Greek PM seeks forgiveness from victims’ families after train collision kills 57

Athens, 5 Feb: The Greek prime minister on Sunday asked for forgiveness from the families of the 57 dead in the nation's worst rail...

Uganda blocks operations of UN rights office in the country

KAMPALA, 8 Feb: Ugandan authorities say they will not renew the mandate of the United Nations human rights office in the East African country,...

Sri Lanka in crisis: President flees and ire turns to PM

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, 13 Jul (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president fled the country without stepping down Wednesday, plunging a country already reeling from economic...

Senior Al Jazeera journalist killed during Israeli raid in West Bank

Jerusalem, May 11 (PTI) A veteran journalist working for Al Jazeera was killed on Wednesday during an Israeli operation in the West Bank city...

Suicide attack at Russia embassy in Kabul kills 2 diplomats

Kabul, Sep 5 (AP) A suicide bombing outside the Russian Embassy in the Afghan capital Kabul on Monday killed two members of the embassy...

WHO convenes experts to decide if monkeypox is an emergency

GENEVA , Jun 14 (AP) — The World Health Organization will convene an emergency committee of experts to determine if the expanding monkeypox outbreak...

A bus hits a van and catches fire in Pakistan, killing 20 people and...

MULTAN, Pakistan, 20 Aug: A bus in Pakistan caught fire after hitting a van parked on the shoulder of an intercity highway in eastern...

Chinese govt drafts new rules proposing restrictions on online gaming

Hong Kong, 22 Dec: China released draft guidelines on Friday aimed at curbing excessive spending on online gaming in the latest move by the...

Over 100 world leaders to attend UN gathering in person

United Nations, Sep 14 (AP) More than 100 heads of state and government are planning to attend the UN General Assembly's annual gathering of...

Want peaceful ties with India, Kashmir issue resolution, says Pakistan PM Sharif

ISLAMABAD, Aug 19 (AP): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has expressed his desire for peaceful relations with India based on the principles of "equity,...

Biden to reveal first image from NASA’s new space telescope

WASHINGTON , 11 Jul (AP): President Joe Biden on Monday will reveal the first image from NASA’s new space telescope — the deepest view...

Myanmar seeks to have Rohingya case thrown out of UN court

The Hague, Feb 21 (AP) Lawyers for Myanmar's military rulers on Monday sought to have a case at the United Nations' top court that...

Pakistan’s senior ministers wade into hijab row in Karnataka

Islamabad, Feb 9 (PTI) Pakistan's senior ministers waded into the ongoing hijab row in Karnataka, with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday saying...

Pakistan signs new pact with China to kick off 2nd phase of CPEC during...

Beijing, Feb 4 (PTI) Pakistan on Friday signed a new agreement with China to begin the second phase of the USD 60 billion China-Pakistan...

Putin blasts US ‘hegemony,’ predicts end to ‘unipolar’ world

MOSCOW, Aug 16 (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the United States of trying to encourage extended hostilities in Ukraine as part of...

UK spy chief says rise of China world’s top security issue

London, Oct 11 (AP) The head of Britain's cyber-intelligence agency on Tuesday accused China of trying to "rewrite the rules of international security, saying...

3 dead, 11 wounded in downtown Philadelphia shooting

Philadelphia (US), Jun 5 (AP) Gunfire killed three people and wounded at least 11 others in a popular downtown Philadelphia entertainment district late Saturday...

Russia-Ukraine crisis: 352 civilians killed, over 1,600 others injured in conflict so far

Kyiv, Feb 28 (AFP): Ukraine's interior ministry said 352 civilians have been killed during Russia's invasion, including 14 children. It said an additional 1,684...

Pelosi meets Singapore leaders at start of Asia tour

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia , Aug 1 (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held talks with officials in Singapore on Monday at the start...

World’s Oldest Known Person, A French Nun, Dies In France. She Was 118

Marseille, France, Jan 18 (AFP): The world's oldest known person, French nun Lucile Randon, has died aged 118, a spokesman told AFP on Tuesday. Randon,...