Dodoma,  Tanzanian President John Magufuli has passed away due to a heart disease at the age of 61, the country's Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced.

"With great sadness, I announce the death of our brave leader President John Pombe Joseph Magufuli who died today at around 6 p.m.,"

Seoul,  A top North Korean official has vowed to ignore the US' attempts to establish contact until Washington has met Pyongyang's conditions, state media reported on Thursday.

"We don't think there is need to respond to the US delaying-time trick again," North Kore

Paris, France will implement stricter rules in more regions, including Paris and its surrounding areas, from this weekend to curb Covid-19 resurgence as daily infections hit the new highest level since November 2020.

"The pandemic situation is deteriorating," Xinhua news agency quot

Canberra,  Police in Australia on Thursday charged two men over plans to carry out a terrorist attack, with one of them believed to be a member of the Islamic State (IS) terror group.

Of the two, a 19-year-old male was charged with attempted terrorist act, intentionally causing injury, acting in preparat

Washington, Democrats from both the House of Representatives and the Senate have condemned the exacerbating anti-Asian violence in the US in the wake of the Atlanta massage parlour shootings that claimed the lives of eight people, including six Asians.

On Wednesday, Rodney Bryant, acting chief of the Atlanta

Seoul,  During their first-ever in person meeting, South Korean and US defence chiefs have reaffirmed the common goal of the Korean Peninsula's complete denuclearization, according to officials here.

South Korean Defence Minister Suh Wook met visiting US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin here on Wedn

Damascus,  The Syrian Foreign Ministry has stressed its rejection of foreign interference in China's affairs, saying no country or party has the right to interfere in the internal affairs of independent and sovereign states, according to the state news agency SANA.

In a statement on Tuesday, the mini

New Delhi,  Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Ahmed Bajwa has called for India and Pakistan to "bury the past".

Bajwa's statement is being seen as an outreach to India as relations between the two neighbours have been hostile for some time now. Bajwa,

Mumbai, In a significant revelation, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said that the transfer of Mumbai Commissioner of Police Param Bir Singh was not a routine one and he was shunted out to ensure a "free and fair" probe in the cases of arrested police official Sachin Vaze and the SUV.

"Singh

Gandhinagar,  The Congress on Thursday walked out of the Gujarat Assembly protesting against the deteriorating law and order situation in the state. Earlier, the House was adjourned for a few minutes over the same issue.

During the discussion on the proposals by the Home Department, there was an uproar w