Officials in the southern China city of Guangzhou have enacted a targeted shutdown in an effort to contain a new COVID-19 outbreak. Five streets in the Liwan district have been hit with stay-at-home orders, with only one person in each household allowed to leave for necessities each

Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that a proposed unity government aimed at replacing him would be a danger to the country's security. He urged fellow right-wingers not to back a deal after ultra-nationalist Naftali Bennett said he would form a coalition with a centrist

China has announced that it will allow each couple to have up to three children, marking the end of a strict two-child policy. According to state media outlet Xinhua, the change was approved by President Xi Jinping in a politburo meeting. It comes after a once-in-a-decade census

Beijing is amassing new weapons systems in its border with India complicating efforts towards a peaceful solution to the border standoff. Citing Global Times, Asia Times reported that the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) announced the deployment of new self-propelled

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has married his fiancee Carrie Symonds in a secret ceremony at Westminster Cathedral, it has been reported. The wedding was held in front of close friends and family on Saturday, according to several newspapers. Downing Street has declined to comment.

New Delhi: The Centre on Friday invited non-Muslims like Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists belonging to Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan and residing in 13 districts of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Punjab to apply for Indian citizenship. The Union home ministry

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has inaugurated a mosque in Taksim Square, Istanbul - the plans for which sparked a wave of protests in 2013. Thousands attended the ceremony, with some praying in the square itself because the mosque was full. The mosque features prominently

A mass grave containing the remains of 215 children has been found in Canada at a former residential school set up to assimilate indigenous people. The children were students at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia that closed in 1978. The discovery was

US President Joe Biden has released his first annual budget - a $6tn (£4.2tn) spending plan that includes steep tax increases for wealthier Americans. The bumper proposal would include huge new social programmes and investment in the fight against climate change. But it needs

An employee fatally shot eight people at a California train yard before turning the gun on himself as police closed in. The shooting took place at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) site in San Jose. "When our deputies went through the door, initially he was

BEIJING: China on Tuesday said it appreciated Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's recent remarks on how the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project will bring economic progress not only to Pakistan but to the entire region. Khan had while chairing a recent high-level

Beijing [China]: President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Felix Tshisekedi said that he wants to review a number of deals struck with foreign mining companies in a move that could have an impact on China's ambitions to become the world's leading manufacturer of

Karachi [Pakistan]: The Sindh provincial assembly passed a resolution on Monday to condemn the "unwelcome situation of the province constantly being denied its due share of water" as allowed according to the water accord in 1991.   According to The News International, the

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said ‘Very Severe Cyclonic Storm’ Yaas has made landfall close to north of Dhamra port and south of Balasore district in Odisha of India at 9 am (local time) on Wednesday. As the storm is relatively a large sized system, the

Geneva: A father of two young sons, Tsering Wangdu, a resident of Winterthur, Switzerland concluded his solo cycle rally before the UN carrying an appeal to the Office of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva on 21 May 2021. 46-year-old Wangdu started his solo-cycle rally on

New Delhi [India]: Bharat Biotech is confident about obtaining the World Health Organization's (WHO) Emergency Use Listing for its COVID-19 vaccine given its experience of getting its other vaccines pre-qualified and has submitted 90 per cent of the documentation required for EUL by

Kathmandu [Nepal]: The latest ordinance to amend the Nepali Citizenship Act, introduced by the President of Nepal Bidya Bhandari, indeed marks a historical phase in Nepali politics and induces a sense of achievement among the madhesis. The essence and relevance of the ordinance has

Vilnius [Lithuania]: Lithuania has pulled out of China's 17+1 cooperation forum with central and eastern European states, a move that demonstrates its rising concerns and dissatisfaction with Beijing. "There is no such thing as 17+1 anymore as for practical purposes Lithuania

Balochistan [Pakistan]: A senior leader of the ruling Balochistan Awami Party (BAP), Sardar Mohammad Saleh Bhootani, has resigned from the Cabinet as a minister and apologised to the people for having been unable to serve them, reported the Dawn. The former BAP leader has resigned

Beijing [China]: Five people killed after a man drove his car at high speed into a crowd of pedestrians in the city of Dalian in northeast China, as he was upset because of a failed investment and wanted to "take revenge on society". Citing police South China Morning Post