Train derailment in east Iran kills at least 21, injures 47
TEHRAN, Iran , Jun 8 (AP) — A passenger train traveling through eastern Iran struck an excavator and derailed nearly half its cars before...
Russians control 80% of contested city in eastern Ukraine
LVIV, Ukraine, Jun 14 (AP) — Russian troops control about 80% of the fiercely contested eastern Ukrainian city of Sieverodonetsk and have destroyed all...
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...
3 feet of rain sets up 4th round of flood misery for Sydney
SYDNEY , Jul 04 (AP) — More than 30,000 residents of Sydney and its surrounds were told to evacuate or prepare to abandon their...
China demands end to US-Taiwan military ‘collusion’
BEIJING (AP) — China has demanded the U.S. cease military “collusion” with Taiwan during a virtual meeting between the joint chiefs of staff from...
Monkeypox Outbreak Can Be Contained, Says White House
Washington, jul 24 (AFP): The White House said Sunday it was confident authorities could "eliminate" monkeypox from the United States by speeding up the...
Western European powers press Iran to agree to nuclear deal
BERLIN , Jul 27 (AP) — Western European powers are pressing Iran to agree to a revival of its 2015 nuclear deal after a...
Groups ask UN to investigate Beirut’s massive 2020 blast
Beirut, Aug 3 (AP) Lebanese and international organisations Wednesday called on the UN Human Rights Council to send a fact-finding mission to investigate the...
Little talk of rainforest protection in the Brazilian Amazon
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 17 (AP) — In the Brazilian Amazon these days, it’s nearly impossible to run for office talking up the environment.
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Russia blocks final document at nuclear treaty conference
United Nations, Aug 27 (AP) Russia late Friday blocked agreement on the final document of a four-week review of the U.N. treaty considered the...
UN inspectors head to Ukraine nuclear plant in war zone
KYIV, Ukraine, Aug 31 (AP) — A team of U.N. inspectors made its way toward Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Wednesday on a perilous,...
Gibraltar to reopen port after ship fuel spill emergency
MADRID , Sep 7 (AP) — Gibraltar authorities said Wednesday the Rock’s port would partially reopen later in the day following the removal of...
Biden: Tentative railway labor deal reached, averting strike
WASHINGTON, Sep 15 (AP) — President Joe Biden said Thursday that a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached, averting a strike that could...
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...
Nigeria races to assist flood victims; death toll tops 600
ABUJA, Nigeria , Oct 17 (AP) — The death toll from floods in Nigeria this year has increased to 603 as local authorities race...
Hunt for deep sea minerals draws scrutiny amid green push
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico , Nov 02 (AP) — High demand for metals ranging from copper to cobalt is pushing the mining industry to...
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...
US to unveil high-tech B-21 stealth bomber
WASHINGTON, 2 Dec (AP): The US Air Force on Friday will unveil its new B-21 Raider, a high-tech stealth bomber that can carry nuclear...
North Korea says latest launches tested 1st spy satellite
Seoul, Dec 19 (AP) North Korea said Monday it fired a test satellite in an important final-stage test for the development of its first...
Japan PM sacks 4th minister to patch up scandal-hit Cabinet
TOKYO, 27 Dec: Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday dismissed his fourth minister in two months to patch a scandal-tainted Cabinet that has...