Air Force instructor pilot killed when ejection seat activated on the ground
WASHINGTON, 14 May (AP) — An Air Force instructor pilot was killed when the ejection seat activated while the jet was still on the...
Traders troubled after Taliban shut Afghan-Pakistan crossing
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, 21 Feb: The main crossing on the Afghan-Pakistan border remained shut Tuesday for the third straight day, officials said, after Afghanistan’s Taliban...
76 million-year-old dinosaur skeleton to be auctioned in NYC
NEW YORK , Jun 5 (AP) — The fossilized skeleton of a T. rex relative that roamed the earth about 76 million years ago...
India agrees to provide USD 200 million Line of Credit to support development projects...
Bishkek, Oct 11 (PTI) India on Monday agreed to provide a USD 200 million Line of Credit support for development projects in Kyrgyzstan, as...
Imran Khan’s caravan enters Punjab as Pak SC directs govt to allow protest rally...
Islamabad, May 25 (PTI) A defiant former prime minister Imran Khan on Wednesday marched towards Islamabad with hundreds of his supporters who were removing...
China announces plan for a new space telescope as it readies to launch its...
TAIPEI, 25 Oct: China announced plans on Wednesday to send a new telescope to probe deep into the universe as it prepared to launch...
N. Korea fires missile, artillery shells, inflaming tensions
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct 14 (AP) — North Korea fired a ballistic missile and hundreds of artillery shells toward the sea Friday and flew...
Indonesian Cargo Plane Crashes Into Mountain, Three Missing
Jakarta, Sep 15 (PTI): A small cargo plane with three crew members on board crashed into a mountain in Indonesia's jungle-clad Papua region on...
Blinken sets G-20 meeting with Chinese FM; silent on Russia
WASHINGTON , Jun 5 (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold talks with his Chinese counterpart this week in Indonesia at a...
US and South Korea begin military drills aimed at strengthening their defense against North...
SEOUL, South Korea, 19 Aug (AP) — U.S. and South Korean troops kicked off a large-scale exercise Monday aimed at strengthening their combined defense...
Pak PM Imran Khan loses majority after key ally sides with Opposition ahead of...
Islamabad, Mar 30 (PTI) Pakistan's embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday effectively lost majority in Parliament after a key partner of the ruling...
Taliban-run government dissolves Afghan election commissions
Islamabad, Dec 26 (AP) The Taliban dissolved Afghanistan's two election commissions as well as the state ministries for peace and parliamentarian affairs, an official...
UNESCO seeks to prevent trafficking of looted Ukrainian art
WARSAW, Poland, 19 Jan: The United Nations cultural organization is training law enforcement and judiciary officials from countries on Ukraine’s western borders, seeking to...
UN Security Council not ‘suitable place’ to discuss South China Sea issue: China
Beijing, Aug 11 (PTI) Faced with scathing criticism from the US of its expansive claims over the disputed South China Sea at a UN...
Map in India’s new Parliament a cultural one and not political: Nepal PM...
Kathmandu, 7 Jun: Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' on Wednesday said that he raised the issue relating to the 'Akhanda Bharat' map...
North Korea’s Kim hails Russia ties as Putin reportedly plans a visit
SEOUL, South Korea, 12 Jun (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hailed the country’s expanding relationship with Russia on Wednesday, as reports...
NATO, Russia to hold more high-level talks despite tensions
Brussels, Jan 12 (AP) NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that the military organisation and Russia have agreed to try to schedule more meetings,...
WHO: COVID deaths down by 15%, cases fall nearly everywhere
Geneva, Aug 24 (AP) The number of coronavirus deaths reported worldwide fell by 15% in the past week while new infections dropped by 9%,...
EU sues UK over move to rewrite post-Brexit trade rules
BRUSSELS , 15 Jun (AP) — The European Union sued Britain on Wednesday over its move to rewrite the trade rules agreed to when...
Russia says strike on Ukrainian port hit military targets
KYIV, Ukraine , Jul 24 (AP) Russian defense ministry officials on Sunday insisted that an airstrike on the port of Odesa — less than...