Imphal, Feb 28 (IANS) The voting for the first phase of Manipur Assembly elections began on Monday morning amid tight security, election officials said.Men and women with colourful attires in large numbers queued up in front of the polling…

Siddhartha Nagar (UP), Feb 28 (IANS) The Election Commission has imposed a 24-hour ban on campaigning by controversial BJP MLA Raghavendra Singh, who is contesting the Dumariaganj Assembly seat.Singh had given a controversial speech in…

Yangon, Feb 28 (IANS) Myanmar recorded 1,959 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 with a daily positivity rate of 9.45 per cent on Sunday, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health.The total number of Covid-19 infections in the…

United Nations, Feb 28 (IANS) The UN Security Council (UNSC) has adopted Resolution 2623 that calls for an "emergency special session" of the UN General Assembly to consider and recommend collective action on the Ukraine crisis.It is the…

Kabul, Feb 28 (IANS) Zarifa Ghafari, the former Mayor of Maidan Shahr in Maidan Wardak province of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, has returned to the country.Ghafari told TOLOnews on Sunday that considering the deteriorating…

Washington, Feb 28 (IANS) The US is seeking to help the Afghan economy to function through the resumption of regular commercial activities inside Afghanistan and with the injection of liquidity into the Afghan economy, senior US officials…

Kabul, Feb 28 (IANS) The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan called the recent house-to-house searches "constructive," saying that many weapons and ammunition were captured. Also several Daesh fighters, robbers and kidnappers were captured in…

Cairo, Feb 28 (IANS) Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and King Abdullah II of Jordan have held a phone conversation over strengthening cooperation.During the conversation on Sunday, Sisi lauded the continuous development of relations…

Jerusalem, Feb 28 (IANS) The Israeli Ministry of Energy has announced an increase in fuel prices from March 1.The maximum price for unleaded 95-octane gasoline, which is supervised by the Israeli government, is set at 7.05 shekels ($2.18)…

Mogadishu, Feb 28 (IANS) Somali National Army (SNA) has said its forces killed five al-Shabab terrorists during a security operation conducted within the vicinity of Balad and Afgoye districts located northeast and southwest of Mogadishu…