PM Oli says rivalry among major powers has gradual impacts on Nepal
Kathmandu, Sep 11 (PTI) Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli Wednesday said that the economic, strategic and diplomatic rivalry among major powers has gradual...
German economic advisers slash 2022 growth forecast to 1.8 per cent
Berlin, Mar 30 (AP) The German government's panel of independent economic advisers on Wednesday slashed its 2022 growth forecast for Europe's biggest economy in...
Flag of Sweden is raised at NATO headquarters, cementing its place as the 32nd...
BRUSSELS, 11 Mar: Sweden’s national flag was raised at NATO headquarters on Monday, cementing the Nordic country’s place as the 32nd member of the...
Hamas surprise attack out of Gaza Strip stuns Israel and leaves dozens dead in...
Jerusalem, 7 Oct (AP): Hamas militants fired thousands of rockets and sent dozens of fighters into Israeli towns near the Gaza Strip in an...
Pakistan dismisses UN human rights body’s concerns about violence, democratic freedom ahead of polls
Islamabad, Feb 7 (PTI) Pakistan on Wednesday dismissed UN human rights body concerns about violence and the right to fundamental democratic freedom ahead of...
China Records 1st Covid Death In 6 Months
Beijing, Nov 20 (AFP): China reported its first death from COVID-19 in six months on Sunday as it contends with a rising outbreak despite...
2 win medicine Nobel for showing how we react to heat, touch
Stockholm, Oct 4 (AP) Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for their discoveries into how the human body perceives temperature...
Poland to increase its spending on defense in 2025 to a record high
WARSAW, Poland, 28 Aug (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says the 2025 state budget will include record-high spending on defense.
Tusk on Wednesday...
Indian woman arrested with 6 others near US-Canada border requires partial amputation of hand
New York, Jan 22 (PTI) Two of the seven Indian nationals, illegally present in the US and who were arrested near the US-Canada border,...
China Not Allowed To Use Port For Military Purposes: Sri Lanka President
Colombo, Aug 16 (PTI): China will not be allowed to use the southern port of Hambantota for military purposes, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe...
Kyiv Says 64 Ukrainians, US Citizen Released In Prisoner Swap With Russia
Kyiv, Dec 14 (AFP): Ukraine said Wednesday that it had secured the release of a US citizen as well as 64 Ukrainian members of...
Bodies of man, 3 kids found in Indianapolis pond amid search
INDIANAPOLIS , 13 Jul (AP) — The bodies of a man and three young children were found in an Indianapolis pond along with a...
Portugal picks new government with $50 bn of EU funds on table
Lisbon, Jan 30 AP: Portuguese voters went to the polls Sunday in an early election that looked set to produce another vulnerable minority government,...
Russia continues to shell Ukraine amid grinding push in east
Kyiv, 12 Feb: Russian forces over the weekend continued to shell Ukrainian cities amid a grinding push to seize more land in the east...
Beijing to test 21 million residents to contain fresh Omicron outbreak in Chinese capital
Beijing, Apr 26 (PTI) Authorities in the Chinese capital have rolled out mass Covid testing for nearly 21 million residents in most of the...
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...
Japan’s Kishida, ahead of US trip, seeks stronger military ties with Washington and other...
TOKYO, 5 Apr (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday he wants to strengthen military and weapons development cooperation with the United...
More than 100 people missing after boat capsizes in northern Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria, 2 Oct (AP) — More than 100 people, mostly women and children, were missing after an overloaded boat bringing them back from...
North Korea says it tested cruise missiles with ‘super-large’ warheads in its latest...
Seoul, 3 Feb: North Korea said it tested cruise missiles outfitted with new "super-large" warheads as well as a new type of anti-aircraft missile,...