State of emergency declared in Tokyo, Osaka region as virus surges
WEB DESK Only three months ahead of Olympics, Japan has declared a state of emergency for Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo from April 25, after a recent surge in COVID-19…
Indonesian submarine missing with 53 aboard will run out of oxygen by Saturday
WEB DESK The hunt for a missing Indonesian submarine with 53 crew onboard has reached a critical phase as the oxygen supply onboard will be exhausted by Saturday afternoon. Contact…
Building fire leaves 4 dead, 23 injured in Dhaka
AMN/ WEB DESK Four people were killed and 35 injured as a multi-story building in the Old Dhaka area of the Bangladesh capital caught fire on Friday. The injured also…
US State Dept advises against travelling to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Maldives due to sudden surge in COVID-19 cases
AMN/ WEB DESK The US State Department has advised its citizens to avoid travelling to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Afghanistan and the Maldives due to the sudden surge in COVID-19 cases…
US to boost public climate finance to help poor countries reduce greenhouse gas emissions
AMN/ WEB DESK The United States will boost public climate finance to help poor countries reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to a changing climate. White House said it is…
Myanmar Army Chief to attend ASEAN meeting in Jakarta
AMN/ WEB DESK The Head of the Military government of Myanmar Senior General Min Aung Hlaing will embark on his first foreign visit after the coup to Indonesia to participate…
Bomb explosion at luxury hotel in Pakistan kills four people
AMN/ WEB DESK A bomb explosion at a luxury hotel in the Pakistani city of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province, has killed at least four people and wounded 11.…
China parries question on ‘complete disengagement’ at LAC
China today parried questions on India’s assertion that issues related to complete disengagement and situation at LAC cannot be swept under the carpet and should not be treated as a…
Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend US-led Climate Summit
AMN/ WEB DESK Chinese President Xi Jinping will take part in the virtual climate summit convened by US President Joe Biden on Thursday and Friday in which several world leaders,…
Padam Vibhushan Maulana Wahiduddin Khan passes away
Web Desk Maulana Wahiduddin khan, 96, veteran editor of internationally popular urdu/ english monthly “al risala” and great liberal islamic scholar and thinker, died last night of covid. He was…