UN: shelling knocks out water lines in Ukraine
Geneva, Mar 1 (AP) The UN's refugees chief is warning that many more vulnerable people will begin fleeing their homes in Ukraine if Russia's...
Israel says regional alliance has thwarted Iranian attacks
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister on Monday said that Israel is helping build a U.S.-led regional air-defense alliance against Iran, and that the...
Indian community in UAE hails new civil law for non-Muslims
Abu Dubai, Nov 8 (PTI) The Indian community in the United Arab Emirates on Monday hailed the landmark new civil law for non-Muslims in...
Russia strikes Kyiv in daylight after hitting Ukrainian capital with a more common nighttime...
KYIV, Ukraine, 29 May: Explosions rattled Kyiv during daylight Monday as Russian ballistic missiles took aim at the Ukrainian capital, hours after a more...
Turkish flood deaths hit 55; dispute arises over the missing
Istanbul, Aug 14 (AP) The death toll from severe floods and mudslides along Turkey's Black Sea coast has climbed to at least 55, the...
Huawei Executive Gets Hero’s Welcome In China, Hails “Strong Motherland”
Beijing, Sep 25 (PTI): In what is being projected as a big victory for China's ruling Communist Party, Meng Wanzhou, the high-profile top executive...
4 Ukrainian separatist regions plan votes to join Russia
KYIV, Ukraine , Sep 20 (AP) — Russian-controlled regions of eastern and southern Ukraine announced plans Tuesday to start voting this week to become...
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...
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...
US expected to authorise mix-and-match COVID booster shots
Washington, Oct 19 (AP) Federal regulators are expected to authorize the mixing and matching of COVID-19 booster doses this week in an effort to...
Two German state elections expected to bring wins for conservative national opposition
BERLIN, 8 Oct (AP) — Two German states hold elections on Sunday at the halfway mark of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s unpopular national government, with...
Fiona wallops Turks and Caicos, Puerto Rico still stunned
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico , Sep 20 (AP) — Hurricane Fiona blasted the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday as a Category 3 storm...
CIA Chief Meets Russian Security Council Chief In Moscow
Moscow, Nov 2 (AFP): US Central Intelligence Agency director William Burns met the head of Russia's powerful Security Council for talks in Moscow on...
Salman Rushdie attack was unjustifiable, says former Pakistan PM Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD, Aug 19 (AP): Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has termed the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie as 'terrible and sad,' indicating that...
UN chief urges ”rapid” emission cuts to curb climate change
Geneva, Sep 16 (AP) The head of the United Nations called Thursday for immediate, rapid and large-scale cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to curb...
Sri Lankan protesters reject PM Mahinda Rajapaksa’s offer for talks
Colombo, Apr 13 (PTI) Sri Lankans protesting outside the President's Office in Colombo on Wednesday rejected Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapksa's offer for talks and...
Deadly flooding in China worsens as rescues and evacuations intensify
BEIJING, 4 Aug: Heavy rain and high water levels on rivers in northeastern China were threatening cities downstream on Friday, prompting the evacuation of...
Two Bangladeshi police officers sent to gallows for killing ex-army major
Dhaka, Jan 31 (PTI) A Bangladeshi court on Monday handed down the death penalty to two policemen and life term to seven other officers...
India agrees to provide USD 200 million Line of Credit to support development projects...
Bishkek, Oct 11 (PTI) India on Monday agreed to provide a USD 200 million Line of Credit support for development projects in Kyrgyzstan, as...
Kazakhstan mine fire death roll rises to 42
LONDON, 29 Oct (AP) — The death toll from a fire at a coal mine in Kazakhstan rose to 42 on Sunday, with four...