UK’s Royal Mail Seeks 10,000 Job Cuts, Blames Industrial Action For Losses
London, Oct 14 (AFP): Britain's Royal Mail postal operator is seeking to axe up to 10,000 jobs, its parent company said Friday, blaming industrial...
Indian businessman shot dead in Uganda: Report
Johannesburg, Oct 31 (PTI) A 24-year-old Indian businessman has been shot dead allegedly by a police constable in Kisoro town of Uganda, according to...
Biden, Xi seek to ‘manage our differences’ in meeting
NUSA DUA, Indonesia , Nov 15 (AP) — President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks for about three hours Monday in...
EU seeks specialized court to investigate Russia war crimes
BRUSSELS, Nov 30 (AFP) — The European Union proposed Wednesday to set up a U.N.-backed specialized court to investigate possible war crimes committed by...
Ukraine PM urges more military aid to counter Russia attacks
KYIV, Ukraine , 12 Dec (AP) — Ukraine’s prime minister is appealing for Patriot missile batteries and other high-tech air defense systems to counter...
North Korea Fired 2 Ballistic Missiles Into East Sea, Says South Korea
Seoul, South Korea, Dec 23 (AFP): North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles Friday, Seoul's military said, the latest in a recent flurry of...
Moscow says Ukrainian rocket strike kills 63 Russian troops
KYIV, Ukraine, 2 Jan: Ukrainian forces fired rockets at a facility in the eastern Donetsk region where Russian soldiers were stationed, killing 63 of...
Germany garages searched in suspected chemical attack plot
BERLIN , 9 Jan (AP) — German investigators on Monday searched two garages used by an Iranian man arrested on suspicion that he could...
Lights out in Pakistan as energy-saving move backfires
ISLAMABAD, 23 Jan: Much of Pakistan was left without power for several hours on Monday morning as an energy-saving measure by the government backfired....
NATO urges Russia to respect nuclear pact with the US
BRUSSELS, 3 Feb: NATO called Friday on Russia to respect the only treaty it has with the United States aimed at keeping a lid...
Turkey detains building contractors as quake deaths pass 33K
ANTAKYA, Turkey, 12 Feb: Turkish justice officials targeted more than 130 people allegedly involved in shoddy and illegal construction methods as rescuers extricated more...
Russia, Iran sending top envoys to UN’s human rights council
GENEVA, 26 Feb: U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will help kick off the latest and longest-ever session of the U.N.’s top human rights body on...
Chinese prez calls for elevating Chinese armed forces to world-class standards
BEIJING, 9 Mar: Amid escalating tensions with the US, China's President Xi Jinping has called for more quickly elevating the armed forces to world-class...
Japan’s PM offers Ukraine support as China’s Xi backs Russia
KYIV, 21 Mar: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a surprise visit Tuesday to Kyiv, stealing some of the global attention from Asian rival...
Chinese spy balloon gathered information from sensitive US military sites: Report
Washington, 3 Apr: A Chinese spy balloon that flew across the US was able to gather intelligence from several sensitive American military sites and...
Taiwan In Talks For $500 Million Weapons Package From US
Taipei, 8 May: Taiwan is expecting a fast-tracked $500 million weapons package from Washington this year to make up for delays in arms procurements,...
Hundreds of Millions of life years lost to Pandemic: WHO
Geneva, Switzerland,19 May: Nearly 337 million life years were lost in the two first years of the Covid-19 pandemic, as millions of people died...
Iran supreme leader says he’d ‘welcome’ full diplomatic ties with Egypt; presidency websites hacked
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 29 May: Iran’s supreme leader said Monday he’d “welcome” the restoration of full diplomatic ties between Egypt and the Islamic...
14 Killed, 5 Missing In China Landslide, Government Says Rescue Ops On
China, 4 Jun (AP): Fourteen people were killed and five are missing following a landslide in southwestern China's Sichuan province on Sunday, the local...
Turkey says it’s ready to open consulate in city that Azerbaijan took from...
ANKARA, 13 Jun: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday his country is ready to open a consulate in Shusha, a city that Azerbaijan...