Louvre Museum and Versailles Palace evacuated after bomb threats with France on alert
PARIS, 14 Oct: The Louvre Museum in Paris and Versailles Palace evacuated visitors and staff Saturday after receiving bomb threats, police said. The French...
Journalist hacked to death in Bangladesh, PEC demands justice
GENEVA, 8 Aug: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expressed shock over the murder of a journalist in the...
Surekha, Verma reach third round after finishing 6th, 7th in compound qualification
Yankton, Sep 22 (PTI) India's women's compund archery team beat hosts USA 226 to 225 to win gold at the World Champinship here on...
Ex-Afghan president: Biden order on frozen funds an atrocity
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s former president on Sunday called a White House order to unfreeze $3.5 billion in Afghan assets held in the...
Pakistan PM proposes turning CPEC into ‘trilateral arrangement’, extending to Turkey
Karachi, May 20 (PTI) Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday proposed that the ambitious China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) be turned into a "trilateral...
Facing arrest warrant, Russia’s Putin visits annexed Crimea
KYIV, 18 Mar: Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of the Black Sea peninsula’s annexation from Ukraine on...
Tesla To Recall Nearly 2 Lakh Cars In China Over Collision Risk
Beijing, Dec 31 (AFP): Tesla is recalling almost 200,000 vehicles in China over problems with the trunk and front hood that raise the risk...
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...
Pakistan not setting up new camps for Afghan refugees: Interior Minister
Islamabad, Sep 7 (PTI) Pakistan is not setting up any new camp to accommodate Afghan refugees trying to flee the war-ravaged neighbouring country after...
The death toll from a truck bomb at a checkpoint in Somalia rises...
MOGADISHU, Somalia, 24 Sep: The death toll from a bombing attack at a government checkpoint in central Somalia has reached 21, authorities said Sunday.
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Russia attacks a Ukrainian port before key grain deal talks between Putin and Turkey’s...
KYIV, Ukraine, 3 Sep: Two people were hospitalized following a 3½-hour Russian drone barrage on a port in Ukraine’s Odesa region on Sunday, officials...
Palestinians trapped in Gaza find nowhere is safe during Israel’s relentless bombing
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip, 19 Oct (AP) — Israeli airstrikes pounded locations across the Gaza Strip early Thursday, including parts of the south that...
Nigerian forces hunt for gunmen who killed 50 at church
OWO, Nigeria , Jun 6 (AP) — The gunmen who killed 50 people at a Catholic church in southwestern Nigeria opened fire on worshippers...
India raids second Chinese mobile company this month
NEW DELHI , 13 Jul (AP) — Indian investigators have raided an Indian subsidiary of Chinese smartphone maker Oppo, accusing it of evading customs...
Germany To Follow Angela Merkel’s Nuclear Reactor Shutdown “Timetable”
Berlin, Germany, Dec 31 (AFP): Germany will shut down three nuclear power plants on Friday even as Europe faces one of its worst ever...
Record number of migrant boats crossed Channel in 2021
LONDON , Jan 4 (AP) — At least 28,300 people packed into small boats crossed the Channel from France to England’s south coast in...
Study: Non-infectious diseases cause early death in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, 19 Jan: Pakistan has considerable control over infectious diseases but now struggles against cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and cancer as causes of early deaths,...
Global stocks mixed as investors await US inflation data
Beijing, Sep 14 (AP) Global stock markets were mixed Tuesday as investors waited for an update on US inflation that has been stronger than...
1 killed, 13 injured in massive warehouse fire near Moscow
Moscow, Aug 3 (AP) A massive fire engulfed a warehouse outside Moscow on Wednesday, killing at least one person, injuring 13 others and leaving...
Commercial rocket trying to put a satellite into orbit explodes moments after liftoff in...
TOKYO, 13 Mar: A commercial rocket trying to put a satellite into orbit was intentionally exploded shortly after liftoff Wednes-day morning in central Japan...