Writing on currency notes now a crime in Nepal
Any damage caused to currency notes and coins by tearing, burning, writing and drawing lines on them without the order of authorised person will...
UN chief pledges support for denuclearisation of N/Korea
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has pledged full support to ensure a verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation of North Korea.
Guterres at a joint press conference in...
Trump says anyone trading with Iran will not trade with U.S.
New U.S. sanctions against Iran took effect on Tuesday, and President Donald Trump, who defied Washington’s allies to impose them, pledged that firms doing...
Hiroshima, Nagasaki: Nuclear war must not ever happen again – UN chief
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that the atomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki must not ever happen again.
Guterres, who stated this at...
Zimbabwe yet to set date for President-elect Mnangagwa’s inauguration – Spokesman
Zimbabwean presidential spokesperson George Charamba has said the date for President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa’s inauguration will be set after the government is sure that there...
12 IS militants killed in operation in central Iraq
Twelve Islamic State (IS) militants were killed during an overnight operation to hunt down the extremist militants in Iraq’s Central Province of Salahudin, a...
Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa condemns riot police interruption of press event
Emmerson Mnangagwa, who narrowly won re-election as the president of Zimbabwe in a poll followed by violence and political tension, has condemned a move...
President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana swears in new electoral commission chair
President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana has sworn into office a new
chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC).
The president said on Wednesday night that the chair,...
President Mnangagwa calls for calm amid Harare clashes
President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe called for calm on Wednesday as opposition supporters clashed with police in central Harare ahead of the announcement of...
Trump suspends duty-free status for clothes imports from Rwanda
President Donald Trump has suspended Rwanda’s right to export clothing duty-free to the United States over Kigali’s decision to increase tariffs on imports of...
