Yellen says US-China relationship on ‘more stable footing’ but more can be done to...
BEIJING, 7 Apr (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sent a message of mutual cooperation at a meeting Sunday with Chinese Premier Li...
Portugal picks new government with $50 bn of EU funds on table
Lisbon, Jan 30 AP: Portuguese voters went to the polls Sunday in an early election that looked set to produce another vulnerable minority government,...
Ukraine unyielding in Bakhmut as Russian troops close in
KYIV, Ukraine, 6 Mar: Ukrainian military leaders are determined to hold onto Bakhmut, Kyiv officials said Monday, even as Russian forces continued to encroach...
3 Chinese nationals among 4 killed in blast inside premises of University of Karachi
Karachi, Apr 26 (PTI) A burqa-clad woman suicide bomber struck a van inside the premises of the University of Karachi in Pakistan's financial capital,...
Iran says has enriched over 210 kilograms of uranium to 20%
Tehran, Nov 5 (AP) Iran's atomic agency said Friday that its stockpile of 20 per cent enriched uranium has reached over 210 kilograms (463...
N. Korea fires 2 suspected missiles in 4th launch this year
Seoul, Jan 17 (AP) North Korea on Monday fired two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea in its fourth weapons launch this month, South...
India-China ties going through a ‘bad patch’; Beijing has ‘no credible explanation’ on violation...
Singapore, Nov 19 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday that India and China are going through a "particularly bad patch" in...
UN chief laments ‘leadership gap’ ahead of climate talks
Berlin, Oct 26 (AP) The head of the United Nations says a leadership gap is undermining the world's efforts to curb global warming, days...
Bangladesh leader: Prolonged Rohingya stay impacts stability
Dhaka, Sep 12 (AP): Bangladesh’s prime minister said Monday that the prolonged stay of more than 1 million Rohingya refugees in crowded camps in...
World’s Oldest Known Person, A French Nun, Dies In France. She Was 118
Marseille, France, Jan 18 (AFP): The world's oldest known person, French nun Lucile Randon, has died aged 118, a spokesman told AFP on Tuesday.
Randon,...
US says Ukraine is on an “irreversible” path to NATO membership. But only after...
Washington, Jul 10 (AP) Ukraine is on an “irreversible” path to NATO membership, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday, advancing American assurances...
Russian spacecraft loses pressure, station crew safe
MOSCOW, 11 Feb: An uncrewed Russian supply ship docked at the Internat-ional Space Station has lost cabin pressure, the Russian space corporation reported Saturday,...
Israel’s Netanyahu says he wants Eritrean migrants involved in violent clashes to be deported
TEL AVIV, Israel, 3 Sep: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he wants Eritrean migrants involved in a violent clash in Tel Aviv...
Russia attacks Ukraine as defiant Putin warns US, NATO
MOSCOW, 24 Feb: Russian troops launched their anticipated attack on Ukraine on Thursday, as President Vladimir Putin cast aside international condemnation and sanctions and...
Qatar becomes a key intermediary in Israel-Hamas war as fate of hostages hangs in...
JERUSALEM , 24 Oct (AP) — The gas-rich nation of Qatar has become a key intermediary over the fate of some 200 hostages held...
Bangladeshi woman professor says harassed by ‘police officer’ for wearing bindi
Dhaka, Apr 3 (PTI) A woman professor of a private college in Bangladesh has alleged that she was harassed and threatened to kill by...
China sanctions 2 US citizens over action on Tibet
BEIJING , Dec 23 (AP) — China has sanctioned two U.S. citizens in retaliation for action taken by Washington over human rights abuses in...
China’s Premier Li talks trade in Vietnam despite differences over South China Sea
BANGKOK, 13 Oct (AP) — China agreed Sunday to assist Vietnam on cross-border railway development and take steps to expand agricultural imports from its...
Oxford Dictionaries names ‘goblin mode’ its word of the year
LONDON , 6 Dec (AP) — Asked to sum up 2022 in a word, the public has chosen a phrase.
Oxford Dictionaries said Monday that...
ISI chief appointment issue to be resolved in a week: Pak interior minister
Islamabad, Oct 16 (PTI) Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said the issue of appointment of the new chief of spy agency ISI...