7.0 magnitude earthquake shakes east Indonesia, no tsunami warning issued
Jakarta, 18 Jan (AP): A strong earthquake shook eastern Indonesia on Wednesday, with no damage immediately reported and no tsunami warning issued.
Some residents tried...
Five militants from outlawed separatist group killed in Pakistan
Karachi, Aug 10 (PTI) Pakistan's security forces have killed five militants belonging to the outlawed Balochistan Liberation Army, who were planning to carry out...
Japanese consumers are eating more local fish in spite of China’s ban due to...
IWAKI, Japan, 3 Nov (AP) — Local fishing communities feared the worst when the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant began discharging treated radioactive wastewater...
New Zealand tour operators told to pay $7.8 million in fines and reparations over...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, 1 Mar: Tour booking agents and managers of a New Zealand island where a volcanic eruption killed 22 people in 2019...
Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 22, officials say, while truck ramming near Tel Aviv...
RAMAT HASHARON, Israel, 27 Oct (AP) — Israeli strikes on northern Gaza have killed at least 22 people, mostly women and children, Palestinian officials...
Market blast in north Syria kills at least 9, wounds dozens
BEIRUT , Aug 19 (AP) — A rocket attack on a crowded market in a town held by Turkey-backed opposition fighters in northern Syria...
Egypt’s president praises UAE, seeking to heal Gulf aid rift
DUBAI, 13 Feb: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi offered effusive praise Monday for the United Arab Emirates, seeking to repair a rift between Cairo...
Nepal cuts fuel allowance of government agencies by 20%
Kathmandu, Apr 18 (PTI) The Nepal government has cut fuel allowance of its ministries and state-owned enterprises by 20 per cent, as the country...
Suspected jihadi bomb hits convoy in Burkina Faso; 35 dead
Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), Sep 6 (AP) A suspected jihadi roadside bomb has hit a convoy in northern Burkina Faso, killing at least 35 people...
56 killed, nearly 200 injured in blast at Shia mosque during Friday congregation...
Peshawar, 4 Mar: A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a crowded Shia mosque during the Friday congregation here in northwest Pakistan, killing at...
UNSC resolution sends “strong signal” of int’l community’s expectations from Afghanistan: Shringla
United Nations, Aug 31 (PTI) The UN Security Council's resolution on Afghanistan, adopted under India's current presidency, "unequivocally" conveys that Afghan territory should not...
Sweden ends neutrality, joins Finland in seeking NATO berth
STOCKHOLM, 16 May (AP) — Sweden’s prime minister announced Monday that Sweden will join Finland in seeking NATO membership in the wake of Russia’s...
China launches cargo spacecraft to carry supplies to its space station
Beijing, Sep 20 (PTI) China successfully launched an unmanned cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-3 on Monday to deliver supplies for its under-construction space station Tiangong, which...
North Korea restores border guard posts as tensions rise over its satellite launch, Seoul...
SEOUL, 27 Nov: North Korea is restoring front-line guard posts that it had dismantled during a previous period of inter-Korean rapprochement, South Korea’s military...
Rocket fire from Gaza, Lebanon at Israel as Passover begins
JERUSALEM, 6 Apr (AP) — Militants fired rockets from Gaza and Lebanon toward Israel on Thursday, following confrontations between Israeli police and Palestinian worshippers...
Hopes for historic Pacific visit dashed after Biden cancels trip to Papua New Guinea
WELLINGTON, New Zealand , 17 May (AP) — Papua New Guinea had declared next Monday a public holiday in anticipation of an historic visit...
UN chief hopes for peaceful resolution of Kashmir issue between India and Pakistan
United Nations, Jan 22 (PTI) UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said that he hopes the Kashmir issue between India and Pakistan can be...
Grieving wife of Sri Lankan national lynched in Pakistan pleads for justice
Colombo, Dec 5 (PTI) The grieving wife Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana, who was lynched over allegations of blasphemy in Pakistan, has pleaded...
Japan’s Cabinet approves a record $56 billion military budget to speed up strike capability
TOKYO, 22 Dec: Japan’s defense spending will increase more than 16% next year under a record military budget approved Friday that is intended to...
Groups ask UN to investigate Beirut’s massive 2020 blast
Beirut, Aug 3 (AP) Lebanese and international organisations Wednesday called on the UN Human Rights Council to send a fact-finding mission to investigate the...