US and China hold top-level talks, but their rivalry remains unchecked
BEIJING , 20 Jun (AP): — The United States and China may be back to talking at a high level, but their battle for...
Police ticketing, warning truckers to leave Canada’s capital
Ottawa (Canada), Feb 16 (AP) Canadian police Wednesday began warning truckers who have been protesting the country's COVID-19 restrictions and clogging the streets of...
Serbia to ignore US sanctions against Bosnian Serbs accused of undermining deal that ended...
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 4 Aug: Serbia will ignore U.S. sanctions recently imposed on top Bosnian Serb officials for undermining a 1995 peace agreement that...
Qatar Energy to cut emissions as methane movement grows
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates , Jun 27 (AP) — The state-owned oil and gas company Qatar Energy said Monday it is joining a new...
Thai court dissolves progressive Move Forward Party, which won election but was blocked from...
BANGKOK, 7 Aug (AP) — A court in Thailand on Wednesday ordered the dissolution of the progressive Move Forward Party, which finished first in...
Woman stoned to death in Pakistan’s Punjab province for alleged adultery
Lahore, 3 Sep: A woman was stoned to death in Pakistan's Punjab province for allegedly committing adultery, police said on Sunday.
The incident took place...
UN chief to Sudan army: Reverse coup, take heed of protests
CAIRO , Oct 31 (AP) — The U.N. secretary general urged Sudan’s generals on Sunday to reverse their takeover of the country, a day...
53 die in horror crash of truck smuggling migrants in Mexico
Tuxtla Gutierrez (Mexico), Dec 10 (AP) Rescue workers rushing to a highway accident found a horrific scene of death and injury after a freight...
Sri Lanka’s new government under fresh pressure after assault on peaceful protesters
Colombo, 23 Jul: Sri Lanka's new government, much-dependent on aid to tide over its worst economic crisis, came under fresh pressure from the international...
3 US-based economists receive economics Nobel Prize
Stockholm, Oct 11 (AP) Three US-based economists won the 2021 Nobel prize for economics on Monday for pioneering research on the labour market impacts...
Political crisis continues in Baghdad after bloody clashes
BAGHDAD, Aug 31 (AP) — Iraqi paramilitary forces killed in heavy clashes with the supporters of a powerful Shiite cleric were laid to rest...
Senior member of Myanmar’s former ruling party dies while serving prison sentence
BANGKOK, 7 Oct (AP) — Zaw Myint Maung, a senior member of Myanmar’s former ruling party arrested during the 2021 military takeover, died Monday...
A Ukrainian drone triggers warehouse explosions in Russia as a war of attrition grinds...
KYIV, Ukraine, 7 Jul: A village in a border region of western Russia was evacuated Sunday following a series of explosions after debris from...
Jaishankar discusses Afghanistan, Indo-Pacific in bilateral meetings with global counterparts on UNGA sidelines
United Nations, Sep 21 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday discussed issues relating to Afghanistan and the Indo-Pacific during his bilateral meetings...
China eases controls, gives no sign when ‘zero COVID’ ends
BEIJING , 6 Dec (AP) — China is easing some of the world’s most stringent anti-virus controls and authorities say new variants are weaker....
New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern, an icon to many, to step down
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, 19 Jan: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who became a global icon of the left and exemplified a new style...
Asif Ali Zardari becomes Pakistan’s 14th president; first civilian to secure 2nd term
Islamabad/Lahore, 9 Mar: Asif Ali Zardari was overwhelmingly elected as the 14th President of Pakistan on Saturday, becoming the only civilian president of the...
Bangladesh police clash with opposition activists ahead of elections, leaving hundreds injured
DHAKA,Bangladesh, 20 Aug: Police in northeastern Bangladesh used batons and tear gas to disperse opposition activists amid a political dispute over who would oversee...
Biden seeks new sanctions, help for Ukrainians in Europe
WASHINGTON, Mar 24 (AP) — With Europe facing its most precarious future since World War II, President Joe Biden will huddle with key allies...
Violence and rights abuses threaten South Sudan’s stability, a UN report warns
JUBA, South Sudan, 3 Mar (AP) — Mass violence and gross human rights violations in South Sudan continue unabated ahead of landmark elections due...