attached to it.

UN staff struggling with anxiety, depression,…

10 killed as explosion rocks college in Crimea

Moscow (IANS): At least 10 people were killed and around 50 were injured on Wednesday in an explosion at a college in Russian-annexed Crimea.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said anti-terror authorities were examining the possibility that…

Trump raises over $100 mn for 2020 re-election

Washington (IANS) US President Donald Trump has raised more than $100 million for a re-election battle in 2020, giving him a massive financial advantage over a crowded field of potential Democratic contenders jockeying to challenge him.

Bangladeshi PM inaugurates construction of China-financed rail project

Dhaka (IANS) Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the China-financed Padma bridge rail link project by unveiling its foundation plaque at a ceremony in Munshiganj on the outskirts of capital Dhaka Sunday.

She…

CNN Poll says, 46% Americans want Trumph to be re-elected

Washington (IANS) Forty-six per cent Americans think that President Donald Trump will win a second term in office, according to a new CNN poll,

The poll released on Sunday shows that people were split over whether they thought the…

17 killed in Saudi-led airstrike in Yemen's Hodeidah

Sanaa (IANS): At least 17 passengers fleeing escalating war in Yemen's war-torn port city of Hodeidah were killed on Saturday when a Saudi-led coalition airstrike hit two buses near a security checkpoint, a provincial hospital official said.

16 killed in 2 attacks on Afghan election campaigns

Kabul (IANS): At least 16 people were killed Saturday and 36 wounded in two attacks against Afghanistan's ongoing parliamentary election campaign ahead of next week's vote, authorities told Efe.

The first attack occurred in Takhar province…

Pakistan rejects Western media portrayal of economic corridor with China

Islamabad (IANS) Pakistan has rejected Western media's recent reporting on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), terming it incorrect information based on distorted facts and one-sided opinion.

The country's Ministry of…

Pipeline explosion kills 19 in Nigeria

Lagos (IANS) A pipeline explosion in the early hours of Friday had killed at least 19 people in two villages of Osisioma local government area of Abia state in southern Nigeria, a paramilitary body said.

Benito Eze, state commander…