Madrid,  The Spanish government has approved an economic relief package worth 11 billion euros that includes 7 billion euros in direct aid to struggling companies affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The measures, which had been announced a fortnight ago by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, were approved in an

Tehran,  An Iranian commercial ship was attacked in the Mediterranean Sea, according to local media reports.

"After an explosive object hit the Iran Shahrekord container ship in the international waters of the Mediterranean Sea, a part of the ship's hull was damaged," Xinhu

Geneva, A group of countries have condemned the killings of civilians by Australia's overseas military personnel at the 46th session of the UN Human Rights Council, saying "credible reports show Australian soldiers have committed serious war crimes".

Delivering a joint statement on behalf of the

Ankara,  Turkey is ready to host an Afghan peace conference, which aims to seal a peace deal between the Kabul government and the Taliban, in Istanbul next month, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said.

"Both the Taliban and the negotiation delegation, meaning the government side, had asked us to ho

Riyadh,  Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has issued decrees to appoint new officials, official media reported.

According to the decrees issued on Friday, the King dismissed Mohammad Saleh bin Taher Benten and appointed Issam bin Saad bin Saeed as the acting minister

Ottawa,  Canada's unemployment rate fell 1.2 percentage points to 8.2 per cent in February 2021, the lowest rate since March 2020, it was revealed.

Statistics Canada said on Friday that employment increased by 259,000 in February after falling by 266,000 over the previous two months, reports Xinhua n

London,  The coronavirus infection rate in England has fallen to the lowest level since September 2020, data from the UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed.

One in 270 people were infected with the coronavirus in the week ending March 6, down from one in 220 in the previous week, the lates

London, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that the decision to suspend parts of the Northern Ireland Brexit protocol was lawful and right.

"What we're doing is taking some lawful, some technical measures to build up confidence in the east-west operation (of the protocol)," Xinhua news ag

New York, On the heels of the Quad summit, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin will visit India next week to meet Defence Minister Rajnath Singh as Washington focuses on China as an emerging threat, according to a Pentagon official.

In New Delhi, Austin will "discuss operationalising the m

New Delhi,  In one of the biggest ongoing covert operations against top drug syndicates, the security agencies have unmasked one of the two most lucrative routes in the country from where contraband narcotics were being smuggled to New Delhi in North, and Hyderabad in southern India.