UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) — UN chief Antonio Guterres and several representatives of the UN Security Council on Friday expressed concern about the risk of military confrontation on the Korean Peninsula.
“Any military action would have devastating and unpredictable...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (AFP) – A major tax cut promised by US President Donald Trump was on track for final passage next week, after two previous holdouts in his Republican party said Friday they would vote yes on the legislation. Republicans in both houses of the US Congress, where they hold...
JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 16 (AFP) – More than 5,200 delegates will head to South Africa’s ruling African National Congress elective conference from December 16 to 20 to pick a new leader to replace President Jacob Zuma.
The gathering is the fruit of many months of planning for the complex...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (AFP) – The US House Ethics Committee announced Friday it had opened an investigation into a Democratic representative accused of sexually harassing two women, while a female congressional candidate who was accused of harassment dropped out of a race.The committee said in...
Trishuli (Nuwakot), Dec 16 : The Galchhi-Trishuli-Mailung road section will remain closed for eight hours daily until the next arrangement is made. The road section connecting north and south borders will be closed from 6 to 9 am in the morning and 11 am to 4 pm starting from today. The...
Pokhara, Dec 16 : The third International Mountainous Film Festival is to be held at Pokhara City Hall (Sabhagriha) on December 21-23. Pokhara Film Society is organizing the event where total 43 films including 23 Nepali and 20 foreign films will be screened. The main objective of the festival is...
ISLAMABAD, Dec 15, 2017 (AFP) – Pakistan’s Supreme Court dismissed a graft case against cricketer-turned-opposition leader Imran Khan Friday, ensuring he will contest a general election due next year, just months after the same body ousted ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Khan had faced...
Bhaktapur, Dec 15 : CPN (UML) Chairman KP Sharma Oli has said the upcoming government would not compromise on the quality of the development construction works. Addressing a delegation of the Federation of Contractors Association of Nepal at his residence in Balkot on Friday, Oli said that the...
OSLO, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) — A recent research showed that 11 percent of young women in Norway’s media industry claimed to had been victims of sexual harassment or abuse over the past six months, public broadcaster NRK reported Friday. The big extent of sexual harassment in the media...
JUBA, Dec. 15 (Xinhua) — South Sudan children are bearing the brunt of a crisis that entered its fourth year, the UN children’s agency said in a report released on Friday. UNICEF said the children have been victims of malnutrition, disease, forced recruitment, violence and the loss of...
