Ukraine reports striking Russian ammunition depot in south
KYIV, Ukraine, Jul 12 (AP) — Ukrainian authorities said Tuesday that their forces targeted a Russian ammunition depot in southern Ukraine overnight, resulting in...
Pakistan probes Hindu temple’s desecration as India protests
ISLAMABAD, Jun 10 (AP) — Pakistan’s foreign ministry on Friday said authorities were trying to trace and arrest suspects who this week desecrated a...
Earthquake in Northwest Iran kills 3, injures 800
Tehran, Iran, 29 Jan: A 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit northwestern Iran overnight, killing at least three people and injuring more than 800 in the region...
China’s Xi promises open markets and billions in new investments for ‘Belt and Road’...
BEIJING, 18 Oct (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping promised foreign companies greater access to China’s huge market and more than $100 billion in...
Officials seek cause of Taiwan building fire that killed 46
Kaohsiung (Taiwan), Oct 15 (AP) Officials in Taiwan were pursuing leads Friday into the cause of a fire in a run-down mixed commercial and...
Israeli strikes in Syria’s Homs province wound 5 soldiers
BEIRUT, 2 Apr: Israeli airstrikes hit several sites in Syria’s Homs province early Sunday, wounding five soldiers, Syrian state media reported.
In Iran, state media...
Drug shortages persist in Russia after start of Ukraine war
Moscow, Apr 3 (AP) First came the warnings, in messages among friends and families and on social media, to stock up on vital drugs...
China blasts US report, reiterates ‘no 1st use’ nuke policy
BEIJING, 6 Dec: China strictly adheres to its policy of no first use of nuclear weapons “at any time and under any circumstances,” its...
Brazil high court orders pro-Bolsonaro roadblocks cleared
RIO DE JANEIRO , Nov 01 (AP) — Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the federal highway police to immediately clear hundreds of roads...
Taliban suicide bomber killed in Pak’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
Peshawar 17 Feb: A Taliban suicide bomber was killed during an intelligence-based operation by the security forces in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering...
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...
4 security personnel killed in northwest Pakistan
Peshawar, Jul 10 (PTI) At least four security personnel, including two soldiers, were killed on Wednesday in an encounter with the militants in northwest...
North Korea reports 15 more suspected COVID-19 deaths
Seoul, May 15 (AP) North Korea has confirmed 15 more deaths and hundreds of thousands of additional patients with fevers as it mobilises more...
Suicide attack on Shiite mosque in Afghanistan kills 37
Kabul, Oct 15 (AP) Suicide bombers assaulted a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan that was packed with worshippers attending weekly Friday prayers, killing at...
Afghans fleeing Pakistan lack water, food and shelter once they cross the border, aid...
ISLAMABAD, 5 Nov (AP) — Afghans fleeing Pakistan to avoid arrest and deportation are sleeping in the open, without proper shelter, food, drinking water...
Pakistan Court Extends Ex-PM Imran Khan’s Interim Bail In 8 Cases
Islamabad, Pakistan, 6 Apr (PTI): A Pakistani high court on Thursday extended the interim bail of former prime minister Imran Khan in eight cases,...
China plans to land astronauts on moon before 2030, expand space station, bring on...
BEIJING, 29 May: China’s burgeoning space program plans to place astronauts on the moon before 2030 and expand the country’s orbiting space station, officials...
China’s manufacturing contracts, signaling recovery concerns
BEIJING, 30 Apr: China's factory activity declined in April, an official survey showed Sunday, signaling policymakers’ challenges in sustaining momentum in the country’s economic...
As ethnic armed group claims to have captured a town in western Myanmar, Muslim...
BANGKOK, 19 May (AP) — A powerful ethnic armed group fighting Myanmar’s military government in the country’s western state of Rakhine claimed Saturday to...
Officials: Grounded ship refloated in Egypt’s Suez Canal
CAIRO , 9 Jan (AP) — A cargo ship carrying corn that went aground early on Monday in the Suez Canal was refloated and...