Biden to release 15M barrels from oil reserve, more possible
WASHINGTON , Oct 19 (AP) — President Joe Biden will announce the release of 15 million barrels of oil from the U.S. strategic reserve...
German parliament halts jobless benefit reform plan
BERLIN , Nov 15 (AP) — The German parliament’s upper house on Monday halted a proposed reform of the country’s unemployment benefit system, a...
Taiwan president resigns as party leader after election loss
TAIPEI, Taiwan , 26 Nov (AP) — Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as head of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party following local election losses...
UN: At least 3,774 children killed in Yemen’s civil war
CAIRO , 12 Dec (AP) — The United Nations said Thursday that at least 3,774 children have been killed in Yemen’s civil war between...
Indian, Chinese army commanders meet to end border standoff
NEW DELHI , Dec 23 (AP) — Indian and Chinese military commanders met in yet another attempt to end a more-than-two-year-old standoff between tens...
EU hails high gas storage levels despite Russian cuts
BRUSSELS, 4 Jan: Natural gas storage levels in the European Union stand at nearly 84% and were higher in December than the average amount...
Russia to launch new capsule to return space station crew
MOSCOW , 11 Jan (AP) — Russian space corporation Roscosmos said Wednesday that it will launch a new spacecraft to take some of the...
‘Sushma Swaraj wasn’t important but hit it off with Jaishankar’: Pompeo
WASHINGTON, 25 Jan: Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said he never saw his counterpart Sushma Swaraj as an "important political player"...
Israeli troops kill 5 Palestinian gunmen in West Bank raid
AQABAT JABR, West Bank , 6 Feb (AP) — Israeli forces killed five Palestinian gunmen linked to the Islamic militant Hamas group in a...
Russia denies claims it plans to destabilize Moldova
MOSCOW, 14 Feb: Russia on Tuesday angrily rejected the Moldovan president’s claims about an alleged plot by Moscow to overthrow her government and accused...
France to unveil new economic, military strategy in Africa
PARIS, 27 Feb: French President Emmanuel Macron will unveil on Monday his country’s changing economic and military strategy in Africa for the coming years,...
Russian missile barrage slams into Ukrainian cities; 6 dead
KYIV, Ukraine, 12 Mar: A barrage of more than 80 Russian missiles and a smaller number of exploding drones hit residential buildings and critical...
Major Himalayan rivers will see flows reduced as glaciers recede: UN chief
UNITED NATIONS, 23 Mar: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that major Himalayan rivers like the Indus, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra, all hugely important...
Fire races through clothing market in B’desh capital
DHAKA, 4 Apr: Firefighters were working to get under control a massive fire that burned through a popular clothing market and spread to other...
Powerful Cyclone Mocha makes landfall in Myanmar, tearing off roofs and killing at least...
DHAKA, Bangladesh, 14 May: Thousands of people hunkered down Sunday in monasteries, pagodas and schools, seeking shelter from a powerful storm that slammed into...
SpaceX launching Saudi astronauts on private flight to space station
Cape Canaveral, May 21 (AP) SpaceX's next private flight to the International Space Station awaited takeoff Sunday, weather and rocket permitting.
The passengers include Saudi...
NK says it will launch its first military spy satellite in June
SEOUL, South Korea, 30 May: North Korea said Tuesday it would launch its first military spy satellite in June and described space-based reconnaissance as...
UK to house hundreds more migrants on barges, Sunak says
LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government will house hundreds more asylum-seekers on barges, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Monday, as he unveiled the latest...
Austrians say they foiled possible attack on Vienna’s Pride parade by alleged IS sympathizers
BERLIN, 18 Jun: Austrian authorities said Sunday they had foiled a possible attack on Vienna’s Pride parade by three young men who had allegedly...
US condemns online harassment of journalist who questioned Modi on minorities’ rights
WASHINGTON, 27 Jun: The White House has condemned as "totally unacceptable" the harassment of a US journalist on social media for asking Prime Minister...