Japanese billionaire donates $8.7mn to Ukraine, calls Russian invasion ‘challenge to democracy’
Tokyo, Feb 27 (AFP): Japanese billionaire Hiroshi "Mickey" Mikitani said Sunday he will donate $8.7 million to the government of Ukraine, calling Russia's invasion...
US’ Indo-Pacific Strategy As “Dangerous” As NATO Expansion Near Russia, Says China
Beijing, 20 Mar (PTI): The US' Indo-Pacific strategy is as "dangerous" as NATO's eastward expansion in Europe resulting in Russia's military offensive against Ukraine,...
China’s foreign minister Wang Yi makes surprise stop in Afghanistan
Kabul, 24 Mar (AP): China's foreign minister made a surprise stop in Kabul on Thursday to meet Afghanistan's Taliban rulers, even as the international...
Sri Lanka increases daily power cuts to 10 hours as fuel crisis worsens
Colombo, Mar 30 (PTI) The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday extended the nationwide daily power cuts from seven hours to 10 due to the...
UN: Number of people fleeing Ukraine hits 4.5 million
Geneva, Apr 10 (AP) The UN refugee agency says the number of people who have left Ukraine since the beginning of the war has...
Ukrainian officials: Russian strikes kill at least 7 in Lviv
LVIV, Ukraine, Apr 18 (AP) — Russian forces launched missile attacks on the western city of Lviv and pounded other targets across Ukraine on...
Fossils From 66 Million Years Ago Found In Pavement Outside Bangkok Mall
Bangkok, Thailand, 3 May (AP): More than 70 shells embedded in a footpath outside a Bangkok shopping mall have been found to be the...
Israel arrests Palestinian attackers who killed guard
Jerusalem, Apr 30 (AP) The Israeli military on Saturday said it has arrested a pair of Palestinian assailants who allegedly shot and killed a...
10 dead in Buffalo supermarket attack police call hate crime
BUFFALO, N.Y. , May 15 (AP) — A white 18-year-old wearing military gear and livestreaming with a helmet camera opened fire with a rifle...
G7 countries to provide USD 19.8 billion in aid to Ukraine
Koenigswinter, May 20 (AP) The Group of Seven leading economies agreed Friday to provide USD 19.8 billion in economic aid to Ukraine to ensure...
Biden sees chance of ‘rational’ Republican approach on guns
WASHINGTON, May 30 (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that the “Second Amendment was never absolute” and that, after the Texas elementary school...
Ukraine recovers bodies from steel-plant siege
KYIV, Ukraine , Jun 6 (AP) — Russia has begun turning over the bodies of Ukrainian fighters killed at the Azovstal steelworks, the fortress-like...
India provides Sri Lanka USD 55 mn credit line for fertiliser imports
Colombo, Jun 10 (PTI) India has provided a USD 55 million Line of Credit to crisis-hit Sri Lanka for the import of fertiliser, in...
Bulgarian opposition calls for no-confidence vote
SOFIA, Bulgaria , 15 Jun (AP) — Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov’s centrist coalition government will face a vote of no-confidence brought by the...
India, China discuss return of stranded students
BEIJING, 23 Jun: India and China have discussed the return of thousands of Indian students stranded at home for two years due to Beijing's...
Eight Pak soldiers injured in suicide attack in restive North Waziristan: Police
Peshawar, Jul 5 (PTI) At least eight Pakistani soldiers were injured when a suicide bomber rammed his bike on a military convoy in the...
Scotland Yard investigates man arrested for assault on Air India flight
London, Jul 12 (PTI) A 27-year-old man was arrested on an Air India flight from Delhi as it landed at Heathrow Airport on suspicion...
Facing headwinds and history, Marcos to make policy speech
MANILA, Philippines , Jul 25 (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will deliver his first State of the Nation address Monday with momentum...
Taliban guard killed in clash with Iranian troops at Afghanistan-Iran border
Tehran, 31 Jul (AFP): Clashes broke out Sunday between Iranian border guards and Taliban forces, officials said, with the Afghan side confirming one of...
Nuclear plant in Ukraine is shelled; Rising dangers feared
KYIV, Ukraine , 8 Aug (AP) — Russia and Ukraine traded accusations Monday that each side is shelling Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant in...