Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| India's Rafale jet acquisition irks Paki | Islamabad, July 30 (TIWN): India’s acquisition of five of the 36 medium multi-role Rafale fighter jets built by French aircraft manufacturer Dassault, which arrived at the IAF airbase in Ambala near New Delhi on Wednesday to upgrade its air force, has irked Islamabad. | 30-Jul-2020 |
| B'desh reports 3,009 new Covid cases, ta | Dhaka, July 30 (TIWN) Bangladesh has reported 3,009 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours taking the tally to 232,194, health officials said on Wednesday. | 30-Jul-2020 |
| Trump touts progress toward COVID-19 vac | Washington, July 30 (TIWN) US President Donald Trump has highlighted the progress on the development of a vaccine for COVID-19, in an effort to project optimism about the administration's response to the ongoing pandemic, it was reported. | 30-Jul-2020 |
| Democratic Mayors urge ban on federal ag | Washington, July 30 (TIWN) Six Democratic Party mayors have urged the US Congress to block President Donald Trump's administration from sending federal law enforcement agents to their cities amid the ongoing protests. | 30-Jul-2020 |
| Indonesian Prez warns of possible COVID- | Jakarta, July 30 (TIWN) Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Tuesday warned of a possible second wave of the COVID-19 transmission. | 30-Jul-2020 |
| Nuclear deterrence will guarantee nation | Seoul, July 29 (TIWN) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said the country's nuclear deterrence will permanently guarantee national security, state-media reported on Tuesday. | 29-Jul-2020 |
| 1 killed, 2 injured in Kabul blast | Kabul, July 28 (TIWN) At least one person was killed and two others were injured on Tuesday in a magnetic mine blast that targeted a police vehicle in Kabul, police said. | 28-Jul-2020 |
| Chinese envoy to Nepal now makes effort | Kathmandu/New Delhi, July 27 (TIWN) In a last ditch effort, Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi is making all out efforts to prevent a split in the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP). | 27-Jul-2020 |
| US Senator describes slavery as 'necessa | Washington, July 27 (TIWN) A Republican Senator for the US state of Arkansas has described slavery as a "necessary evil" on which the American nation was built, the media reported on Monday. | 27-Jul-2020 |
| 470 new cases take J&K's Covid tally pas | Srinagar, July 27 (TIWN) Jammu and Kashmir on Monday reported 470 new Covid-19 cases, taking the Union Territory's coronavirus tally past the 18,000-mark, while nine persons succumbed to the dreaded virus in the past 24 hours. | 27-Jul-2020 |
| Half of B'desh affected by devastating f | Dhaka, July 27 (TIWN) Almost half of Bangladesh remained in the grip of floods on Monday, which have also claimed the lives of 119 people. | 27-Jul-2020 |
| Kuwait thanks Trump for sending plane fo | Kuwait City, July 27 (TIWN) Kuwaiti Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has sent a letter to US President Donald Trump thanking him for sending an American Air Force plane to transport Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to Washington for treatment, a media report said. | 27-Jul-2020 |
| France to impose on-the-spot fines again | Paris, July 26 (TIWN) French authorities will introduce on-the-spot fines nationwide for drug users, particularly targeting cannabis, from September, Prime Minister Jean Castex announced. | 26-Jul-2020 |
| Khalilzad embarks on new trip to press f | Kabul/Washington, July 26 (TIWN) US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has embarked on a new five-nation trip to press for intra-Afghan talks, the State Department said. | 26-Jul-2020 |
| Al Qaeda active in 12 Afghan provinces: | Kabul, July 26 (TIWN) The Al Qaeda terror group is still active in 12 Afghan provinces and its leader Ayman al-Zawahiri is still based in the country, a UN report said. | 26-Jul-2020 |
| 101-year-old Pak convict seeks release | Islamabad, July 26 (TIWN) A 101-year-old Pakistani convict, accused of committing seven murders, has sought his release due to multiple ailments, a media report said on Sunday. | 26-Jul-2020 |
| Trump signs executive orders to cut pres | Washington, July 25 (TIWN) US President Donald Trump has signed four executive orders aimed at cutting prescription drug prices, which would allow discounts and import of cheaper drugs from abroad. | 25-Jul-2020 |
