Ten people died on Saturday in a fire at a Romanian hospital treating coronavirus patients, the country's agency for emergency situations (ISU) said. The blaze broke out in the intensive care unit of the Piatra Neamt county hospital and spread to an adjoining room. It was unclear

A judge on Saturday rejected the White House’s limitations on a program protecting 700,000 so-called “Dreamers,” undocumented migrants brought to the United States as children. The federal judge in New York ruled that President Donald Trump’s acting Homeland

New Delhi: A protest rally and human chain was organised in Dhaka on Thursday by Islamic scholars and Ulemas under the banner of ‘Uyghur Muslim Rights Council’(Uyghur Musalmaner Odhikar Parishad) to demand political and religious rights for the Uyghurs. The Uyghurs are

Highlighting the atrocities caused by Pakistan on the people of the region, activist Amjad Ayub Mirza on Wednesday urged US President-elect Biden  to “heal” the “wounded people and divide people” of PoK and Gilgit Baltistan (GB). “Mr President-elect,

US President-elect Joe Biden has won the state of Georgia, the BBC projects, the first Democratic candidate to do so since 1992. The win solidifies Mr Biden's victory, giving him a total of 306 votes in the electoral college, the system the US uses to choose its president.

At least 10 civilians and five security personnel have been killed in cross-border shelling between India and Pakistan, in one of this year’s deadliest days along the heavily militarised frontier separating the nuclear-armed rivals, officials said. Indian officials said six

At least 42 people have died and 20 others are missing after Typhoon Vamco made landfall in the Philippines, police say. Flooding on the largest island, Luzon, caused landslides, cut off roads and forced many to flee their homes. Tens of thousands of people have sought shelter in

China has formally congratulated Joe Biden on his election victory, almost a week after many of Washington’s allies and Taiwan acknowledged the Democrat as the winner of the US presidential contest.  Biden has been congratulated by multiple European governments and allies,

Pakistan’s army, its most powerful institution that has directly ruled the country for large parts of its seven-decade history, has been coming under sharp attacks from a coalition of opposition parties as they amp up their pitch against Prime Minister Imran Khan.  The

As the United States and Taiwan are set to begin economic talks, Beijing has called on Washington to "stop exchange or contacts" with Taipei and stop elevating its relationship with Taiwan in any substantive way. Addressing a briefing on Monday, Chinese foreign ministry

Tourism is expected to be revived as Kashmir valley is witnessing the onset of the autumn season which has increased the beauty of the area manifold everywhere including Mughal gardens here. During the autumn season, due to the golden and brownish colour of leaves of Chinar trees

Pakistani and Indian troops traded fire in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, killing six persons and wounding others on both sides, officials said Friday, amid increasing tension between the South Asian nuclear rivals. In a statement, Pakistan's military blamed India for

Aung San Suu Kyi's ruling party secured an absolute majority in Myanmar's election, official results showed Friday, in a poll disputed by the military-aligned opposition and criticized by rights groups over the disenfranchisement of Rohingya Muslims and other ethnic minorities.

At least 39 people were killed after a typhoon hit the Philippine capital on Friday causing extensive flooding and leaving thick mud and debris around many villages. Thousands of people have been rescued, though waters have mostly receded. The military was rescuing

At least 74 migrants have died in a shipwreck off the Libyan coast of Khoms, the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Thursday. According to the IOM, there were more than 120 people on board the dingy when the “devastating” incident

US federal election officials have said the 2020 White House vote was the "most secure in American history", rejecting President Donald Trump's fraud claims.  "There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way

Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) has demanded uninterrupted proceedings of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) foreign funding case and release of the investigation report on the kidnapping of IG Sindh. According to details, the first meeting of the PDM leadership was held after the

While China continues to refute reports of ongoing atrocities on Uyghurs in Xinjiang region, another revelation has yet again confirmed Beijing using technology for surveillance on the ethnic minority community. According to a report by IPVM, Dahua's software, published on its

Farmers protesting in Punjab last week demanding their rights have no clue about the whereabouts of their 15 colleagues who went missing after the police began baton charging their protest and arrested around 250 farmers on Multan Road, Dawn reported. "In fact, the farmers, who

China's government has condemned the mass resignation of most of Hong Kong's opposition as a "farce" and an "open challenge" to its authority. On Wednesday, 15 opposition members announced their resignation in solidarity with four fellow lawmakers who had