Pak Parliament adopts Rs 9.5 trillion budget
Islamabad, Jun 29 (PTI) The lower house of Pakistan Parliament on Wednesday adopted the Rs 9.5 trillion Finance Bill 2022, commonly known as the...
Honduras establishes ties with China after Taiwan break
BEIJING, 26 Mar: Honduras established diplomatic ties with China on Sunday after breaking off relations with Taiwan, which is increasingly isolated and now recognized...
80 per cent COVID-19 immunity lost in 6 months in some after Pfizer shot:...
Washington, Sep 6 (PT) COVID-19 antibodies produced by the Pfizer vaccine decreased more than 80 per cent in senior nursing home residents and their...
Indian sentenced to over 15 years imprisonment in US for ‘ringleader’ role in fraud...
New York, Aug 12 (PTI) A 26-year-old Indian national has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison in the US by a...
Gorbachev, who redirected course of 20th century, dies at 91
MOSCOW , Aug 31 (AP) — Before Mikhail Gorbachev came along, the Soviet Union seemed an immovable superpower in perpetual antagonism to the United...
Over 300 Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar arrive in Indonesia’s Aceh region after weeks at...
ACEH BESAR, Indonesia, 10 Dec: Two boats carrying more than 300 Rohingya Muslims, including emaciated women and children, arrived at Indonesia’s northernmost province of...
Japan welcomes new US Indo-Pacific economic initiative
Tokyo, May 20 (AP) Japan welcomes a new US economic initiative for the Indo-Pacific that President Joe Biden is expected to roll out during...
Cyprus is sending Syrian migrants back to Lebanon. The UN is concerned but Cypriots...
NICOSIA, Cyprus, 11 Aug (AP) — The United Nations refugee agency said Friday it was “extremely concerned” over the return of more than 100...
9 people killed in a plane crash in eastern Sudan as the war reaches...
CAIRO, 24 Jul: A civilian plane crashed after taking off from an airport in eastern Sudan, killing nine people, including four military personnel who...
Germany’s support for Ukraine is to be ‘massively expanded’ next year
BERLIN, 13 Nov (AP) — Germany’s aid for Ukraine will be “massively expanded” next year, the foreign minister said Monday as Kyiv heads into...
Ignoring experts, China’s sudden zero-COVID exit cost lives
BEIJING, 21 Mar: When China suddenly scrapped onerous zero-COVID measures in December, the country wasn’t ready for a massive onslaught of cases, with hospitals...
Germany launches bidding for carbon contracts to support climate-friendly industrial production
BERLIN, 12 Mar: Germany’s vice chancellor on Tuesday launched a program initially worth up to 4 billion euros ($4.4 billion) to help heavy industry...
Pakistan releases dossier on Kashmir
Islamabad, Sep 12 (PTI) Pakistan on Sunday unveiled a dossier, claiming that it contained details of the alleged human rights violations committed by the...
Clashes in Senegal leave at least 9 dead; government bans use of social media...
DAKAR, Senegal, 2 Jun: Clashes between police and supporters of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko left nine people dead, the government said Friday, with...
Suárez’s Sonoma win punctuates Trackhouse’s impressive rise
SONOMA, Calif. , Jun 13 (AP) — Of all the surprising developments to ponder during this one-week break in a highly entertaining NASCAR Cup...
Seoul: North Korean hackers stole $1.2B in virtual assets
SEOUL, South Korea , Dec 23 (AP) — North Korean hackers have stolen an estimated 1.5 trillion won ($1.2 billion) in cryptocurrency and other...
UN talks on a treaty to end global plastic pollution open in Paris
PARIS, 29 May: A United Nations committee met in Paris Monday to work on what is intended to be a landmark treaty to bring...
Antony Blinken meets with China’s President Xi as US, China spar over bilateral and...
BEIJING, 26 Apr: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Friday with Chinese President Xi Jinping and senior Chinese officials, stressing the importance of...
US, Japan, Australia and the Philippines to stage military drills in disputed South China...
MANILA, Philippines , 7 Apr (AP) — The United States, Japan, Australia and the Philippines will hold their first joint naval exercises, including anti-submarine...
China detains a military group worker suspected of spying for the CIA
TAIPEI, Taiwan, 11 Aug (AP) — China has detained a worker from a military industrial group on suspicion of spying for the CIA, national...