Newly appointed Speaker Yadav vows impartial role

6 months ago

Mahendranagar (Dhanusha), Dec 22: Newly appointed Speaker of Madhes Province Assembly, Ram Ashish Yadav, has assumed office today.Assuming the office at Janakpurdham-based Province Assembly Office, Yadav shared he would play...

Counting of snow leopard begins in Mustang

6 months ago

Mustang, Dec 22: Counting of snow leopard has begun for the first time in Mustang in a bid to ascertain the snow leopard population.The Annapurna Conservation Area Project (ACAP), Mustang...

9 terrorists killed in separate operations in NW Pakistan

6 months ago

Nine terrorists were killed in two intelligence-based operations in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said on Sunday.According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the...

Moscow car blast kills Russian general: investigators

6 months ago

A senior Russian general was killed in southern Moscow on Monday after an explosive device placed under his car went off, investigators said in a statement.Russia's Investigative Committee, which examines...

New Zealand says agreed free trade deal with India

6 months ago

New Zealand said Monday it had agreed a wide-ranging free-trade deal with India that eliminates tariffs on 95 percent of the Pacific country's exports, but the government's coalition partner labelled...

Nepali Army reiterates its commitment to constitution

6 months ago

Kathmandu, Dec 22: The Nepali Army (NA) has made it clear that it fully respected the decisions of the President and the Executive in course of normalizing the situation following...

15 Killed, 19 Injured in Bus Accident in Central Java, Indonesia

6 months ago

At least 15 people were killed and 19 others injured on Monday in a bus accident in Central Java province, Indonesia.Indonesian authorities reported that the accident occurred at a tollbooth...

Malaysian court rejects ex-prime minister’s bid to serve remainder of sentence under house arrest

6 months ago

A Malaysian court Monday rejected former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s bid to serve the remainder of his graft sentence under house arrest.The High Court ruled that a rare royal order...

11 Afghan nationals dead in Nokundi road accident

6 months ago

At least 11 Afghan nationals were killed and nine others injured after a pick-up vehicle collided with an oil tanker near the Nokundi area of Chagai district in Pakistan's Balochistan...

Jailed Malaysian ex-PM Najib loses bid for house arrest

6 months ago

Former Malaysian leader Najib Razak lost a bid to have his jail term changed to house arrest on Monday, a setback ahead of a separate verdict this week tied to...

Hiroshima urges Japan gov't to uphold non-nuclear principles

6 months ago

Japan's Hiroshima Prefecture on Monday urged the government in a written opinion to uphold the country's non-nuclear principles, after a security official recently suggested the country should possess nuclear weapons,...

Palestinian President, Cypriot Counterpart Discuss Latest Developments in Palestine

6 months ago

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas discussed the latest political developments and the current situation in Palestine, particularly in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in a telephone...

Chinese yuan weakens to 7.0572 against USD Monday

6 months ago

The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 22 pips to 7.0572 against the U.S. dollar Monday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System.In...

Nigeria confirms release of remaining abducted schoolchildren in central state

6 months ago

The Nigerian government on Sunday confirmed that all remaining schoolchildren and staff held hostage by suspected terrorists following an attack on a school in the central state of Niger last...

Australia mulls gas reservation for domestic use

6 months ago

The Australian government on Monday announced plans for new laws that will require gas exporters to reserve a portion of supply for the domestic market.Minister for Climate Change and Energy...