Israel demolishes parts of West Bank hamlet set for eviction
JERUSALEM, 4 Jan: The Israeli military has demolished homes, water tanks and olive orchards in two Palestinian villages in the southern West Bank where...
Interim govt warns of media shutdown in B’desh over misleading news
DHAKA, 11 Aug: Bangladesh' interim government on Sunday issued a stern warning to media organisations, stating that they will be shut down if they...
Spain interior minister: child migrants ‘wanted to go home’
MADRIDAug 16 (AP): Spain’s interior minister on Monday defended sending unaccompanied child migrants back to Morocco in groups of 15, saying they “wanted to...
16 killed, 66 injured in multi-vehicle collision in China’s Hunan: Report
Beijing, 5 Feb: At least 16 people were killed and 66 others injured after a multi-vehicle collisions occurred in central China's Hunan province, a...
China condemns US law banning imports from Xinjiang
Beijing, Dec 24 (PTI) China on Friday expressed firm opposition to the new US law that restricts imports from its volatile Xinjiang province over...
Bangladesh and China elevate strategic cooperative ties and sign 21 agreements, PM Hasina meets...
Beijing, Jul 10 (PTI) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met President Xi Jinping and her Chinese counterpart Li Qiang here on Wednesday as the...
Israeli PM says not opposed to ‘good’ nuclear deal with Iran
Tel Aviv, Dec 28 (AP) Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Tuesday he is not opposed to a good nuclear deal between Iran and...
South Korea launches first commercial-grade satellite, as North Korea plans first spy satellite
SEOUL, South Korea, 25 May (AP) — South Korea successfully launched a commercial-grade satellite for the first time Thursday as part of its growing...
Gunman opens fire in Moscow services center, kills 2 people
Moscow, Dec 7 (AP) A gunman opened fire in a Moscow government services center and killed two people Tuesday, reportedly after being told to...
Venezuela’s high court has suspended the opposition’s primary election process, including its result
CARACAS, Venezuela , 30 Oct (AP) — Venezuela’s high court on Monday suspended the opposition’s entire primary election process, including its result, in the...
Shanghai to reopen subways in easing of COVID lockdown
BEIJING , 20 May (AP) — The locked-down Chinese metropolis of Shanghai will reopen four of its 20 subway lines Sunday as it slowly...
Chinese investigators blame building collapse that killed 54 on shoddy, illegal construction
BEIJING,21 May (AP) — The collapse of a nine-story building in central China that killed 54 people last year was caused by shoddy, illegal...
Pakistan conducts successful flight test of Fatah-II
Islamabad, Dec 27 (PTI) Pakistan on Wednesday conducted a successful flight test of indigenously developed guided multi-launch rocket system 'Fatah-II', which is capable of...
California’s largest wildfire explodes in size as fires rage across US West
Sacramento, 27 Jul: California’s largest active fire exploded in size on Friday evening, growing rapidly amid bone-dry fuel and threatening thousands of homes as...
Jungle between Colombia and Panama becomes highway for migrants from around the world
MEXICO CITY, 17 Dec: Once nearly impenetrable for migrants heading north from Latin America, the jungle between Colombia and Panama this year became a...
France is voting in key elections that could force Macron to share power with...
PARIS, 7 Jul: Voting is underway in mainland France on Sunday in pivotal runoff elections that could hand a historic victory to Marine Le...
China won’t report asymptomatic COVID cases in further shift
BEIJING , Dec 14 (AP) — China said Wednesday it would stop reporting asymptomatic COVID-19 cases since they’ve become “impossible” to track with mass...
No additional budget to settle dues of Chinese power plants: Pak to IMF
Islamabad, 17 Mar: Pakistan has assured the IMF that it does not plan to allocate an additional budget to settle the USD 1.8 billion...
Myanmar releases a Japanese executive after he was convicted for selling rice above set...
TOKYO, 13 Aug: A Japanese business executive who was detained in Myanmar for more than a month has been released after being convicted of...
India estimated to have suffered average annual loss of USD 87 billion from extreme...
United Nations, Oct 27 (PTI) India is estimated to have suffered an average annual loss of about 87 billion dollars from extreme weather events...