Turkey launches airstrikes in Syria, Iraq a week after Istanbul bombing
Istanbul, Nov 20 (AP): Turkey launched airstrikes over northern regions of Syria and Iraq, the Turkish Defence Ministry said on Sunday, targeting Kurdish groups...
Imran Khan’s party urges UN to hold ‘independent and impartial’ probe into ‘state excesses’...
Islamabad, Jun 1 (PTI) In an unusual move, ousted prime minister Imran Khan-led opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party on Wednesday sought the UN's help...
Russia freezes bank accounts of Finland’s diplomatic missions, prompting cash payments
HELSINKI, May 17 (AP) — Russia has frozen the bank accounts of Finland’s diplomatic representations in Moscow and St. Petersburg, disrupting money flow and...
Indian-origin drug trafficker’s death sentence appeal to be heard on Jan 24 in Singapore
Singapore, Jan 15 (PTI) Indian-origin drug trafficker Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam's appeal against his execution will be heard by a five-judge panel of Singapore's Supreme...
China says Musk’s SpaceX satellites came close to its space station twice, endangering astronauts
Beijing, Dec 28 (PTI) China on Tuesday alleged that US billionaire Elon Musk-owned SpaceX's satellites had two close encounters with its space station in...
Over 2,400 women raped in Pakistan’s Punjab province in 6 months
Lahore, Feb 8 (PTI) A total of 2,439 women were raped and 90 killed in the name of "family honour" during the last six...
The damage to a Baltic undersea cable was ‘purposeful,’ Swedish leader says but gives...
STOCKHOLM , 24 Oct (AP) — The damage to a telecommunications cable running under the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Estonia was “purposeful,” Swedish...
China headhunting military pilots for training, UK says taking decisive action
London, 18 Oct: The UK government said on Tuesday that it is taking decisive steps to stop Chinese recruitment schemes attempting to headhunt serving...
9 Suspects Killed in Shootout With South African Police
JOHANNESBURG 6 Apr (AP) — Nine suspected armed robbers were killed in an early-morning shootout with police Thursday in South Africa, authorities said.
Three other...
WHO convenes experts to decide if monkeypox is an emergency
GENEVA , Jun 14 (AP) — The World Health Organization will convene an emergency committee of experts to determine if the expanding monkeypox outbreak...
Gunmen kill more than 100 in Nigeria’s north, say survivors
ABUJA, Nigeria , Apr 12 (AP) — An armed gang has killed more than 100 people in a remote part of northern Nigeria, survivors...
Europe, US urged to investigate the type of AI that powers systems like ChatGPT
LONDON , 20 Jun (AP) — European Union consumer protection groups urged regulators on Tuesday to investigate the type of artificial intelligence underpinning systems...
Philippine police chief offers to quit over drug-linked cops
MANILA, Philippines, 5 Jan: The Philippine national police chief said Thursday he has tendered his resignation to encourage nearly a thousand other ranking police...
UK’s Boris Johnson Urges “Determined Push” For Climate Change Deal
Glasgow, Nov 10, (AFP): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday said a UN climate change summit had made progress towards halting runaway global...
Putin declares victory in embattled Donbas region of Luhansk
POKROVSK, Ukraine , Jul 04 (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared victory in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, one day...
UN experts: North Korea stealing millions in cyber attacks
United Nations, Feb 7 (AP) North Korea is continuing to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from financial institutions and cryptocurrency firms and exchanges,...
UN chief warns world is one step from `nuclear annihilation’
UNITED NATIONS , Aug 1 (AP) — The United Nations chief warned the world Monday that “humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away...
Seoul: N. Korea fires ballistic missile toward eastern sea
SEOUL, South Korea, 9 Nov (AP) — North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile toward its eastern sea on Wednesday, extending a recent barrage...
An Israeli airstrike hits a school sheltering people in Gaza, killing at least 30
Deir Al-Balah, 27 Jul: Israeli airstrikes hit a school being used by displaced people in central Gaza on Saturday, killing dozens, as the country's...
Saudi oil giant Aramco’s first-quarter profits surge 80%
Dubai, May 15 (AP) Oil giant Saudi Aramco said Sunday its profits soared more than 80% in the first three months of the year,...