Seoul, Dec 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) South Korea and the US agreed on Thursday to update their joint wartime contingency plans to deter North Korea’s evolving nuclear and missile threats, the two sides said, in a sign…
Gaborone, Dec 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Botswana has achieved the World Health Organisation (WHO) target of vaccinating 40 per cent of the entire population by December 2021, President Mokgweetsi Masisi said. Masisi made this announcement on Wednesday…
Mogadishu, Dec 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Somali security forces said on Thursday they have killed 12 senior fighters of al-Shabab, a terror group, in a sting operation conducted in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. The National Intelligence…
Kunduz, Dec 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Farmers in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province have expressed concern over drought, saying the current drought and water shortage to irrigate their farmlands would badly affect their harvests. In a meeting held…
Seoul, Dec 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) South Korean President Moon Jae-in met US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday and asked for Washington’s support for Seoul’s efforts to declare a formal end to the 1950-53 Korean War….
Donghae, Dec 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) South Korea’s Coast Guard rescued 17 Vietnamese sailors on Thursday after their cargo ship sank near the eastern island of Ulleung a day earlier, officials said. The 5,765-ton Panama-registered vessel carrying…
New Delhi, Dec 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Balochistan police have issued orders to send 5,500 police personnel to Gwadar from various other districts for maintenance of law and order and on anti-riot duties amid the weeks long…
Seoul, Dec 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) South Korea is unlikely to reimpose tighter social distancing rules despite surging Covid-19 infections, as the government is set to announce new measures to tame the latest wave of infections, a…
Jeonju, Dec 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) A court on Thursday sentenced a man to 20 years in prison for killing his stepdaughter out of anger after an argument. The Jeonju District Court convicted the 58-year-old man for…
Seoul, Dec 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) South Korea’s science ministry said on Thursday that it has agreed with the Visegrad Group in Europe — the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia — to boost cooperation in the…
Seoul, Dec 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) A couple, who tested positive for the Omicron coronavirus variant in South Korea, was found to have lied about how they went home from the airport upon return from Nigeria, leaving…
Ankara, Dec 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Turkey’s Finance and Treasury Minister Lutfi Elvan has resigned amid a sharp plunge of the Turkish lira, according to a presidential decree issued in the Turkish official gazette on Thursday. Elvan…
Sydney, Dec 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ear health experts from Australia’s Macquarie University have called for better hearing checks in Australian children, following their report which revealed that hearing problems in disadvantaged children are often left undetected….
Kabul, Dec 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has confirmed a clash between the border forces of Iran and Afghanistan and described the incident as a “misunderstanding.” According to media reports, a clash broke out…
Ulan Bator, Dec 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Boycotting the Olympics or politicising sports is wrong, a senior official of the Mongolian National Olympic Committee (MNOC) has said. “The International Olympic Committee’s charter clearly states that sports must…
Washington, Dec 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The conservative majority in the US Supreme Court said that they would uphold a law in the state of Mississippi barring abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, a decision directly contradicting…
Kabul, Dec 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) A blast was heard in Afghanistan capital Kabul on Thursday but no casualties have been confirmed. The spokesman for Kabul police, Mubin Khan has confirmed the blast, saying “a blast rocked…
London, Dec 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a year that began with a deadly insurrection at the US Capitol, American lawmakers have seen a sharp rise in the number of threats against them, and fears are mounting…
Lusaka, Dec 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Zambia called for eliminating inequalities to curb the spread of HIV infections while marking this year’s World AIDS Day with the theme of “End Inequalities, End AIDS, End Pandemic.” Noting the…
Kampala, Dec 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Uganda is striving to consolidate the country’s gains in the fight against HIV/AIDS despite the impact of Covid-19, a senior health official said. “Covid-19 did not spare the National HIV and…
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