NATO to hold foreign ministers meeting over Ukraine
BRUSSELS , Jan 4 (AP) — NATO announced Tuesday that the alliance will hold a virtual meeting of foreign ministers from the 30 member...
WHO: 7 million new omicron COVID cases in Europe last week
Copenhagen, Jan 11 (AP) There were more than 7 million new cases of the omicron variant of COVID-19 across Europe in the first week...
Boris Johnson hit with dramatic defection, rebel plot over partygate scandal
London, Jan 19 (PTI) Embattled British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faced dramatic developments on Wednesday over the so-called partygate scandal that has threatened his...
Biden says 14.5M get health care under Obama law, with help
Washington, Jan 27 (AP) President Joe Biden said Thursday that 14.5 million Americans got private health insurance for this year under the Obama-era health...
US securities agency denies claims it”s harassing Elon Musk
Detroit, Feb 19 (AP) US securities regulators responded to allegations that they are harassing Elon Musk, writing in a letter that they're following a...
56 released Indian fishermen in Sri Lanka to be moved to immigration detention center:...
Colombo, Feb 7 (PTI) The 56 Indian fishermen, released by a Sri Lankan court in the northern Jaffna peninsula last month, will be shifted...
China slams US Indo-Pacific strategy as ‘Cold War mentality’, ‘bloc politics’
Beijing, Feb 15 (PTI) China has slammed the US' Indo-Pacific strategy, saying that it has no future and resurrects the "Cold War mentality" and...
Russians take Ukraine nuclear plant; no radiation after fire
KYIV, 4 Mar: Russian troops Friday seized the biggest nuclear power plant in Europe after a middle-of-the-night attack that set it on fire and...
NATO chief sees no need to change nuclear alert level
Lask air base (Poland), Mar 1 (AP) NATO's chief said Tuesday that, despite Russia's threats about nuclear weapons, the alliance sees no need to...
Europe limited in curbing high energy prices amid protest
Madrid, Mar 23 (AP) Governments across Europe have been slashing fuel taxes and doling out tens of billions to help consumers, truckers, farmers and...
Gunmen kill more than 100 in Nigeria’s north, say survivors
ABUJA, Nigeria , Apr 12 (AP) — An armed gang has killed more than 100 people in a remote part of northern Nigeria, survivors...
18 dead in overloaded truck crash in Indonesia’s West Papua
Jakarta, Apr 13 (AP) An overloaded truck carrying 29 people hit a hillside and overturned near an illegal gold mine in Indonesia's West Papua...
Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif to take CPEC forward with new vigour: PML-N leader
Islamabad, 18 Apr (PTI): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will take USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) forward with new vigour, vitality and in...
Tour boat in Mexico hits whale or whale shark, 6 injured
LA PAZ, Mexico, 24 Apr (AP) — A small Mexican tour boat hit a whale or a whale shark off the Baja California Sur...
Tibet issue: Nehru did what he thought was best for India, says Penpa Tsering
WASHINGTON, 29 Apr: Many people believe that India's first PM Jawaharlal Nehru made a blunder when he recognised China's sovereignty over Tibet but he...
UK police conclude probe into Johnson’s ‘partygate’ scandal
LONDON , 20 May (AP) — Britain’s Metropolitan Police says it has concluded its investigation into breaches of COVID-19 regulations at British government offices,...
Man detained in police probe of raging wildfires in France
LA TESTE-DE-BUCH, France , Jul 19 (AP) — French investigators probing the suspected deliberate lighting of what has become a raging wildfire in the...
FDA chief: COVID, mail mix-up delayed action on baby formula
Washington, May 25 (AP) The head of the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that efforts to investigate problems at a baby formula plant...
Biden waives solar panel tariffs, seeks to boost production
WASHINGTON , Jun 6 (AP) — President Joe Biden is invoking the Defense Production Act to increase U.S. manufacturing of solar panels while declaring...
WTO meet: India to pitch for permanent solution for food security; protect interest of...
New Delhi, Jun 11 (PTI): India will press for a permanent solution to the issue of public stock holding of grains for food security...