The World Bank on Monday said February earthquakes are expected to have caused Syria’s real GDP output to contract by 5.5% in 2023, with recovery and reconstruction needs estimated at $7.9 billion over three years.
The World Bank said its Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment report estimates the earthquakes that...
New Delhi , March 20: Pro-Khalistan Twitter accounts have been withheld in India. The withheld accounts include the Twitter accounts of Canada’s New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh. The Twitter accounts of Canadian poet Rupi Kaur, the voluntary organisation United Sikhs, and Canada-based activist Gurdeep Singh Sahota have also...
The Kremlin said on Monday that talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping were still continuing after almost four hours.
“The conversation is still going on,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, according to the RIA news agency.
Putin told Xi in a televised meeting earlier that...
Thimphu , March 18: The Indian Himalayas is a hub for spiritual seekers and religious practitioners, attracting a plethora of religious figures over time. The region has been a melting pot of diverse religious traditions for centuries.
Among them, Padmasambhava and Go Tsangpa are two of the most significant religious...
Geneva , March 18: India's development model is winning praise at the 52nd UN Human Rights Council meet in Geneva with NGOs highlighting the Indian education model and urging other UN member states to follow it.
Sai Sampath from Eco Fawn, United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) NGO, during...
Kathmandu , March 18: Nepal ambassador to China, Bishnu Pukar Shrestha who has been in China for eight months, is yet to secure an appointment to present his credentials to the Chinese President Xi Jinping.
A statement issued by Rashtriya Ekta Abhiyan says that Chinese President Xi Jinping has not...
Islamabad , March 18: A vehicle in Imran Khan's convoy overturned on Saturday while the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief was on his way to Islamabad to appear in court in the Toshakhana case.
Earlier today, Imran Khan departed for Islamabad from his Zaman Park residence in Lahore.
The region is reportedly...
Islamabad , March 18: In a brief to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) chief secretary and inspector general of police has said that they cannot guarantee peace amid a surge in terrorism in the region, Geo News reported.
The briefing was given by the inspector...
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , March 18: Ten members of a family, including a woman, her mother-in-law, five daughters and three sons died in a house fire in the Pattan area of Lower Kohistan.
District Kohistan, also called Abasin Kohistan or Indus Kohistan, is an administrative district within Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
The...
Istanbul , March 18: An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 hit 6 km South-West of the Goksun district on Saturday.
The epicentre of the earthquake was found to be 37.974°N and 36.448°E respectively at a depth of 7 kilometres.
As per the USGS, the earthquake took place at 10:44:29 (UTC+05:30).
No casualties have...
