United Nations, The UN is making preparations for the phased reopening of its headquarters in New York City, said a spokesman.

Preparations are going through a senior emergency management group, which exists just for the COVID-19 crisis, with inputs from various UN departments, guided by the UN medical authorities

Paris, The leader of the Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) had been killed by French forces in northern Mali, French Minister for the Armed Forces Florence Parly said.

"On June 3, the French armed forces, with the support of their partners, neutralized the emir Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI), Abd

New York, With 42 COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours, New York recorded the lowest number of daily deaths since the pandemic hit the state, the epicentre of the disease outbreak in the US, said Governor Andrew Cuomo.

"While our hearts ache for those families who lost loved ones yesterday, just eight weeks ago, we ha

Islamabad, An estimated 3 million people associated with industrial and services sectors of Pakistan are expected to lose their jobs, and the poverty level could rise to 33.5 per cent from the current 24.3 per cent due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Finance Ministry said.

The services sector is likely to lose over

San Francisco, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Saturday tried to address growing unrest among the employees over the poor handling of controversial posts by US President Donald Trump, saying the company has started a workstream for building products to advance racial justice.

Several current and former Facebook em

New York, After a video of police shoving a 75-year-old white protester who approached them in a city in New York state went viral, two of them were suspended, but all the members of the emergency team resigned in protest.

Their action on Friday amid the protests against police brutality roiling the nation brought

Seoul, North Korea has vowed to abolish an inter-Korean liaison office as a responsive measure against anti-Pyongyang leaflets sent from South Korea, even after Seoul promised to ban such leaflet campaigns, it was reported on Saturday.

The United Front Department (UFD), which handles inter-Korean affairs, said in

Washington, Former US Vice President Joe Biden has crossed the threshold for the Democratic presidential nomination, locking up a contest for the White House with incumbent President Donald Trump.

Biden, now the sole remaining presidential candidate in the Democratic Party, has won 1,993 delegates to the national

Islamabad, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has rejected an option of imposing another lockdown in the country which has so far reported 91,891 COVID-19 cases, with 1,905 deaths.

Speaking at a media briefing on Friday, he said the country could not afford to go back to lockdown and urged people to follow the gov

Islamabad, The Pakistan Supreme Court has banned entry of people ignoring the government's standard operating procedures (SOPs) including not wearing face masks, bypassing temperature and symptoms checking.

A notification issued by the Supreme Court on Friday and was enforced immediately ordered that face mask