Antakya/IBNS: Another earthquake struck the border region of Turkey and Syria on Monday, just two weeks after both countries were devastated by three quakes leaving more than 47,000 people dead.
Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said China is trying to interfere in the country's democracy for years.
Dhaka: Hundreds of Bangladeshi people were cheated in the Rajshahi region of Bangladesh by opening an account number with a minimum of Tk 2000 in the hope that they will get dollars if they buy movie tickets on a Chinese app, media reports said.
Kyiv: US President Joe Biden on Monday visited Kyiv city ahead of the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Phuentshogling: Phuentshogling, a popular tourist destination in Bhutan, recently witnessed the opening of a Ka Ja Throm, a refined marketplace, which aims to revive the economy of the region.
Tokyo: Japanese Sake manufacturing company Tsuchida Sake Brewery is planning to set up a production plant in Bhutan.
Kallar Kahar: At least 14 people, including women and children, died as a bus in which they were travelling fell in a ravine in Pakistan's Kallar Kahar town on Sunday.
California: The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy welcomed Indian Ambassador Taranjit Singh Sandhu to the US in California and expressed the desire to further strengthen the relationship between India and the US.
Quetta: Pakistani security forces arrested a suspected woman suicide bomber in Quetta city of Balochistan on Sunday, media reports said.
Dhaka: At least one person died and 10 others were hurt when a fire broke out at a residential building in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka on Sunday.
Seoul: North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) toward the East Sea on Monday, media reports said on Monday.
Colombo: Experts in Sri Lanka are doubting the feasibility of the Port City Colombo (PCC), a vast new Chinese-built reclaimed commercial zone in the capital city, especially at a time when the country witnessed its worst economic crisis.
Thimpu: Bhutan's Education and Skills Development Ministry recently conducted an online national coding competition to understand the level of coding concepts in students who have taken various CodeMonkey courses in schools.
Rome: The Italian Senate recently unveiled a book titled “La Trappola Cinese”, composed by World Uyghur Congress President Dolkun Isa.
Peshawar: A Peshawar-based private school has banned students from speaking Pashto language in their premises.
New York: In Trinidad and Tobago, some performers have been tapping into traditional art forms ahead of the carnival on February 20-21 to encourage their communities to continue following COVID-19 health protocols as the country lifts restrictions on public gatherings.
Jalalabad: A total of 500 Afghan youths joined the Afghan Nation Army in the eastern Nangarhar province, said a statement of the country's Defense Ministry released here Saturday.
Kabul: Taliban militia has decided to change former U.S. military bases into "economic zones" to bolster economic activities, the Bakhtar news agency reported on Sunday.
Dhaka: A Bangladesh court has sentenced a madrasa teacher to life in prison on charges of raping a minor.
Beijing: China's Central Foreign Affairs Office Director Wang Yi has called on Washington to change the direction of bilateral relations that have been affected by the Chinese balloon incident, according to China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Islamabad: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will give a 27-percent discount to students traveling to China to pursue academic degrees, an official with the PIA has said.
New Delhi/IBNS: Pakistan is facing a major embarrassment globally over the relief material it sent to Turkey after the recent devastating earthquakes that left over 40,000 people dead.
Seoul: North Korea has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, the official Korean Central News Agency claimed on Sunday.
Ankara/UNI: The toll from two major earthquakes that struck southeastern Turkey on Feb 6 has risen to 40,642, the country's disaster agency said Saturday.
Budapest/UNI: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban called for peace in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and warned of the escalation of the conflict here on Saturday.
Jalalabad (Afghanistan): A total of 500 Afghan youths joined Afghan Nation Army in the eastern Nangarhar province, a statement of the country's Defense Ministry said here on Saturday.
Moscow: The Netherlands has said it has decided to reduce the size of the Russian diplomatic mission in Amsterdam alleging that Moscow sends spies instead of diplomatic workers, Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra said on Saturday.
Seoul: North Korea on Saturday fired a suspected long-range ballistic missile toward the East Sea on Saturday, media reports said.
New York: New York City Council woman Linda Lee has passed a resolution to declare Diwali (Hindu festival of lights) as a public holiday for school students.
New York: While a peaceful resolution is desperately needed to the war in Ukraine, any agreement reached must be tangible, implementable and address the conflict’s root causes, officials told the Security Council on Friday, citing lessons learned from the fate of the so-called Minsk accords.
