4 of Afghan family dead in avalanche

4 years ago

NILI,AFGHANISTAN– Four members of a family had been killed, one injured while two others went missing after avalanche hit a village in Afghanistan's central Daykundi province, provincial government spokesperson said...

Airbus reports 2019 net loss of 1.36 bn euros

4 years ago

PARIS–Airbus on Thursday reported a net loss of 1.36 billion euros in 2019 after being hit by a 3.6-billion-euro fine over a bribery scandal and extra development costs for the...

Facebook-owned WhatsApp now has 2 billion users

4 years ago

SAN FRANCISCO–The Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp said Wednesday it now has more than two billion users around the world, as it reaffirmed its commitment to strong encryption to protect privacy. ...

Sanders wins in New Hampshire as Biden crashes and burns

4 years ago

MANCHESTER– Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire's high-stakes Democratic primary on Tuesday, according to US network projections, leaving rivals including party stalwart Joe Biden in his wake as he staked his...

World leaders show support for China's fight against novel coronavirus epidemic

4 years ago

BEIJING– More state and government leaders and heads of global institutions have expressed their sympathy to China over the novel coronavirus outbreak and voiced support to the country's fight against...

Kejriwal to take oath as Delhi CM on Feb 16

4 years ago

NEW DELHI–AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal is slated to take oath as the Delhi Chief Minister for the third time on February 16. The oath-taking ceremony will take place...

Afghan Taliban accepts "significant reduction" in violence: Afghan president

4 years ago

KABUL–Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have held a telephone conversation discussing the ongoing U.S.-Taliban talks. During the conversation on Tuesday evening, Pompeo...

Sudan to hand Bashir to ICC for Darfur crimes

4 years ago

KHARTOUM–Sudan has agreed to hand ousted autocrat Omar al-Bashir and others to the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes in Darfur, a member of Khartoum's ruling body said Tuesday. ...

G77, UN express full support for China's efforts to contain novel coronavirus

4 years ago

UNITED NATIONS– The Group of 77 (G77) and the United Nations on Monday expressed full support for China's fight against the novel coronavirus. The G77 expresses its full support...

21 centres set up for counting of votes on Feb 11: Delhi CEO

4 years ago

NEW DELHI– Twenty one centres for counting of votes on February 11 have been set up in the city-state, Delhi's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ranbir Singh said on Sunday. ...

3252 people under observation in Kerala for Coronavirus

4 years ago

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM–In the backdrop of Coronavirus threat, Kerala Health Department on Sunday informed that as many as 3,252 people are under observation across the state including 34 who are in various...

Xi inspects novel coronavirus prevention, control work in Beijing

4 years ago

BEIJING– Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Monday inspected the novel coronavirus pneumonia prevention and control work in Beijing. ...

Scientists race to develop vaccine for new coronavirus

4 years ago

SINGAPORE–Scientists from the United States to Australia are using new technology in an ambitious, multi-million-dollar drive to develop a vaccine in record time to tackle China's coronavirus outbreak. The...

27 dead after 'unprecedented' mass shooting: Thai PM

4 years ago

NAKHON RATCHASIMA–The soldier who gunned down 26 people before being shot dead by commandos in northeastern Thailand did it over a "personal problem", Thai premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha said Sunday. ...

Two US troops killed by Afghan soldier in Nangarhar attack

4 years ago

KABUL–Two American troops were killed and six others wounded when an Afghan soldier armed with a machine gun opened fire, the US military confirmed Sunday. The deaths come at...