Colombia extends cease-fire with National Liberation Army as ELN rebels promise to stop kidnappings
Bogota (Colombia), Feb 6 (AP) Colombia's government and the nation's largest remaining guerrilla group have reached a last-minute deal to extend a cease-fire that...
Sri Lankan clergy offers support to priest who questioned role of intel agencies in...
Colombo, Nov 8 (PTI) A group of Catholic priests staged a rare protest in front of the Supreme Court complex here on Monday in...
UN urges moratorium on use of AI that imperils human rights
GENEVA, Sep 15 (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief is calling for a moratorium on the use of artificial intelligence technology that poses...
UN chief to Sudan army: Reverse coup, take heed of protests
CAIRO , Oct 31 (AP) — The U.N. secretary general urged Sudan’s generals on Sunday to reverse their takeover of the country, a day...
NATO deputy: Putin can’t win his ”unprovoked, illogical” war
Bucharest, Mar 26 (AP) NATO Deputy-General Secretary Mircea Geoana says that Russian President Vladimir Putin's month-old barbaric war against Ukraine is a war he...
Ukraine says Russia shelled chemical plant
Kyiv, Mar 21 (AP) Ukraine's prosecutor general said a Russian shell struck a chemical plant outside the city of Sumy a little after 3...
Nine killed in South Africa after gas tanker explodes
JOHANNESBURG, 24 Dec: At least nine people, including two fire-fighters, were killed and many others injured after a gas tanker which got stuck under...
Recognition of Taliban in Afghanistan has to be ‘collective effort’ by countries in region:...
Islamabad, Feb 15 (PTI) Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said his government will not recognise the Taliban regime in Afghanistan unilaterally and become...
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...
Russian military plans sweeping war games in country’s east
MOSCOW , Jul 26 (AP) — Russia will hold wide-ranging military drills in the country’s east as it continues regular troop training despite the...
NATO expels 8 ”undeclared” Russian intelligence officers
Brussels, Oct 6 (AP) NATO on Wednesday expelled eight members of Russia's mission to the military alliance, saying that they were secretly working as...
Dozens of protesters killed in Kazakhstan; 12 police dead
Moscow, Jan 6 (AP) Dozens of protesters were killed in Kazakhstan in attacks on government buildings and at least a dozen police officers died,...
Asian shares sink as China says 1Q growth at 4.8 per cent
Bangkok, Apr 18 (AP) Shares were mostly lower in Asia after China on Monday reported that its economy expanded at a 4.8 per cent...
Greta Thunberg was among climate activists detained at a protest to disrupt oil executives’...
LONDON, 17 Oct (AP) — Greta Thunberg was detained by British police on Tuesday alongside other climate activists who gathered outside a central London...
India’s economic package has given Sri Lanka breathing space, need to seek bailout from...
Colombo, Jan 15 (PTI) India's financial package has prevented Sri Lanka from spiralling into a major economic tailspin for the time being, top economist...
Pakistan condemns sentencing of Yasin Malik by Indian court in terror funding case
Islamabad, May 25 (PTI) Pakistan on Wednesday condemned the sentencing of Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik by an Indian court in a terror funding...
WHO: Europe the only region with rise in COVID-19 last week
London, Oct 20 (AP) The World Health Organization said there was a 7% rise in new coronavirus cases across Europe last week, the only...
2 Pak soldiers killed in terrorist attack near Afghan border
PESHWAR, Nov 28 (PTI): Unidentified terrorists attacked a security check post in Pakistan's restive North Waziristan district near the Afghan border, killing two soldiers...
Pakistan Army vows to tighten ‘noose of law’ around ‘planners and masterminds’ of...
Islamabad, 7 Jun: Pakistan's powerful army Wednesday vowed to tighten the "noose of law" around "planners and masterminds" who mounted a "hate-ripened and politically-driven...
Russian FM urges more talks with West amid Ukraine tensions
Moscow, Feb 14 (AP) Russia's top diplomat advised President Vladimir Putin on Monday to continue talks with the West on Russian security demands amid...