Dozens of migrants are missing after a boat capsized off Yemen, officials say
SANAA, Yemen, 13 Nov (AP) — A migrant boat capsized off the coast of war-torn Yemen, leaving dozens of people, mostly from the Horn...
Census Bureau: World grew by 74 million over past year
Washington, Dec 31 (AP) The world's population is projected to be 7.8 billion people on New Year's Day 2022, according to the U.S. Census...
Jaishankar meets top Tamil leaders in Sri Lanka; discusses their quest for equality, justice,...
Colombo, Mar 28 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday met Sri Lanka's top Tamil leaders and discussed realisation of the aspirations of...
Long walk to school: 30 years into freedom, many kids in South Africa still...
DUNDEE, South Africa, 13 Nov (AP) — On weekdays, 14-year-old Luyanda Hlali gets up before dawn to fetch firewood and cow dung to start...
European Central Bank head targeted in hacking attempt
Berlin, Jul 12 (AP) The European Central Bank said Tuesday that its president, Christine Lagarde, was targeted in a hacking attempt but no information...
India at UN says will ramp up production capacity as new Indian vaccines come...
United Nations, Oct 9 (PTI) India has informed the UN that it will ramp up its production capacity as new Indian vaccines come on...
India, US to restart commercial dialogue, CEO forum later this year: Blinken
Washington, Apr 12 (PTI) India and the US are restarting their bilateral commercial dialogue and the CEO's forum later this year to deepen their...
Pakistani forces clash with militants and kill 6 fighters during a raid in the...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, 15 Oct (AP) — Pakistan security forces killed six militants and wounded eight others in a shootout during an overnight raid in...
South Korea may scrap buffer zone pact after North’s drone incursion
SEOUL, 4 Jan: South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said Wednesday he would consider suspending a 2018 agreement that created maritime buffer zones with the...
Plasma therapy ‘futile’ as treatment for critically ill COVID-19 patients: Study
Washington, Oct 5 (PTI) Convalescent plasma therapy is "futile" as a treatment for most critically ill COVID-19 patients, according to a study published on...
Police break up a network that illegally helped foreigners stay in Thailand, arresting dozens
BANGKOK, 31 May (AP) — Thai police have broken up a large network that illegally helped foreigners, mostly Russians, to stay in Thailand long-term...
Putin signs annexation of Ukrainian regions as losses mount
KYIV, Ukraine , Oct 5 (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed laws formally absorbing four Ukrainian regions into Russia, even as its...
IS claims bombing targeting Shiites in north Afghanistan
Kabul, Apr 29 (AP) The Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan claimed responsibility on Friday for two bombings in the country's north that targeted the...
The US supports ‘a just and lasting peace’ for Ukraine, Harris tells Zelenskyy at...
OBBÜRGEN, 15 Jun: Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday pledged America’s full support in backing Ukraine and global efforts to achieve “a just and...
South Africa’s Durban area hit by heavy floods, 45 dead
JOHANNESBURG , Apr 12 (AP) — Prolonged rains and flooding in the Durban area of South Africa have claimed the lives of at least...
WHO chief thanks PM Modi for collaboration in building global traditional health centre
Bali, Nov 15 (PTI) WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for collaborating with the world health body on...
Colombia picks 1st leftist president in tight runoff contest
BOGOTA, 20 Jun: Colombia will be governed by a leftist president for the first time after former rebel Gustavo Petro narrowly defeated a real...
China’s new-generation rocket launches 22 satellites into space
Beijing, Feb 27 (PTI) China's new Long March-8 rocket placed 22 satellites in space on Sunday, setting a domestic record for the most spacecraft...
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...
Iran’s morality police return after protests in a new campaign to impose Islamic dress...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 16 Jul: Iranian authorities on Sunday announced a new campaign to force women to wear the Islamic headscarf and morality...