NAIROBI, KENYA: The United Nations humanitarian office is releasing $100 million in emergency funding to seven countries at risk of famine in Africa and the Middle East amid conflict and the COVID-19 pandemic, while...

LONDON: Pressure increased on Wednesday against the dollar which hit its lowest level in over a week as tighter economic restrictions across the United States and Europe tested market optimism over vaccine trials. Most notably,...

LONDON: England will visit Pakistan for the first time in 16 years when they play two T20 Internationals in October 2021, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced on Wednesday. The short tour will...

KATHMANDU: The Secretariat meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has concluded. The meeting, which began after hours of speculation, was going on at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Baluwatar. According to Prime Minister...

TOKYO: Authorities in Tokyo have announced nearly 500 new cases of the coronavirus, the biggest daily increase in the Japanese capital since the pandemic began, amid a nationwide spike in infections and as the...

JERUSALEM: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s expected tour of a West Bank winery this week will be the first time a top American diplomat has visited an Israeli settlement, a parting gift from...

KATHMANDU: The Secretariat meeting of the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has begun after hours of speculation over whether or not it would commence as scheduled. Both the co-chairs are heading the meeting. Doubts had surfaced...

GENEVA: United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J Mohammed, on Tuesday, said that the Sanitation and Hygiene Fund will be critical to dramatically scale up investments to reach everyone with sanitation services, as the new...