Pakistan government reaches understanding with TTP for temporary truce, says report
Islamabad, Nov 5 (PTI) The Pakistan government, with the help of Afghanistan's acting interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, has reached a tentative understanding with the...
Norway protests target wind farm on land used by herders
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, 27 Feb: Dozens of activists, including Greta Thunberg of neighboring Sweden, blocked the entrance to Norway’s energy ministry in Oslo Monday to...
Nearly 14,000 people arrested in police crackdown on drug-related activities in Sri Lanka
Colombo, 23 Dec: Nearly 14,000 people have been arrested in a week-long crackdown on drug-related activities in Sri Lanka, police said on Sunday.
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UN chief warns world is one step from `nuclear annihilation’
UNITED NATIONS , Aug 1 (AP) — The United Nations chief warned the world Monday that “humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away...
Sri Lanka to opt for domestic debt restructuring post-IMF bailout: Govt
Colombo, 31 Mar: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is exploring the options for domestic debt restructuring in the post-IMF bailout scenario to further stabilise its shaken...
Blinken calls deposed Niger leader ahead of expected US declaration that his overthrow was...
WASHINGTON, 10 Oct: Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Niger’s deposed President Mohamed Bazoum ahead of an expected decision by the Biden administration to...
China’s Mars rover soldiers on after completing programme
Beijing, Aug 21 (AP) China's Zhurong Mars rover is soldiering on after completing its initial programme to explore the red planet and search for...
China’s manufacturing contracts, signaling recovery concerns
BEIJING, 30 Apr: China's factory activity declined in April, an official survey showed Sunday, signaling policymakers’ challenges in sustaining momentum in the country’s economic...
Agostini, Krausz and L’Huillier win physics Nobel for looking at electrons in fractions of...
STOCKHOLM, 3 Oct: Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for studying how electrons zip around the atom in the tiniest...
Blood Plasma Therapy Doesn’t Help Seriously Ill COVID-19 Patients: Study
Toronto, Sep 13 (PTI): Convalescent plasma does not reduce the risk of intubation or death in COVID-19 patients, according to a study which found...
Doctors stay in Ukraine’s war-hit towns: ‘People need us’
ZOLOCHIV, Ukraine, Aug 19 (AP) — Dr. Ilona Butova almost looks out of place in her neatly pressed lavender scrubs as she walks through...
UK PM Boris Johnson under pressure over Downing Street parties
London, Dec 12 (PTI) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson came under growing pressure on Sunday as an image emerged of another alleged party held...