5 people drown after a boat carrying migrants capsizes off the Turkish coast
ANKARA, Turkey, 13 Nov (AP) — A boat carrying migrants capsized off the Turkish Aegean coastal province of Izmir on Monday, killing at least...
Israel and Hamas look open to extending truce on its final day, with one...
TEL AVIV, 27 Nov: Israel and Hamas appeared open to extending a cease-fire in Gaza that has halted their deadliest and most destructive war...
Russia and Ukraine exchange drone attacks after EU funding stalled
KYIV, 16 Dec: Russia and Ukraine each reported dozens of attempted drone attacks in the past day, just hours after Hungary vetoed 50 billion...
IS gunmen kill 11 Iraqi troops in brazen attack on barracks
BAGHDAD, Jan 21 (AP) — Gunmen from the Islamic State extremist group attacked an army barracks in a mountainous area north of Baghdad early...
Nawaz Sharif to become Pakistan’s PM for 4th time after elections in Feb: PML-N...
Lahore, Dec 27 (PTI) Nawaz Sharif is going to be the next prime minister of Pakistan for a record fourth time after the general...
2 Pakistani nationals held for illegally entering US
New York, Sep 14 (PTI) Two Pakistani citizens have been held by border patrol agents here for entering the US illegally.
On September 1, an...
Indian envoy to Singapore praises ongoing Namaste Bharat exhibition calls it a fine...
Singapore, 27 Jan: Indian High Commissioner to Singapore Dr Shilpak Ambule has praised the ongoing 'Namaste Bharat' exhibition in the city-state, saying the event...
Japan ex-diplomat Kishida wins party vote, to become new PM
Tokyo, Sep 29 (AP) Japan's former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida won the governing party leadership election on Wednesday and is set to become the...
Security is fragile at Ukraine’s Russian-occupied nuclear power plant: IAEA
Kyiv, Feb 6 (AP): Security at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant remains fragile amid worrying recent staff cuts enacted by Russian authorities occupying the...
Taiwan rejects China’s “path” amid show of military force
Taipei, Oct 10 (AP) Taiwan's president on Sunday vowed to defend the island from China's rising pressure for reunification, after a week of unprecedented...
UN’s secretary general warns the world is becoming ‘less safe by the day’
GENEVA, 26 Feb: U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says combatants in places such as Congo, Gaza, Myanmar, Ukraine and Sudan are turning a “blind eye”...
Covid Caused Biggest Drop In Life Expectancy Since World War II: UK Study
London, Sep 27 (PTI): The COVID-19 pandemic led to biggest decrease in life expectancy since the World War II, and wiped out years of...
At least 26 dead and 11 missing after flash floods and landslides on Indonesia’s...
PADANG, 11 Mar: Rescuers recovered more bodies as waters began to recede after flash floods and landslides caused by torrential rains on Indonesia’s Sumatra...
Gun-Toting Taliban At Kabul Zoo Mingle With Families, Kids
Kabul, Sep 18 (AFP): Taliban soldiers cradling AK-47s and M16 assault rifles mingle among families at Kabul Zoo, a novelty experience for many of...
Russian officials again try to link the Moscow concert attack with Ukraine despite Kyiv’s...
TALLINN, Estonia, 5 Apr (AP) — Russian authorities on Friday again tried to link the deadly attack on a Moscow concert hall to Ukraine,...
New Covid vaccine mimics virus shape to provide robust protection: Study
Washington, Aug 13 (PTI) Scientists have developed a protein-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate that mimics the shape of the virus to trigger robust antibody response...
South Korean police raid office of incoming head of doctors’ group over protracted strikes
SEOUL, South Korea, 26 Apr: South Korean police said Friday they searched the office of the hard-line incoming leader of an association of doctors...
Right’s group: 1,001 killed since military took over Myanmar
Bangkok, Aug 18 (AP) More than 1,000 people have been killed by security forces in Myanmar since the military seized power from the elected...
Sultan Mahmood takes oath as president of PoK
Islamabad, Aug 25 (PTI) Veteran politician Sultan Mahmood on Wednesday took oath as the new president of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
Mahmood became the 28th president...
WHO hub in Berlin for pandemic coordination
Berlin, Sep 1 (AP) The World Health Organisation has inaugurated a new hub in Berlin meant to better prepare the globe for future pandemics.
WHO...