China to hold third edition of Belt and Road Forum in Beijing from October...
Beijing, 11 Oct: China will hold the third edition of the Belt and Road Forum here from October 17 to 18 and President Xi...
Selling S-400 missile system to India shines a spotlight on Russia’s ‘destabilising role’: US
Washington, Jan 28 (PTI) Russia selling the S-400 air defence missile system to India shines a spotlight on the "destabilising role" that Moscow is...
Heavy fighting in Gaza’s second-largest city leaves hundreds of patients stranded in main hospital
RAFAH, 24 Jan: Israeli forces battled Palestinian militants on Wednesday near the main hospital in Gaza’s second-largest city where medics said hundreds of patients...
Trump will meet with Polish President Duda as NATO leaders call for additional support...
NEW YORK, 17 Apr: Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is scheduled to meet Wednesday in New York with Polish President Andrzej Duda, a...
Bangladesh opposition party holds protest as it boycotts Jan. 7 national election amid violence
DHAKA, Bangladesh, 10 Dec (AP): Hundreds of opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party supporters protested Sunday to mark International Human Rights Day, as the country gears...
Fleeing to the border: Some 120,000 Ukrainians seek refuge
Warsaw, Feb 26 (AP) Tens of thousands of Ukrainians rushed to the borders as invading Russian troops pressed their advance into Ukraine and toward...
Russia sentences popular cookbook author over Ukraine posts
MOSCOW , 6 Feb (AP) — A Moscow court on Monday sentenced a popular cookbook author and blogger to nine years in prison after...
Pakistan interior minister Sheikh Rashid warns Opposition against disrupting OIC conference
Islamabad, 20 Mar (PTI): Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Sunday assured that the two-day OIC Foreign Ministers’ conference would go ahead as per...
Developed nations failed to meet yearly USD 100 billion support goal: Environment min at...
Glasgow, Nov 1 (PTI) Developed nations have not only failed to meet the USD 100 billion goal per year of support to developing nations...
Myanmar’s military chief pardons prisoners to mark holiday but not political prisoners
BANGKOK, 17 Apr (AP): Myanmar’s military government on Sunday began releasing more than 1,600 prisoners to mark the traditional new year holiday, but they...
UK: TikTok may face big fine over children”s data protection
London, Sep 26 (AP) TikTok could face a 27 million-pound (USD 29 million) fine in the UK over a possible breach of UK data...
2 Killed, Four Injured In Separate Bomb Explosions In Kabul: Taliban
Kabul, Dec 11 (AFP): Two people were killed and four wounded in separate bomb explosions in the west of Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Friday,...
Pak Ex-PM Imran Khan charged over land scam, total cases now over 140
Lahore, 11 Jun: Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan was booked on Sunday in yet another case related to the purchase of over 5,000...
Israel launches heavy strikes across central and southern Gaza after widening its offensive
Rafah (Gaza Strip), Dec 27 (AP) Israel launched heavy strikes across central and southern Gaza overnight and into Wednesday after broadening its offensive against...
New industry readies for launch as researchers hone offshore wind turbines that float
ORONO, Maine, 14 May (AP) — As waves grew and gusts increased, a wind turbine bobbed gently, its blades spinning with a gentle woosh....
Israeli police launch manhunt after 6 prisoners break out
TEL AVIV, Israel , Sep 6 (AP) — Israeli forces on Monday launched a massive manhunt in northern Israel and the occupied West Bank...
Armed groups swarm through city in southern Mexico
MEXICO CITY , 15 Jun (AP) — Dozens of heavily armed men swarmed through the Mexican colonial-era city of San Cristobal de las Casas,...
Taliban reopen universities for Afghan women in 6 provinces
Islamabad, Feb 2 (AP) The Taliban on Wednesday said they have reopened public universities for women students in six of Afghanistan's 34 provinces, a...
South Korea calls for immediate withdrawal of North Korean troops allegedly in Russia
SEOUL, South Korea, 21 Oct (AP) — South Korea on Monday demanded the immediate pullout of North Korean troops allegedly deployed in Russia as...
Pakistan arrests opposition leader accused of exposing official secrets, harming national interest
ISLAMABAD, 20 Aug: Pakistan’s top investigation agency has arrested an opposition leader, who is a close aide of convicted former Prime Minister Imran Khan,...