Updated: Feb 28, 2021 12:41 IST
Washington [US], February 28 (ANI): The United States is concerned over the reports of humanitarian crisis in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, said Secretary of State Antony Blinken while calling for immediate withdrawal of Eritrean forces and Amhara regional forces from Tigray.
Read moreUpdated: Feb 28, 2021 11:27 IST
Yerevan [Armenia], February 28 (ANI): Armenian President Armen Sargsyan on Saturday rejected a prime ministerial order to sack the army's chief of General Staff.
Read MoreUpdated: Feb 28, 2021 11:12 IST
Tokyo [Japan], February 28 (ANI): Lauding the efforts of the Internet and the rise of the young generation, Min Ko Naing, an activist who led a pro-democracy movement in the country in the 1980s said that the protests in Myanmar are growing stronger than the one in 1
Read MoreUpdated: Feb 28, 2021 10:14 IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], February 28 (ANI): Several people were killed and more than 50 pro-democracy protesters have been arrested by the Myanmar military junta on Sunday as thousands took to the streets for a second general strike against the regime.
Read MoreUpdated: Feb 28, 2021 09:36 IST
New York [US], February 28 (ANI): Myanmar's military has fired the country's United Nations Ambassador after he appealed to the UN General Assembly for international help to overturn the coup.
Read MoreUpdated: Feb 28, 2021 09:24 IST
Baghdad [Iraq], February 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Archbishop Mitja Leskovar, the Vatican's ambassador (Apostolic Nuncio) to Iraq, has tested positive for COVID-19, sources from the apostolic nunciature in Baghdad confirmed.
Read MoreUpdated: Feb 28, 2021 09:13 IST
Washington [US], February 28 (ANI): At present, India has two aircraft carriers - INS Vikramaditya and INS Viraat, while it is planning to develop the third - INS Vishaal by 2030. The question arises why is India developing a fleet of aircraft carriers?
Read MoreUpdated: Feb 28, 2021 07:54 IST
Caracas [Venezuela], February 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says his country will review its relations with Spain after the visit of Spanish Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez to Colombia's border regions.
Read MoreUpdated: Feb 28, 2021 07:39 IST
Quito [Ecuador], February 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Ecuador's Ministry of Public Health on Saturday reported 1,748 new COVID-19 cases and 61 deaths, bringing the total number of cases to 284,347 and the death toll to 11,032.
Read MoreUpdated: Feb 28, 2021 07:32 IST
Brasilia [Brazil], February 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil registered 1,386 deaths from the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 254,221, the Ministry of Health reported Saturday.
Read MoreUpdated: Feb 28, 2021 06:38 IST
Damascus [Syria], February 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Four people, including a child, were killed and 18 others were injured by a fire that broke out at a refugee camp in northeastern Syria on Saturday, state news agency SANA reported.
Read MoreUpdated: Feb 28, 2021 06:28 IST
Santiago [Chile], February 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Chile reported 4,523 new cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, bringing the country's total to 821,418, of which 23,585 are active, a health official said on Saturday.
Read MoreUpdated: Feb 28, 2021 06:28 IST
Washington [US], February 28 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Saturday said the approval of Johnson & Johnson's single-shot coronavirus vaccine by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is "exciting news" but warned Americans against letting their guard down as t
Read MoreUpdated: Feb 28, 2021 06:28 IST
Washinton [US], February 28 (ANI): The United States authorised Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use on Saturday, adding a third vaccine to the US arsenal to fight the pandemic as the death toll due to the infection crosses 5.11 lakh.
Read MoreUpdated: Feb 28, 2021 05:53 IST
Beijing [China], February 28 (ANI): It seems tensions between China and the US over the South China Sea will continue under the new US administration as the Chinese military recently conducted a live-fire drill to test its response to repeated missile attacks in a "far
Read MoreUpdated: Feb 28, 2021 04:24 IST
Paris [France], February 28 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of people who tested positive for COVID-19 in France rose by 23,996 in the past 24 hours, according to figures released by the country's Public Health Agency on Saturday.
Read MoreUpdated: Feb 28, 2021 03:58 IST
Dublin [Ireland], February 28 (ANI/Sputnik): The Irish police (Gardai) have detained 23 people in central Dublin as a protest against the coronavirus-related restrictions grew into clashes with the law enforcement, Ireland's RTE broadcaster reported on Saturday.
Read MoreUpdated: Feb 28, 2021 03:43 IST
Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], February 28 (ANI): The Saudi-led coalition intercepted a ballistic missile attack launched by Houthis toward Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh, Al Arabiya TV reported.
Read MoreUpdated: Feb 28, 2021 03:19 IST
Stockholm [Sweden], February 27 (ANI): An al-Qaeda linked-charity group from Turkey has been working with Islamai Sangh Nepal (ISN), which is under the scanner of Indian intelligence agencies for allegedly providing sanctuary to terrorists, to expand its logistical hub
Read MoreUpdated: Feb 28, 2021 02:03 IST
Taipei [Taiwan], February 28 (ANI): After China's abruptly suspended the import of pineapple from Taiwan, a wide range of Taiwanese public figures has taken to social media, urging people to support local pineapple growers.
Read MoreUpdated: Feb 28, 2021 01:51 IST
London [UK], February 28 (ANI/Xinhua): Another 7,434 people in Britain have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,170,519, according to official figures released Saturday.
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