Feminist icon Kamla Bhasin no more

2 years ago

KATHMANDU, September 25: Feminist activist, author and a stalwart of the women’s rights movement in India, Kamla Bhasin, passed away on Saturday morning. News of her demise ...

5.8-magnitude quake hits Australia's Victoria with violent shaking

3 years ago

SYDNEY, Sept. 22: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 jolted Australia's state of Victoria at 9:15 a.m. local time Wednesday. Residents felt violent shaking but no serious injures were...

Over 30 Houthis killed in Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen's Marib: source

3 years ago

SANAA, Sept. 21 : At least 35 Houthi rebels were killed on Monday when Saudi-led airstrikes hit Houthi reinforcements in Yemen's central province of Marib, a Yemeni government military source...

Taliban says girls to return to school 'soon as possible'

3 years ago

KABUL, Sept. 21 : The Taliban said on Tuesday Afghan girls will be allowed to return to school "as soon as possible", after their movement faced shock and fury over...

134 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast: UN refugee agency

3 years ago

TRIPOLI, Sept. 21 : The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Monday said that 134 illegal migrants were rescued off Libya's western coast. "Last night ...

President Biden meets Guterres, reaffirms 'strong partnership' between US, UN

3 years ago

WASHINGTON DC, September 21: US President Joe Biden on Monday evening (local time) met UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and reaffirmed strong partnership between the United States and the United Nations...

Sudan state media report 'failed' coup attempt

3 years ago

KHARTOUM, Sept. 21 : An attempted coup in Sudan "failed" early Tuesday, state media reported, without identifying the plotters. "There has been a failed coup attemp ...

Int'l community should support Afghans in their own choice of development path: Chinese envoy

3 years ago

UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 19 : A Chinese envoy on Friday called on the international community to support Afghans in their own choice of a development path, fight terrorism in the...

Virus lockdown end in sight for Australia's second-largest city

3 years ago

MELBOURNE, Sept. 19 : Australia's second-largest city will exit its coronavirus lockdown in late October if vaccine targets are met under an official roadmap released Sunday. ...

U.S. military admits drone strike in Kabul killed 10 civilians

3 years ago

WASHINGTON, Sept 18: The U.S. military admitted on Friday that a U.S. drone strike in late August in Kabul of Afghanistan killed as many as 10 civilians, including 7 children. ...

Japan message in a bottle washes up in Hawaii 37 years later

3 years ago

TOKYO, September 17: A message in a bottle released 37 years ago by Japanese high school students has been found -- around 6,000 kilometres (3,700 miles) away in Hawaii. ...

45 killed as fighting intensifies in central Yemen

3 years ago

YEDEN, September 17: Fighting has intensified in Yemen's central province of al-Bayda as the Houthi militia continued in gaining on-ground military progress on Thursday, a military official told Xinhua.  ...

Taliban should be given time to run Afghanistan: Pak Minister

3 years ago

ISLAMABAD, September 17: Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said the Taliban should be given time to form a government and run their country's affairs. He made ...

Somali regional leaders urge end to power struggle

3 years ago

MOGADISHU, Sept 17: Somalia's regional leaders on Friday appealed to the president and prime minister to end their damaging feud, warning of the risk of political instability in the Horn...

East China's Yantai to host world industrial design conference

3 years ago

JINAN, Sept. 17: The World Industrial Design Conference will be held from Oct. 22 to 24 in Yantai, a coastal city in east China's Shandong Province, the organizers announced Friday. ...