Pakistan’s powerful army chief has called on arch rivals India and Pakistan to “bury the past” and move towards cooperation, an overture towards New Delhi that follows an unexpected joint ceasefire announcement last month between the two countries’ militaries.

The first high-level US-China meeting of the Biden administration got off to a fiery start on Thursday, with both sides leveling sharp rebukes of the others’ policies in a rare public display that underscored the level of bilateral tension.

Japan government has decided to extend emergency grant aid of USD 10 million for displaced Rohingyas and host communities in Bangladesh.

North Korea said it would sever diplomatic relations with Malaysia after a court there ruled that a North Korean man could be extradited to the United States to face money-laundering charges, state media KCNA reported.

Armed gunmen killed at least 13 Mexican police in an ambush in the central State of Mexico, local authorities have said, one of the worst mass slayings of security forces to rock the country in recent years.

Germany, France and other European nations have announced plans to resume using AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine after EU and British regulators moved to shore up confidence in the shot, saying its benefits outweigh the risks.

The United States and China leveled sharp rebukes of each others’ policies in the first high-level, in-person talks of the Biden administration, with deeply strained relations of the two global rivals on rare public display during the meeting’s opening session in Alaska.

Thousands of opponents of military rule in Myanmar marched in the town of Natmauk, the birthplace of revered national hero Aung San, in defiance of a crackdown by security forces, local media reported.

Financial woes brought by last year’s coronavirus pandemic have pushed about 32 million Indians out of the middle class, undoing years of economic gains, a report showed yesterday, while job losses pushed millions into poverty.

A top Taiwanese official yesterday issued a plea for people to stop changing their name to “salmon” after dozens made the unusual move to take advantage of a restaurant promotion.

Covid-19 appears likely to develop into a seasonal disease, the United Nations said yesterday, cautioning though against relaxing pandemic-related measures simply based on meteorological factors.

Surviving Covid-19 protects most people against reinfection for at least six months, but elderly patients are more likely to be laid low by the virus a second time, researchers reported yesterday.

US President Joe Biden defended his decision to waive any punishment for Saudi Arabia’s crown prince in the killing of a US-based journalist, claiming that acting against the Saudi royal would have been diplomatically unprecedented for the United States.

Ageism is widespread worldwide and stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination based on age have only been amplified by the Covid-19 pandemic, the United Nations said yesterday.

North Korea accused the new US administration of adopting “lunatic theory” yesterday, ruling out any engagement with Washington unless it changed course.

An Indian passenger train rolled backwards for 35 kilometres, reports said yesterday, in an alarming but injury-free incident caught in a video that went viral on social media.

The Atlantic hurricane names Dorian, Laura, Eta and Iota are being retired due to the trail of death and destruction left in their wake, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization said Wednesday.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte claimed an “overwhelming” victory in elections on Wednesday, vowing to use his fourth term in office to rebuild the country after the coronavirus pandemic.

Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday mocked US President Joe Biden over his “killer” comment but said that Moscow would not sever ties with Washington over the spat.

President Vladimir Putin responded today to US President Joe Biden’s description of the Russian leader as a killer by citing America’s past and present troubles, from slavery and the slaughter of Native Americans to racial injustice.