| Republicans blamed for disarray as unemp | Washington, July 25 (TIWN) US Congressional Democrats have blamed the Republicans for their "months-long disarray and delay" as the enhanced federal unemployment benefits are set to expire in a few days. | 25-Jul-2020 |
| Nearly 28mn people in US may be evicted | Washington, July 25 (TIWN) Nearly 28 million people in the US may be forced to leave their homes as a number of states were ending bans on evictions enacted amid the COVID-19 pandemic, raising concerns over public health during the crisis, experts have said. | 25-Jul-2020 |
| US eases export restrictions on drones | Washington, July 25 (TIWN) The US government has announced updated export restrictions on unmanned aerial systems (UAS), a move long sought by the country's defence industries. | 25-Jul-2020 |
| Prince William expresses shock over floo | New Delhi, July 25 (TIWN) The Duke of Cambridge Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton have expressed concern over the flood devastation in Assam's Kaziranga National Park, that claimed lives of many animals, officials said. | 25-Jul-2020 |
| Russia won't join US alliance against Ch | Moscow, July 24 (TIWN) Russia won't join any alliance aimed against anyone, especially against China, as Moscow and Beijing share special relations, the Kremlin said on Friday. | 24-Jul-2020 |
| N.Korea must return to diplomatic engage | Washington/Seoul, July 25 (TIWN) A senior US official has emphasized the need for North Korea to abide by UN Security Council resolutions and return to diplomatic engagement, the State Department said. | 25-Jul-2020 |
| Africa's confirmed Covid-19 cases hit 76 | Addis Ababa, July 24 (TIWN) The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases across the African continent reached 768,978 on Thursday, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. | 24-Jul-2020 |
| US Ambassador to UK denies making racist | London, July 24 (TIWN) Woody Johnson, the US Ambassador to the UK, has denied reports that he made "insensitive" remarks about race and gender to embassy staff, the media reported on Thursday. | 24-Jul-2020 |
| Australia announces record high budget d | Canberra, July 23 (TIWN) The Australian government on Thursday announced the country's biggest budget deficit since World War II. | 23-Jul-2020 |
| Bangladesh COVID-19 cases reach 213,254, | Dhaka, July 23 (TIWN) The COVID-19 cases in Bangladesh have touched 213,254 with 2,744 new infections, health officials said on Wednesday. | 22-Jul-2020 |
| Sri Lanka PM orders probe into leopard d | Colombo, July 23 (TIWN) Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has instructed the wildlife department to probe the incidents of the deaths of leopards killed in snares in recent weeks. | 22-Jul-2020 |
| Trump predicts pandemic will 'get worse | Washington, July 22 (TIWN) President Donald Trump has warned that the US pandemic will probably "get worse before it gets better", as he revived his coronavirus briefings. | 22-Jul-2020 |
| Thai PM to disclose new names for cabine | Bangkok, July 22 (TIWN) Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha told the press that he has a new list of names for his cabinet reshuffle after several ministers resigned earlier. | 22-Jul-2020 |
| Trump to resume COVID-19 briefings | Washington, July 21 (TIWN) US President Donald Trump has said that he will resume regular coronavirus briefings, the first since late April, from Tuesday onwards. | 21-Jul-2020 |
| Hong Kong's unemployment rate remains at | Hong Kong, July 21 (TIWN) Hong Kong's unemployment rate remained the highest in more than 15 years during the past three months as the economy was still struggling against double blows from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and months of social unrest. | 21-Jul-2020 |
| Australian PM promises 'targeted' econom | Canberra, July 21 (TIWN) Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison flagged major changes to the government's coronavirus support packages, while pledging "targeted" economic backing. | 21-Jul-2020 |
| 1 killed, 8 injured in Washington D.C. s | Washington, July 21 (TIWN) One person was killed and eight others were injured in a shooting incident in Washington D.C., police said. | 21-Jul-2020 |
| New poll reveals Trump 15 pts behind Bid | Washington, July 21 (TIWN) A new poll has revealed that US President Donald Trump was 15 points behind presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the run-up to November's election, it was reported. | 21-Jul-2020 |
