Kiev, May 18 (IANS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed legislation allowing certain convicts to join the country's armed forces, the parliament press service has reported.
Washington, May 17 (IANS/DPA) The US House of Representatives has voted in favour of a bill aimed at forcing President Joe Biden to resume arms deliveries to Israel which had been paused.
United Nations, May 17 (IANS) Indian economy's growth rate projection for this year has been raised by 0.7 per cent to 6.9 per cent from the forecast made in January by the UN and it retains its position as the world's fastest-growing large economy.
Bratislava, May 16 (IANS) Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was critically injured in an assassination attempt on Wednesday, has regained consciousness after an operation lasting several hours, local media has reported.
Jerusalem, May 16 (IANS) Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has said that he would oppose the establishment of Israel's rule in the post-war Gaza Strip.
Bratislava, May 15 (IANS) Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, who has committed his central European country to a neutral stance on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, suffered "life-threatening" injuries after an assassination bid on Wednesday as he was interacting with the public after a government meeting and "is fighting for his life" in a hospital.
Bratislava, May 15 (IANS) Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, who has taken his central European country to a neutral stance on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, was shot on Wednesday as he interacted with the public after a government meeting, and his condition is "life-threatening", reports said.
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Zamir Kabulov, the Russian President's Special Representative for Afghanistan, held talks with J.P. Singh, Joint Secretary for Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran in the Ministry of External Affairs, here on Wednesday.
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Extreme temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius that impacted billions of people across Asia in April were made hotter and more likely by human-caused climate change, according to rapid attribution analysis by an international team of leading climate scientists from the World Weather Attribution group.
Muzaffarabad, May 14 (IANS) Jammu Kashmir People Action Committee (JAAC) is expected to call off its protest on Tuesday afternoon after holding funeral prayers for one of its workers who was killed in clashes with the security forces in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
