19 killed in bus collision in Pakistan

Islamabad (IANS) At least 19 people were killed and over 40 others injured in a head-on collision between two passenger buses in Pakistan's Punjab province on Sunday night, police and media said.

According to reports, the accident…

17 killed, over 100 injured as train derails in Taiwan

Taipei (IANS): At least 17 people were killed and over 100 injured when a train derailed near the Taiwanese capital on Sunday, railway officials said.

The high-speed Puyuma Express, which was carrying around 300 passengers, came off the tracks…

US will pull out of nuclear treaty with Russia, says Trump

Washington (IANS) US President Donald Trump has said that his country will pull out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with Russia, a decades-old pact limiting strategic weapons development.

Trump made the…

Voting underway for Afghan parliamentary polls

Kabul (IANS): Voting was underway across Afghanistan on Saturday for the country's parliamentary polls that were delayed by three years and marred by a brazen terror attack by the Taliban that killed and injured top security officials earlier…

UN seeks immediate action to avoid another war in Gaza

United Nations (IANS) The United Nations envoy for the Middle East, Nickolay Mladenov, has demanded that Palestine and Israel take immediate action to reduce current tensions in the area and avoid another armed conflict in Gaza.

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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…

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…

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,…

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.

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…