| UK Queen heads for holiday after 4 month | London, July 20 (TIWN) The UK's Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip are set to move to Balmoral next month for a socially-distanced holiday with family after four months in isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, media reports said. | 20-Jul-2020 |
| Indian consulate in Dubai to remain open | Dubai, July 20 (TIWN) Starting August 1, the Consulate General of India in Dubai will remain open on weekends and public holidays, Consul-General Aman Puri said. | 20-Jul-2020 |
| Saudi King hospitalised due to inflamed | Riyadh, July 20 (TIWN) Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has been hospitalised for cholecystitis or inflammation of the gall bladder, the royal court announced on Monday. | 20-Jul-2020 |
| Record single-day global increase in cor | Geneva, July 19 (TIWN) The number of new cases of coronavirus rose by almost 260,000 in 24 hours -- the largest single-day increase since the pandemic began, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. | 19-Jul-2020 |
| Iran sends crashed Ukrainian plane's bla | Tehran, July 19 (TIWN) The Iranian Foreign Ministry said that the blackbox of a Ukrainian plane that crashed in January after taking off from Tehran, has been sent to France for decoding. | 19-Jul-2020 |
| US-backed forces in Syria launch anti-IS | Damascus, July 19 (TIWN) The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have launched a "security campaign" against the Islamic State (IS) terror group in Deir al-Zour province, a war monitor reported. | 19-Jul-2020 |
| 'Trump the most divisive in century, but | New Delhi, July 19 (TIWN) Will the 2020 United States Presidential Election be the most divisive one in the past 100 years? Donald Trump may be the "most divisive major party candidate in the last 100 years" but the balance between the two parties has been "about as even" as in the last 70 years , says a respected US political analyst, adding that "things are bad this year", but 1968 was even worse. | 19-Jul-2020 |
| US federal agents 'abused power' during | Washington, July 19 (TIWN) Kate Brown, the Governor of the US state of Oregon, has accused federal agents of "blatant abuse of power" while arresting protesters in Portland city, the media reported on Saturday. | 19-Jul-2020 |
| 60% Americans disapprove Trump's handlin | Washington, July 18 (TIWN) Sixty per cent of Americans disapprove President Donald Trump's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US, which has registered the world's highest number of cases and deaths, according to a poll. | 18-Jul-2020 |
| NYC to enter reopening phase 4 on Monday | New York, July 18 (TIWN) New York City will enter phase four of reopening on Monday as scheduled, but without resuming additional indoor activities, officials confirmed. | 18-Jul-2020 |
| Draft decision on UNGA session put under | United Nations, July 18 (TIWN) UN General Assembly President Tijjani Muhammad-Bande has placed a draft decision on the high-level week of the 75th session of the General Assembly in September under silence procedure. | 18-Jul-2020 |
| US breaks single-day record with over 77 | Washington, July 17 (TIWN) With more than 77,000 new COVID-19 cases, the US broke the record for the number of confirmed infections registered in a single day, according to the Johns Hopkins University. | 17-Jul-2020 |
| Cathay Pacific warns of historic $1.28 b | Hong Kong, July 17 (TIWN) Hong Kong flag carrier, Cathay Pacific on Friday said that it expected to make a loss of HK$9.9 billion ($1.28 billion) in the first six months of 2020, the largest in the airline's history. | 17-Jul-2020 |
| Japan calls on US to conduct Covid tests | Tokyo, July 17 (TIWN) Japan's Defence Minister Taro Kono has called on the United States to conduct COVID-19 tests on all US military personnel coming to Japan as the virus has hit several US bases in the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa. | 17-Jul-2020 |
| Rahul explains why China chose now to in | New Delhi, July 17 (TIWN) Former Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi on Friday once again slammed the Narendra Modi government over the face-off with China in Ladakh. He said China chose this time to intrude in our land as India's foreign policy, economy and relationship with neighbouring countries are disrupted. | 17-Jul-2020 |