Yellen affirms push for stronger Russia sanctions at G-20
BENGALURU, India, 23 Feb: The U.S. wants to see tougher and more effectively enforced sanctions against Russia and additional support for Ukraine, Treasury Secretary...
Need Revamp Of Development Model, Says US Candidate For World Bank
Nairobi, Kenya, 8 Mar (AFP): The United States' candidate to head the World Bank, Ajay Banga, on Wednesday called for a revamp of the...
African nations consider swapping debt for climate funding
MOMBASA, 21 Mar: African countries saddled with debt and ravaged by losses and damages from weather events like cyclones, drought and extreme temperatures have...
Pension protests raise tension between police, demonstrators
PARIS, 3 Apr: French authorities see the police as protectors who are ensuring that citizens can peacefully protest President Emmanuel Macron’s contentious retirement age...
12 killed in multi-vehicle crash in Turkey’s Hatay province
ISTANBUL , 7 May: A multi-vehicle crash in southern Turkey’s Hatay province killed at least 12 people and injured 31 others, including three seriously,...
Abortion after 12 weeks banned in North Carolina after GOP lawmakers override governor’s veto
RALEIGH, N.C., 17 May (AP) — Legislation banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy will become law in North Carolina after the state’s...
Russia signs deal to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus
TALLINN, Estonia, 25 May (AP) — Russia and Belarus signed a deal Thursday formalizing the deployment of Moscow’s tactical nuclear weapons on the territory...
Fire at refugee shelter in eastern Germany kills 1, injures 10
BERLIN, 4 Jun (AP) — A fire at a refugee shelter in eastern Germany killed one person and injured 10 others early Sunday, according...
Pak Ex-PM Imran Khan charged over land scam, total cases now over 140
Lahore, 11 Jun: Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan was booked on Sunday in yet another case related to the purchase of over 5,000...
Chinese threat in South China Sea increasing rapidly: Taiwan’s FM Wu
Taipei, 25 Jun: The Chinese threat in the South China Sea is increasing significantly as China has deployed a large number of armed maritime...
Iran’s president delays Africa tour without elaboration
TEHRAN, 11 Jul: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi did not depart on a three-nation tour to Africa as planned, state media reported without elaboration.
Raisi was...
Several ministers out as Trudeau shakes up Canada’s Cabinet
TORONTO, 26 Jul: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will announce a major Cabinet shake-up on Wednesday as he readies his team for the next...
Military leader Burhan visits east Sudan in first tour outside of capital since...
Cairo, 28 Aug: The head of Sudan's army made a rare public speech on Monday in his first tour outside of the capital since...
Kenya’s president welcomes UN Security Council’s approval to send a Kenya-led mission to Haiti
NAIROBI, 3 Oct: Kenya’s president on Tuesday welcomed the U.N. Security Council’s resolution to send a Kenya-led multinational armed force to Haiti to help...
North Korea raises the specter of nuclear strike over US aircraft carrier’s arrival in...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea lashed out Friday at the arrival of a U.S. aircraft carrier battle group in South Korea, calling...
Russian parliament moves to rescind ratification of global nuclear test ban
MOSCOW, 17 Oct: (AP) — The lower house of the Russian parliament on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to a bill revoking the ratification of...
South Korean families call for a special probe on the anniversary of a deadly...
SEOUL, South Korea, 29 Oct (AP) — Bereaved relatives of victims of last year’s devastating Halloween crush in Seoul and their supporters demanded an...
Serbian police arrest 7 people smugglers and find over 700 migrants in raids after...
BELGRADE, Serbia, Nov 03 (AP) — Serbian police said Friday they made seven arrests on suspicion of smuggling people into Hungary as part of...
Poland’s newly elected parliament meets for the first time
WARSAW, Poland, 13 Nov (AP) — The Polish parliament gathered for the first time Monday after an election last month heralded a change of...
Myanmar and China conduct naval drills together as fighting surges in border area
BANGKOK, 29 Nov (AP) — Myanmar and China are conducting naval drills together as the military government in the Southeast Asian nation loses ground...