Chinese Astronauts Complete Country’s Longest 3-Month Space Mission
Beijing, Sep 16 (AFP): Three Chinese astronauts have completed the country's longest crewed mission and started their journey home on Thursday after 90 days...
Russia accuses Kyiv of downing a military transport plane, killing all 74 aboard, including...
KYIV, 24 Jan: A Russian military transport plane crashed Wednesday in a border region near Ukraine, and Moscow accused Kyiv of shooting it down,...
Google To Spend $2 Billion On New York City Office
New York, United States, Sep 21 (AFP): Google announced on Tuesday plans to buy a New York City office building for $2.1 billion, confirming...
Turkiye mourns tens of thousands dead, surrounded by the ruins of last year’s earthquake
Antakya (Turkiye), Feb 6 (AP) Millions of people across Turkiye on Tuesday mourned the loss of more than 53,000 friends, loved ones and neighbours...
China backs Taliban’s demand to US to unfreeze Afghanistan’s assets
Beijing, Sep 15 (PTI) China on Wednesday supported the Taliban's demand that the US should unfreeze Afghanistan's assets and said that America has no...
Over 400 detained in Russia as country mourns the death of Alexei Navalny, Putin’s...
Moscow, 18 Feb: Over 400 people were detained in Russia while paying tribute to opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died at a remote Arctic...
George W Bush Denounces US Disunity 20 Years After 9/11 Attacks
Shanksville, United States, Sep 11 (AFP): George W. Bush, who was president during 9/11, said Saturday at a service marking 20 years since the...
Poland’s foreign minister says the presence of NATO troops in Ukraine is ‘not unthinkable’
WARSAW, 9 Mar: Poland’s foreign minister says the presence of NATO forces “is not unthinkable” and that he appreciates the French president for not...
Russian Nobel winner: Peace Prize is for my paper, not me
Moscow, Oct 9 (AP) As editor of Novaya Gazeta, Dmitry Muratov was well aware that his independent Russian newspaper a persistent critic of the...
Japan’s Kishida, ahead of US trip, seeks stronger military ties with Washington and other...
TOKYO, 5 Apr (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday he wants to strengthen military and weapons development cooperation with the United...
Al Qaeda will probably come back: UK defence minister on Afghanistan crisis
London, Aug 13 (PTI) Afghanistan is heading towards civil war and terror group Al Qaeda "will probably come back" as the security situation in...
2 Pakistani customs officials killed and 3 wounded in an attack in the restive...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, 21 Apr (AP) — Gunmen opened fire at Pakistani customs officials, killing two and wounding three others in the country’s restive northwest,...
Pak PM Khan urges int”l community to stay engaged to support Afghan people economically
Islamabad, Aug 18 (PTI) Asserting that Pakistan is reaching out to all Afghan leaders for a peaceful settlement of the current crisis in the...
Elon Musk launches Starlink satellite internet service in Indonesia, world’s largest archipelago
DENPASAR, Indonesia, 19 May (AP) — Elon Musk traveled to Indonesia’s resort island of Bali on Sunday to launch Starlink satellite internet service in...
Tanzania says 5 dead in gun battle near French Embassy
DODOMA, Tanzania , Aug 25 (AP) — Tanzania’s president on Wednesday said five people are dead, including three police officers, after a gun battle...
Coronavirus buildup in lungs likely driver of Covid deaths: Study
New York, Aug 31 (PTI) Viral buildup in the lungs is the likely driver behind the steep mortality rates seen in the COVID-19 pandemic,...
South African riots to cost USD 1.7 billion in insurance claims
Johannesburg, Sep 8 (AP) The rioting that erupted in parts of South Africa in July over former President Jacob Zuma's imprisonment caused damage worth...
Taliban agree to new polio vaccination across Afghanistan
Istanbul, Oct 19 (AP) UN agencies are gearing up to vaccinate all of Afghanistan's children under 5 against polio for the first time since...
Iran Allows Fully Vaccinated Tourists After 20 Months Of Closure
Tehran, Oct 25 (AFP): Iran has reopened its doors to tourists vaccinated against Covid-19 after almost 20 months of closure due to the pandemic,...
Extreme Greenland ice melt increased global flood risk: Study
London, Nov 1 (PTI) Greenland has lost 3.5 trillion tonnes of ice over the past decade, increasing the global sea level by one centimetre...