Afghanistan death toll in ‘Pakistan strikes’ rises to at least 47: officials
Kabul, 17 Apr (AP): The death toll from Pakistani military air strikes in the eastern Afghanistan provinces of Khost and Kunar has jumped to...
10 found dead after Japan tour boat with 26 aboard sinks
TOKYO, 24 Apr (AP) — Rescuers said that 10 people who were retrieved Sunday from the frigid sea and the rocky coast of a...
Nobel laureate and physicist Wilczek wins Templeton Prize
Washington, May 11 (AP) Frank Wilczek, the Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist and author renowned for his boundary-pushing investigations into the fundamental laws of nature,...
NATO chief: Dispute over Sweden, Finland will be resolved
COPENHAGEN, Denmark , 20 May (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday he was ”confident that we will come to a quick decision...
Putin in Tehran for talks with leaders of Iran, Turkey
TEHRAN, Iran , Jul 19 (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived Tuesday in Iran for a visit intended to deepen ties with regional...
Pakistan condemns sentencing of Yasin Malik by Indian court in terror funding case
Islamabad, May 25 (PTI) Pakistan on Wednesday condemned the sentencing of Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik by an Indian court in a terror funding...
North Korea test-fires salvo of short-range missiles
SEOUL, South Korea , 5 Jun (AP) — North Korea test-fired a barrage of short-range ballistic missiles from multiple locations toward the sea on...
Train derailment in east Iran kills at least 21, injures 47
TEHRAN, Iran , Jun 8 (AP) — A passenger train traveling through eastern Iran struck an excavator and derailed nearly half its cars before...
Russians control 80% of contested city in eastern Ukraine
LVIV, Ukraine, Jun 14 (AP) — Russian troops control about 80% of the fiercely contested eastern Ukrainian city of Sieverodonetsk and have destroyed all...
Sri Lanka’s Parliament sessions curbed as fuel crisis bites
Colombo, Jun 21 (PTI) Sri Lanka's Parliament sessions will be restricted to two days this week instead of four days amid the current fuel...
3 feet of rain sets up 4th round of flood misery for Sydney
SYDNEY , Jul 04 (AP) — More than 30,000 residents of Sydney and its surrounds were told to evacuate or prepare to abandon their...
China demands end to US-Taiwan military ‘collusion’
BEIJING (AP) — China has demanded the U.S. cease military “collusion” with Taiwan during a virtual meeting between the joint chiefs of staff from...
Monkeypox Outbreak Can Be Contained, Says White House
Washington, jul 24 (AFP): The White House said Sunday it was confident authorities could "eliminate" monkeypox from the United States by speeding up the...
Western European powers press Iran to agree to nuclear deal
BERLIN , Jul 27 (AP) — Western European powers are pressing Iran to agree to a revival of its 2015 nuclear deal after a...
Groups ask UN to investigate Beirut’s massive 2020 blast
Beirut, Aug 3 (AP) Lebanese and international organisations Wednesday called on the UN Human Rights Council to send a fact-finding mission to investigate the...
Little talk of rainforest protection in the Brazilian Amazon
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 17 (AP) — In the Brazilian Amazon these days, it’s nearly impossible to run for office talking up the environment.
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Russia blocks final document at nuclear treaty conference
United Nations, Aug 27 (AP) Russia late Friday blocked agreement on the final document of a four-week review of the U.N. treaty considered the...
UN inspectors head to Ukraine nuclear plant in war zone
KYIV, Ukraine, Aug 31 (AP) — A team of U.N. inspectors made its way toward Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Wednesday on a perilous,...
Gibraltar to reopen port after ship fuel spill emergency
MADRID , Sep 7 (AP) — Gibraltar authorities said Wednesday the Rock’s port would partially reopen later in the day following the removal of...
Biden: Tentative railway labor deal reached, averting strike
WASHINGTON, Sep 15 (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a strike that could...