Istanbul,  A blanket of heavy snow covered Turkey's largest city of Istanbul, disrupting air traffic, bringing sea and land transport to a halt, and forcing school closures.

The country's airlines, including the flag carrier Turkish Airlines, have cancelled most of their flights in Istanbul until

Berlin, Germany stands united against terrorism and propaganda that encourages violence, Federal Minister of Justice Marco Buschmann said on the occasion of the National Remembrance Day for the Victims of Terrorist Violence, which the country marked for the first time.

"Today, we remember the victims of terro

Addis Ababa,  The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said at least 749 civilians have died amid the conflict in the northern regions of Afar and Amhara.

In a 110-page report published on Friday, the state-affiliated EHRC said it has found that all parties to the conflict have, to varying degrees, c

New Delhi, A top Ukrainian official on Saturday claimed that the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, which was captured by Russian forces on March 4, has been taken over by Rosatom, Moscow's state nuclear company.

In a social media post, Petro Kotin, chief of Ukraine's state nuclear company Energoatom, said:

Rome,  Italy's wine exports hit a record 7.1 billion euros ($7.8 billion) last year, more than compensating for lower export totals in 2020 due to the worst period of the coronavirus pandemic, official data revealed.

According to an analysis by the Qualivita Foundation of data from Italy's National St

Rome, Reversing a trend of several weeks of improvement, Italy's Covid-19 situation is worsening again, the country's Health Ministry said.

This week, the transmission rate in Italy increased to 0.83 from 0.75 a week earlier. This rate, also referred to as R0, shows how many cases on average an infected pe

Male, Revival of tourism in the Maldives has contributed to higher revenue for the island nation in the first two months this year compared to the same period in 2021.

The South Asian nation received $137 million in January and February 2022, compared to $88 million collected in the first two months of 2021, accor

Colombo,  The Sri Lankan rupee (LKR), which has seen significant fluctuations in the last few days, will stabilise soon after the market achieves equilibrium, an official from the central bank has said.

While there may be turbulence in exchange rates after the government relaxed exchange controls, the ra

New Delhi,  Indian youth boxers Vishwanath Suresh and Anand Yadav produced gritty performances to make their way into the finals of their respective weight categories at the 2022 ASBC Asian Youth & Junior Boxing Championships in Amman, Jordan, on Friday. India are assured of winning 30 medals in this competition so

New Delhi/Bhopal, Railways' Meghana Sajjanar won the T1 Women's 10M Air Rifle trials, defeating West Bengals Mehuli Ghosh 16-10 in the gold medal match on Friday.

Meghana, a former India international, finished sixth in the first qualification round with a score of 628.8 after 60-shots, as the top eig