North Korean parliament to convene to approve Kim's agenda January 16, 2021 at 05:54PM

North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament was scheduled to convene Sunday to pass decisions made by a major ruling party meeting where leader Kim Jong-un vowed maximum efforts to expand his nuclear weapons program in face of what he described as US hostility.

Kremlin foe Navalny faces arrest as flies back to Russia January 16, 2021 at 06:22PM

Trump asks court to let him dodge rape accuser’s suit January 16, 2021 at 04:02PM

Nasa's Boeing moon rocket set for 'once-in-a-generation' ground test January 16, 2021 at 07:53AM

23 die in Norway after receiving Pfizer Covid vaccine January 16, 2021 at 03:42AM

Twenty-three people died in Norway within days of receiving their first dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine with 13 of those deaths apparently related to the side effects of the shots, New York Post reported citing the health officials. All 13 were nursing home patients and at least 80 years old. Common reactions to the vaccine, including fever and nausea, "may have contributed to a fatal outcome in some frail patients," New York Post quoted Sigurd Hortemo, chief physician at the Norwegian Medicines Agency, as saying in a statement on Friday.

Pragmatic governor Armin Laschet elected to lead Merkel's party January 16, 2021 at 02:09AM

Chancellor Angela Merkel's centre-right party on Saturday chose Armin Laschet, the pragmatic governor of Germany's most populous state, as its new leader- sending a signal of continuity months before an election in which voters will decide who becomes the new chancellor.

Taliban praise US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan January 16, 2021 at 02:04AM

The Taliban welcomed the latest withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan with the insurgents' spokesman Saturday calling the continued reduction of American forces a "good advancement" even as fighting raged across the war-weary country. The Taliban's statement came just hours after the Pentagon announced it had cut troop levels in Afghanistan to 2,500, their lowest numbers during the nearly two decades of fighting.

Can Trump pardon himself? Would the courts reject the move? January 16, 2021 at 01:56AM

US re-designates LeT as foreign terrorist outfit January 16, 2021 at 01:09AM

Ahead of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meeting in February, the United States has re-designated Pakistani terrorist groups as Lashkar-i-Jhangvi (LJ) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) as foreign terrorist organisations. The designation of the Pakistani terror groups as foreign terrorist organisations by Washington comes just weeks before the Financial Action Task Force's meeting in February wherein the status of Islamabad in the grey list would be discussed.

Astrazeneca vaccine gets approval in Pakistan January 16, 2021 at 01:14AM

Astrazeneca's Covid-19 vaccine has been granted approval for emergency use in Pakistan, the country's health minister said on Saturday, the first vaccine against the disease to be given the green light in the South Asian country. "DRAP granted emergency use authorisation to AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine," Pakistan's Health Minister Faisal Sultan told Reuters, referring to the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan.

Swiss set to approve AstraZeneca vaccine this month January 16, 2021 at 12:05AM

Iranian Guard holds anti-warship ballistic missile drill January 15, 2021 at 11:38PM

Footage showed two missiles smash into a target that Iranian state television described as ``hypothetical hostile enemy ships'' at a distance of 1,800 kilometers (1,120 miles). The report did not specify the type of missiles used.

Myanmar police scuffle with nationalist monk's followers January 15, 2021 at 10:22PM

Protesters, many of them monks, gathered outside the Insein Prison in Myanmar’s main city of Yangon, where Wirathu has been held since November last year. Police said they had not set out to break the protest up but had been provoked and has arrested one protester.