Canberra,  A new survey on Friday revealed that majority of Australian citizens support changing the date of Australia Day out of respect for Indigenous people.

According to a the survey conducted by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), 55 per cent of people agree that Australia Day should not

Tokyo,  Former Japanese Justice Minister Katsuyuki Kawai was sentenced to three years in prison on Friday for buying votes with the intention of securing a seat for his wife in an upper house election in 2019.

The 58-year-old former lawmaker was also fined 1.3 million yen ($11,800) by th

Kabul,  Fighting between the Afghan National Security and Defence Forces (ANDSF) and the Taliban were reported across 200 areas in 24 hours amid escalating violence in the war-torn country, official data revealed.

The Defence Ministry on Thursday claimed that 148 Taliban fighters were killed in the fight

Islamabad,  Pakistan reported 1,043 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, increasing the overall infection tally to 946,227, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said on Friday.

The NCOC also said that the country's total recoveries rose to 888,505, reports Xinhua news agency.
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Quito, June 18 (IANS) Ecuadorians will return to offices starting from July 1, after more than a year of working from home due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Labour Minister Patricio Donoso said.

Donoso announced the decision at a joint press conference on Thursday with authorities from the national Emergency Oper

Tokyo,  Tokyo authorities may be planning to ease bans on serving alcohol in bars "solitary drinkers" after the state of emergency in the Japanese capital is lifted, a media report said on Friday.

According to the Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported, authorities in the capital are planning to perm

Wellington,  New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Friday received her first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine in Auckland.

Ardern said the vaccine was "easier than getting the flu jab", reports Xinhua news agency.

"I never wanted to be among the first, but I also wanted to

Mogadishu, The Somali National Army (SNA), backed by regional forces, killed 30 al-Shabab militants and injured 24 others in an operation in the country's Middle Shabelle region, an official confirmed on Friday.

SNA spokesman Ali Hashi said the operation was conducted in the Jalable area

Hong Kong,  Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection (CHP) reported three imported cases of Covid-19 on Friday, taking the overall infection tally to 11,884.

Hong Kong has not reported locally-transmitted Covid-19 cases for 11 consecutive days, reports Xinhua news agency.

The imported

United Nations,  The UN General Assembly on Friday appointed Antonio Guterres, to a second term as the Secretary General to lead the world body through the crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic and the fight against global warming, which he has made his priority.

After being sworn-in to his second term, Guterr