Biden set to sign debt ceiling bill that averts prospect of unprecedented federal default
WASHINGTON, 3 Jun: President Joe Biden is expected to sign legislation on Saturday to raise the debt ceiling, dodging Monday's deadline when the Treasury...
4.7 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Central Nepal
Kathmandu, 25 Jul (PTI): A 4.7-magnitude earthquake shook the central Nepal on Monday morning, jolting many out of their sleep and forcing them to...
Israel: No room for US mission for Palestinians in Jerusalem
Tel Aviv, Nov 7 (AP) Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett rejected the promised reopening of the main US diplomatic mission for the Palestinians in...
Typhoon leaves 31 dead, many homes roofless in Philippines
Manila, Dec 18 (AP) A powerful typhoon left at least 19 people dead, knocked down power and communications in entire provinces and wrought widespread...
China slams US general for criticising its military build-up at Sino-India border
BEIJING, 9 Jun: China on Thursday termed the critical remarks by a top US general on its infrastructure build-up at the Sino-India border as...
Nord Stream Sabotage “Not Our Activity”: Ukraine
Stockholm, 8 Mar (AFP): The Ukrainian government was not involved in the sabotage last year of the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic...
Premature baby girl rescued from her dead mother’s womb dies in Gaza after 5...
RAFAH, Gaza Strip, 26 Apr: A premature Palestinian infant, rescued from her mother’s womb shortly after the woman was killed in an Israeli airstrike,...
Afghanistan’s Taliban announce ban on poppy production
KABUL, Afghanistan, 3 Apr (AP) — Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban announced a ban Sunday on poppy production, even as farmers across the country began harvesting...
India likely to achieve SDG for reduction in newborn deaths: WHO official
CAPE TOWN, 16 May: India, which has taken proactive steps to reduce neonatal mortality, is likely to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets...
Monkeypox cases rise 77% in UN agency’s latest weekly count
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization on Thursday reported a 77% weekly increase in the number of lab-confirmed monkeypox cases, to more than...
Russian court sets date for new trial of jailed Kremlin foe Navalny
Moscow, Jun 6 (AP) A Moscow court on Tuesday set the date for a new trial of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny that...
Elon Musk voted out as Twitter boss in poll he launched
New York, Dec 19 (PTI) Twitter users voted on Monday for Elon Musk to quit as head of the social media giant in a...
Long walk to school: 30 years into freedom, many kids in South Africa still...
DUNDEE, South Africa, 13 Nov (AP) — On weekdays, 14-year-old Luyanda Hlali gets up before dawn to fetch firewood and cow dung to start...
NK says it will launch its first military spy satellite in June
SEOUL, South Korea, 30 May: North Korea said Tuesday it would launch its first military spy satellite in June and described space-based reconnaissance as...
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...
Two TTP terrorists arrested by law enforcement agencies in Pakistan: Officials
Lahore, Dec 21 (PTI) Pakistan's law enforcement agencies have arrested two terrorists of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the Punjab province and recovered...
Flash fooding kills dozens in Afghanistan, Pakistan
ISLAMABAD , 21 Aug (AP)-- Heavy flooding from seasonal rains in eastern Afghanistan and neighboring parts of Pakistan left dozens of people dead overnight,...
Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa proposes to curb presidential powers amid anti-govt protests
Colombo, Apr 19 (PTI) Sri Lanka's embattled Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday proposed to restore the 19th amendment to the Constitution to curb...
‘Rise of India is unstoppable’: EAM Jaishankar
Windhoek (Namibia), Jun 5 (PTI) The rise of India is unstoppable and the country is taking its place in the world, External Affairs Minister...
A bus hits a van and catches fire in Pakistan, killing 20 people and...
MULTAN, Pakistan, 20 Aug: A bus in Pakistan caught fire after hitting a van parked on the shoulder of an intercity highway in eastern...