China supported sanctions on North Korea’s nuclear program. It’s also behind their failure
WASHINGTON, 3 Nov (AP) — Chinese middlemen launder the proceeds of North Korean hackers’ cyber heists while Chinese ships deliver sanctioned North Korean goods...
US returns to Greece 30 ancient artifacts worth $3.7 million, including marble statues
ATHENS, 16 Dec: The United States on Friday returned to Greece 30 ancient artifacts, including marble statues, armor helmets and breastplates, found to have...
Jerusalem Post hacked on Iran general’s killing anniversary
Dubai, Jan 3 (AP) Hackers targeted the website of an Israeli newspaper on Monday, the anniversary of the 2020 killing of a top Iranian...
India-UAE Business Council launched to boost bilateral trade and investment
Dubai, 19 Feb: Marking the first anniversary of the India-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), the two sides have launched the UAE chapter of...
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...
Barcelona may need water shipped in during a record drought in northeast Spain, authorities...
BARCELONA, Spain, 29 Nov (AP) — Tighter water restrictions for drought-stricken northeast Spain went into effect Wednesday, when authorities in Catalonia said that Barcelona...
US Defence Secretary Austin says Washington won’t stand for ‘coercion and bullying’ from...
SINGAPORE, 3 Jun: American Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin vowed Saturday that Washington would not stand for any "coercion and bullying" of its allies...
UN: Afghan quake death toll reaches 26, including children
Kabul, Jan 18 (AP) The United Nations on Tuesday raised the death toll from twin earthquakes in western Afghanistan the day before to 26,...
Israelis block highways, throng airport o protest the government’s plan to overhaul the judiciary
JERUSALEM, 11 Jul: Thousands of Israeli prot-esters took to the streets on Tuesday, blocking major highways and thronging the country’s main intern-ational airport, in...
UK court recognizes Guaid but Venezuela gold case rolls on
London, Dec 20 (AP) The UK Supreme Court ruled Monday that Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaid should be recognised as the nation's interim president...
War shakes Europe path to energy independence, climate goals
BERLIN, 27 Mar: Before Russia’s war in Ukraine, Europe’s most pressing energy policy goal was reducing carbon emissions that cause climate change.
Now, officials are...
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...
Three missing Indians rescued from Nepal’s Nagarkot forest 10 hours after disappearance
Kathmandu, Aug 18 (PTI) Three Indian tourists and their Nepali guide were rescued safely on Sunday from Nepal's Nagarkot forest, nearly 10 hours after...
Train endangers some of Mexico’s oldest pre-historic sites
MEXICO CITY , Jul 19 (AP) — The Mexican government has invoked national security powers to forge ahead with a tourist train along the...
3 children die after fall into icy lake; UK gripped by storm
LONDON , 12 Dec (AP) — Three young boys who fell through ice covering a lake in central England have died and a fourth...
UN labour agency: Ukraine war, other crises take toll on jobs
Geneva, Oct 31 (AP) The U.N. labour agency warned Monday that job vacancies and employment growth are expected to decline worldwide in the fourth...
Curfew for young people after Milwaukee shootings injure 21
MILWAUKEE , May 14 (AP) — Milwaukee officials on Saturday enacted a curfew for young people and added extra patrols after 21 people were...
EU to hit Russia with new sanctions if Ukraine attacked
BRUSSELS , Dec 15 (AP) — The head of the European Union’s executive warned Russia on Wednesday that the bloc has a battery of...
Sri Lanka cabinet initiates process to divest loss-making SriLankan Airlines
Colombo, Nov 1 (PTI) The Sri Lankan government has formally decided to initiate the process of divesting the ownership of the loss-making national carrier,...
Landslide at Myanmar jade mining site kills at least 15
Bangkok, Mar 1 (AP) A landslide in northern Myanmar, the world's largest source of jade, killed 15 miners and left at least 35 others...