Lima, Nov 27 (IANS) A Peruvian court has handed former President Martin Vizcarra a 14-year prison sentence after finding him guilty of accepting bribes years before he assumed the nation's highest office, adding another name to the list of Peru's former leaders convicted in corruption scandals, local media reported.
Washington, Nov 27 (IANS) Hours after two National Guardsmen were shot in downtown Washington, US President Donald Trump called the attack an "act of terror".
Bissau, Nov 27 (IANS) A group of army officers have announced that they have seized control of coup-prone Guinea-Bissau, just a day before the electoral commission was set to release provisional results from a fiercely contested presidential election.
Hong Kong, Nov 27 (IANS) At least 44 people were killed, and another 45 were injured in a fire that broke out in Wang Fuk Court, a residential area in Tai Po of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Police Force said at a press briefing on Thursday.
Washington, Nov 27 (IANS) Two National Guardsmen were shot in downtown Washington and remain in critical condition, according to local media reports.
New York, Nov 27 (IANS) A local court in Georgia has dismissed a case, plagued by a prosecutorial scandal, against US President Donald Trump, charging him with conspiracy to overturn the state's 2020 election results, which he lost.
Paris, Nov 26 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation on Wednesday strongly condemned the recent public threats issued by Chief Prosecutor Tajul Islam of Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) against the defence lawyer of an accused during a hearing on enforced disappearance cases.
Washington, Nov 26 (IANS) A fresh revelation has exposed a network of foreign-operated accounts on social media platform X masquerading as Indian users to push political propaganda and divisive narratives within India, with many of these accounts traced to locations in Pakistan and West Asia.
New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) The Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs led by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday received the visiting parliamentary delegation from Cyprus led by House of Representatives President Annita Demetriou for an exchange of views on contemporary issues.
London, Nov 26 (IANS) Over 22 million people — about 13 per cent of Bangladesh’s population — live on land experiencing rapid, water-driven landscape changes, including riverbank erosion, land loss, and shifting river channels, according to the first-ever study on hydrogeomorphic hazards, a report said on Wednesday.
