Pakistan reported a new case of polio in the country's southern Sindh province, bringing the total number of the disease-infected children to three since the beginning of this year, officials from the Health Ministry said on Sunday.
US federal government employees received an email late Saturday asking them to summarise their work accomplishments from the previous week by Monday night or risk losing their jobs, media reported.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz on Sunday ordered the military to prepare for a yearlong presence in refugee camps in the West Bank as Israel escalates the ongoing large-scale military campaign in the occupied Palestinian territory.
At least 20 Kenyan fishermen were killed on Saturday night by suspected Ethiopian militiamen in the Todonyang border area along Lake Turkana in northwestern Kenya, government officials and witnesses confirmed on Sunday.
Jason Hall, the High Commissioner of Jamaica to India, praised External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, calling him "one of the most proactive, most productive, most efficient foreign ministers" after attending a session at IIT Varanasi.
"A good meeting with Foreign Minister Ali Sabry and other ministerial colleagues this evening in Colombo. Discussed India-Sri Lanka cooperation in infrastructure, connectivity, energy, industry and health," tweeted Jaishankar. He also conveyed India's commitment to increase investment flows to Sri Lanka to hasten its economic recovery.
Earlier, on Tuesday, China finally lifted its 'technical hold' on the designation of Makki as a global terrorist under the 1267 UN Sanctions Committee after the country was left isolated in the Security Council.
Responding to a question regarding Nepal's Prime Minister's desire to visit India for his first foreign trip, Bagchi said, "We would be very happy to receive the Prime Minister of Nepal at a suitable convenient date."
The World Economic Forum (WEF) on Thursday signed, at the Annual Meeting 2023, a new partnership with the Indonesian government to support its ambitions to scale blue carbon restoration and ocean conservation efforts.
Four UN Special Rapporteurs voiced their concerns about China's assimilationist policies threatening the existence of Tibet's language, culture, and religion.
