Tanzania says 5 dead in gun battle near French Embassy
DODOMA, Tanzania , Aug 25 (AP) — Tanzania’s president on Wednesday said five people are dead, including three police officers, after a gun battle...
Putin extends fast-track Russian citizenship to all Ukraine
KHARKIV, Ukraine, 11 Jul (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday expanding a fast-track procedure to receive Russian citizenship to...
Pakistan, UN jointly appeal for USD 160 million to deal with catastrophic floods
Islamabad, Aug 30 (PTI) Pakistan and the United Nations on Tuesday jointly issued a flash appeal for USD 160 million to help the country...
Lanka moves 56 Indian fishermen to immigration centre after quarantine
Colombo, Feb 9 (PTI) The 56 Indian fishermen arrested in Sri Lanka for allegedly poaching in the country's territorial waters have been moved to...
Biden administration targets diabetes drug, blood thinner, others for Medicare price negotiations
Washington, 29 Aug: A popular diabetes treatment and the blood thinner Eliquis are among the first drugs that will be targeted for price negotiations...
Clashes in Senegal leave at least 9 dead; government bans use of social media...
DAKAR, Senegal, 2 Jun: Clashes between police and supporters of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko left nine people dead, the government said Friday, with...
Failed assassination bid against Iraq’s PM ramps up tension
BAGHDAD , Nov 7 (AP) — Troops and patrols deployed throughout Baghdad on Sunday following the failed assassination attempt with armed drones that targeted...
Agostini, Krausz and L’Huillier win physics Nobel for looking at electrons in fractions of...
STOCKHOLM, 3 Oct: Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for studying how electrons zip around the atom in the tiniest...
US sees heightened extremist threat heading into midterms
WASHINGTON , Jun 7 (AP) — A looming Supreme Court decision on abortion, an increase of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border and the midterm...
India provides 10 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines, 10,000 tonnes of rice and wheat...
Naypyidaw (Myanmar), Dec 23 (PTI) India has provided 10 lakh doses of Made in India' coronavirus vaccines and a grant of 10,000 tonnes of...
UK police deploying 6,000 specially trained officers this week as more far-right disorder expected
LONDON, 7 Aug (AP) — British police are gearing up for another night of violence amid concerns that far-right groups plan to target as...
Abortion after 12 weeks banned in North Carolina after GOP lawmakers override governor’s veto
RALEIGH, N.C., 17 May (AP) — Legislation banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy will become law in North Carolina after the state’s...
Qatar becomes a key intermediary in Israel-Hamas war as fate of hostages hangs in...
JERUSALEM , 24 Oct (AP) — The gas-rich nation of Qatar has become a key intermediary over the fate of some 200 hostages held...
Jaishankar meets German foreign minister; discusses bilateral and global issues with several counterparts
Munich, Feb 19 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has met with his German counterpart Annalena Baerbock and held a wide range of discussion...
Norway looks to donate $7.3 billion in aid to Ukraine
COPENHAGEN, Denmark , 6 Feb (AP) — Oil-rich Norway is looking to donate 75 billion kroner ($7.3 billion) to Kyiv as part of a...
Immune-suppressed not at higher risk of poor Covid outcomes: Lancet study
Washington, Nov 19 (PTI) People taking medications that suppress the immune system overall do not have a higher risk of dying from COVID-19 or...
Bangladeshi court sentences ex-army major, 5 other Islamist militants to death for killing gay...
Dhaka, Aug 31 (PTI) A Bangladeshi anti-terrorism tribunal on Tuesday sentenced six Islamist militants, including a fugitive ex-army major, to death in the brutal...
Global Rules Can’t Be Written By Individual Countries: China’s Swipe At US
Beijing, Oct 25 (PTI): Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday that the international law with the UN at the core should be observed...
Global food prices rise after Russia ends grain deal and India restricts rice exports
LONDON, 4 Aug: Global prices for food commodities like rice and vegetable oil have risen for the first time in months after Russia pulled...
Elon Musk’s $44 billion Twitter deal gets board endorsement
New York, Jun 21 (AP) Twitter's board has recommended unanimously that shareholders approve the proposed 44 billion sale of the company to billionaire and...