Sri Lanka strongly rejects UN rights report on enforced disappearances
Colombo, 19 May (PTI): Sri Lanka has questioned the timing and the mandate of a report issued by the Office of the United Nations...
Pakistani forces clash with militants and kill 6 fighters during a raid in the...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, 15 Oct (AP) — Pakistan security forces killed six militants and wounded eight others in a shootout during an overnight raid in...
UK police conclude probe into Johnson’s ‘partygate’ scandal
LONDON , 20 May (AP) — Britain’s Metropolitan Police says it has concluded its investigation into breaches of COVID-19 regulations at British government offices,...
Pakistan President Alvi returns another bill seeking amendments to anti-corruption laws to Parliament
Islamabad, 30 Apr: Pakistan President Dr Arif Alvi on Sunday returned a bill to the parliament about changes in the anti-corruption laws with observation...
EU deal to move migrant children from Greece officially ends
ATHENS, 28 Mar: A voluntary scheme by European Union member states to accept unaccompanied migrant children from Greece officially ended Tuesday, raising concern over...
Sri Lanka to procure 750 jeeps, 500 buses from India: Government
Colombo, Jan 4 (PTI) Sri Lanka has decided to procure a fleet of 750 jeeps and 500 buses from India under the credit line...
US reopening visa and consular services at embassy in Cuba
HAVANA, 4 Jan: The United States Embassy in Cuba is reopening visa and consular services Wednesday, the first time it has done so since...
9 bodies pulled from a flooded road tunnel in South Korea as rains cause...
SEOUL, South Korea, 16 Jul: South Korean rescuers on Sunday pulled nine bodies from a flooded tunnel where around 15 vehicles were trapped in...
Japan OKs $216B extra budget to counter impact of inflation
TOKYO, 2 Dec (AP) — Japan’s parliament approved a hefty 29 trillion yen ($216 billion) supplementary budget Friday aimed at countering the blow to...
UN official says Sudan’s war has killed at least 20,000 people
CAIRO, 8 Sep (AP) — More than 16 months of war in Sudan has killed more than 20,000 people, a senior United Nations official...
UK to house hundreds more migrants on barges, Sunak says
LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government will house hundreds more asylum-seekers on barges, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Monday, as he unveiled the latest...
India likely to be severely affected by water scarcity by 2050: UN report
United Nations, 22 Mar: India is expected to be the most severely affected as the global urban population facing water scarcity is projected to...
Cold cash issues cause problems in global warming talks
Glasgow, Nov 13 (AP) UN talks to curb global warming ran into last-minute problems Saturday because of cold hard cash.
Negotiators in Glasgow, Scotland, held...
NATO nations sign accession protocols for Sweden, Finland
BRUSSELS, Jun 5 (AP) — The 30 NATO allies signed off on the accession protocols for Sweden and Finland on Tuesday, sending the membership...
Study: Big gap in carbon removal effort key to climate goals
BERLIN, 19 Jan: Researchers say efforts to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere aren’t being scaled up fast enough and can’t be relied on...
Serbian police arrest 7 people smugglers and find over 700 migrants in raids after...
BELGRADE, Serbia, Nov 03 (AP) — Serbian police said Friday they made seven arrests on suspicion of smuggling people into Hungary as part of...
Early polls can be held to end political uncertainty: Pak Interior Minister
Islamabad, Mar 24 (PTI) Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said on Thursday that early elections can be held in the country to end the...
Turkish flood deaths hit 55; dispute arises over the missing
Istanbul, Aug 14 (AP) The death toll from severe floods and mudslides along Turkey's Black Sea coast has climbed to at least 55, the...
Australia gives 49 aging Abrams tanks to Ukraine
MELBOURNE, Australia, 17 Oct (AP) — Australia will give 49 of its aging M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine months after Kyiv requested the redundant...
Russia’s war in Ukraine to overshadow G-20 talks in Bali
Jakarta (Indonesia), Jul 7 (AP) Foreign ministers from the Group of 20 leading rich and developing nations are gathering in Indonesia's resort island of...