Pakistan police shocked after TLP workers fired from sub-machine guns during protests: report
Lahore, Oct 30 (PTI) Security officials in Pakistan are shocked after it emerged that members of the banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan party reportedly used sub-machine...
Sweden holds election amid concerns over energy bills, crime
MALMO, Sweden, Sep 9 (AP) — With election day in Sweden approaching, Joakim Sandell, the leader of the Social Democratic Party in the city...
Landslide hits village in the southern Philippines, leaving at least 6 dead and 46...
Manila, Feb 7 (AP) A landslide left at least six villagers dead and 46 others missing, including miners waiting in two buses for a...
Israeli PM to make case to Biden against Iran nuclear pact
Washington, Aug 26 (AP) President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett are set to hold their first face-to-face meeting Thursday, and Israel's...
3 US-based economists receive economics Nobel Prize
Stockholm, Oct 11 (AP) Three US-based economists won the 2021 Nobel prize for economics on Monday for pioneering research on the labour market impacts...
15 Armenian soldiers die in fire at military base
YEREVAN, Armenia, 19 Jan: A fire at a military base in Armenia early Thursday killed 15 soldiers after they used gasoline for heating, the...
Sri Lanka to organise donor conference of friendly countries like India, China and Japan:...
Colombo, Jul 5 (PTI) Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament on Tuesday that Sri Lanka will organise a donor conference of friendly countries like...
US backs India-UK led solar Green Grids Initiative at COP26
London, Nov 7 (PTI) The US has partnered with the UK and India-led Green Grids Initiative of a global energy grid launched by Prime...
US health officials call for booster shots against COVID-19
NEW YORK , Aug 18 (AP) — U.S. health officials Wednesday recommended all Americans get COVID-19 booster shots to shore up their protection amid...
Myanmar troops take refuge in Bangladesh amid escalated conflict
Dhaka, Feb 6 (PTI) Over a hundred Myanmar army soldiers on Tuesday took refuge in Bangladesh alongside their paramilitary border guards amid escalated armed...
In Ukraine, mines take lives even after fighting moves on
MAKARIV, Ukraine, 15 Jun (AP) — The truck driver had the radio on, his daughter’s stuffed toy keeping him company, and was bouncing his...
Young Ukrainians use techno parties to rebuild villages
YAHIDNE, Ukraine , Jul 25 (AP) — In a village in northern Ukraine that was devastated by Russian occupation only months ago, a techno...
Fire rages through the 17th-century Old Stock Exchange in Copenhagen, toppling the iconic spire
COPENHAGEN, 16 Apr: A fire raged through one of Copenhagen’s oldest buildings on Tuesday, causing the collapse of the iconic spire of the 17th-century...
Ukrainian officials say Russian shelling killed a 91-year-old woman in a ‘terrifying night’
KYIV, Ukraine , 30 Oct (AP) — Russian shells struck residential areas of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, killing a 91-year-old woman in what a...
India, US to restart commercial dialogue, CEO forum later this year: Blinken
Washington, Apr 12 (PTI) India and the US are restarting their bilateral commercial dialogue and the CEO's forum later this year to deepen their...
Lanka moves 56 Indian fishermen to immigration centre after quarantine
Colombo, Feb 9 (PTI) The 56 Indian fishermen arrested in Sri Lanka for allegedly poaching in the country's territorial waters have been moved to...
Strikes in Syria hit fuel convoy from Iraq; Iranians killed
BAGHDAD, 9 Nov (AP) — Late night airstrikes in eastern Syria along the border with Iraq targeted Iran-backed militiamen, inflicting casualties, Syrian opposition activists...
NATO announces formal suspension of Cold War-era security treaty after Russia’s pullout
BRUSSELS, 7 Nov: NATO on Tuesday announced the formal suspension of a key Cold War-era security treaty in response to Russia’s pullout from the...
Afghan farmers lose income of more than $1 billion after the Taliban banned poppy...
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghan farmers have lost income of more than $1 billion from opium sales after the Taliban outlawed poppy cultivation, according to...
Russian border guard helicopter violates Estonia’s airspace
Helsinki, Jun 21 (AP) NATO member Estonia said Tuesday that a Russian border guard helicopter violated the airspace of the Baltic nation over the...