20 dead as bombs target Sunday Mass in Philippine cathedral
Jolo (Philippines) | Two bombs minutes apart tore through a Roman Catholic cathedral on a southern Philippine island where Muslim militants are active, killing at least...
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Poonam Khetrapal Singh reappointed WHO regional director for South-East Asia
New Delhi | Poonam Khetrapal Singh has been appointed the South-East Asia regional director of the World Health Organization (WHO) for a second five-year term. The...
Sikh separatists protest in front of Indian Embassy in US
Washington | A small group of Sikh separatists held a protest in front of the Indian Embassy in Washington during which they tried to burn the...
40 dead, many feared buried in mud after Brazil dam collapse
Brumadinho (Brazil) | The death toll from the collapse of a dam holding back mine waste in southeastern Brazil rose to 40 on Saturday as searchers...
Trump accepts deal for temporary end to longest govt shutdown in US history
Washington, Jan 26 (PTI) Submitting to political pressure, President Donald Trump has backed a deal to temporarily end the record-breaking government shutdown in America’s history despite...
Raja Krishnamoorthi becomes first South-Asian American to head a Congressional panel
Washington | Raja Krishnamoorthi, a prominent Indian-American Congressman, has been named as the chairman of a panel on economic and consumer policy, making him the first...
US can do without a deal with China: Donald Trump
Washington | US President Donald Trump has said he was very comfortable with his current policy of slapping a high-import tariff on products from China...
Sports-loving sultan picked as Malaysian king after shock abdication
Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia’s royal families on Thursday picked a sports-loving sultan as the country’s new king after the last monarch abdicated in a historic first...
Trade tensions essentially a political problem, says UN Chief
Davos | United Nations head Antonio Guterres on Thursday said trade tensions impacting the world economy were essentially a “political problem” and warned that a fragmented...
North Korea says Kim ordered preparations for second Trump meet
Seoul | North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered preparations for a second summit with President Donald Trump, saying he’ll “wait with patience and in...