China warns US of heavy price’ for backing Taiwan’s independence as Biden’s defence team...
Beijing, Mar 1 (PTI) China on Tuesday warned the US that it will pay a "heavy price" for its attempts to show support to...
Israeli troops battle militants across north Gaza, which has been without power or water...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip, 21 Nov (AP) — Israeli troops battled Palestinian militants in an urban refugee camp and outside a nearby hospital Tuesday...
Messaging App Signal Faces Global Network Outage, Company Confirms
San Francisco, Sep 27 (AFP): Encrypted instant messaging app Signal was hit by an outage late Sunday that interrupted services on the platform.
"Signal is...
China endorses Taliban’s interim Govt; announces USD 31 million aid for Afghanistan
Beijing, Sep 8 (PTI) China on Wednesday announced USD 31 million as aid to Afghanistan, its first after the Taliban seized power in Kabul,...
UK-bound Ukraine orphans stuck in Poland awaiting paperwork
WARSAW, Poland , Mar 22 (AP) — Dozens of Ukrainian orphans and their carers who are headed to refuge in the UK were stuck...
EU envoy in Tehran amid hopes to restore nuclear agreement
TEHRAN, Iran, 27 Mar: A leading European Union diplomat held talks in Tehran on Sunday, Iran’s state-run media reported, amid hopes that an agreement...
UNESCO member states expected to approve US decision to rejoin the UN’s cultural agency
PARIS, 29 Jun: UNESCO’s 193 members states are gathering Thursday for a two-day meeting in Paris aimed at voting on the United States’ plans...
Christian family separated during Partition reunites at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan
Lahore, Feb 19 (PTI) The second-generation members of a Christian family that got separated during the Partition were reunited after 35 years amid an...
UN chief hopes for peaceful resolution of Kashmir issue between India and Pakistan
United Nations, Jan 22 (PTI) UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said that he hopes the Kashmir issue between India and Pakistan can be...
Turkey’s Erdogan renews push to restore ties with Syria that were severed over a...
ISTANBUL, 7 Jul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated his willingness to restore ties with Syria and extended an “invitation” Sunday to bring back...
Oil prices surge above USD 100 a barrel as war on Ukraine rages
New York, Mar 1 (AP) Oil prices soared on Tuesday and investors shifted more money into ultra-safe US government bonds as Russia stepped up...
Israeli strikes kill 21 in Lebanon, including in a town with a dark history...
QANA, Lebanon, 16 Oct (AP) — Israeli airstrikes pounded areas across Lebanon, killing at least 21 people, officials said Wednesday, including more than a...
Israel, Palestinian officials to meet over surge in violence
JERUSALEM, 26 Feb: High-level Palestinian and Israeli delegations will meet in Jordan on Sunday, both sides said, in an attempt to reduce surging violence...
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...
375 dead, 56 missing after typhoon slams Philippines
Manila, Dec 20 (AP) The death toll from the strongest typhoon to batter the Philippines this year climbed to 375, with more than 50...
US renews warning it’s obligated to defend the Philippines after its new clash with...
MANILA, Philippines, 18 Jun: The United States renewed a warning Tuesday that it’s obligated to defend its close treaty ally a day after Filipino...
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...
COVID-19: China reports first case of Omicron amid outbreak of new Delta strain
Beijing, Dec 13 (PTI) China has reported its first case of Omicron variant of COVID-19 amid a spike in coronavirus infections stated to be...
US general: Ukraine will keep getting ‘significant’ support
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France , Jun 6 (AP) — The United States and its allies will keep providing “significant” support to Ukraine out of respect for...
Thousands break into aid warehouses in Gaza as deaths top 8,000 and Israel widens...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip, 29 Oct (AP) — Thousands of people broke into aid warehouses in Gaza to take flour and basic hygiene products,...