Karachi,  French investigators probing the May 22 Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) plane crash have announced that downloading and decoding of the black box of the aircraft has been completed.

The French Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety (BEA) on Friday said in a tweet that do

Brasilia, Brazilian oil giant Petrobras said that it has exported a record 1.11 million tonnes of fuel oil in May, a massive 231 per cent higher than the volume exported in the same month last year, despite the COVID-19 crisis.

The record fuel exports came despite the crisis in the sector due to low prices and red

New York,   After several studies revealed the side effects of anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), new research has found that HCQ did not reduce the risk of ventilation or death in Covid-19 patients and was associated with longer length of hospital stay.

The researchers--from the Columbia

Colombo, A person has been arrested in Sri Lanka for allegedly forging the signature of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and misusing Presidential letterheads, it was reported.

The suspect has produced a letter to the Chairman of Bank of Ceylon on a Presidential letterhead with Rajapaksa forged signature, requesting t

Dhaka, Bangladeshi authorities have put Cox's Bazar Municipality on lockdown declaring some areas in the district near the Rohingya refugee camps as coronavirus red zone for maximum risk of infection, the media reported.

The rate of COVID-19 infection in the district housing the world's largest refugee cam

Seoul, South Korea's annual Memorial Day service was a low-key event on Saturday as a precautionary measure against COVID-19 pandemic that has infected more than 11,000 people in the country.

Veterans, patriots and family members of those who took part in the Korean War and the country's independence and d

Hong Kong,  United Airlines will close its cabin crew bases in Hong Kong, as well as Tokyo and Frankfurt, eliminating a total of 840 jobs, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on international air travel, the Chicago-headquartered carrier announced.

In a statement on Friday, the airline told its

Riyadh, Muslims performed their first Friday prayers in mosques across Saudi Arabia in more than two months following the suspension of congregational prayers to help contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, it was reported.

Nearly 100,000 worshippers attended the Friday prayers in the Prophet Mosque in Medina

Washington, US President Donald Trump has said that with more testing in countries like India and China, there would be more coronavirus cases.

Trump made the remarks while addressing a crowd at the Puritan Medical Products plant in Maine on Friday.

In his opening remarks, he touted the number of co

Ottawa, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made an appearance at an anti-racism protest on Parliament Hill here, showing up unannounced to hear speeches from activists demanding fairer treatment from police for minorities.

Trudeau joined the large crowd on Friday and knelt for eight minutes and 46 seconds - wh