South African riots to cost USD 1.7 billion in insurance claims
Johannesburg, Sep 8 (AP) The rioting that erupted in parts of South Africa in July over former President Jacob Zuma's imprisonment caused damage worth...
Several ministers out as Trudeau shakes up Canada’s Cabinet
TORONTO, 26 Jul: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will announce a major Cabinet shake-up on Wednesday as he readies his team for the next...
Israel arrests Palestinian attackers who killed guard
Jerusalem, Apr 30 (AP) The Israeli military on Saturday said it has arrested a pair of Palestinian assailants who allegedly shot and killed a...
Improving energy resilience in Pakistan could avert 175,000 deaths by 2030, UNICEF says
ISLAMABAD, 31 May (AP) — A new study by the United Nations children’s agency says developing resilient energy systems to power health facilities in...
Monkeypox virus case confirmed in UK after Nigeria travel link
London, May 8 (PTI) The UK health authorities have confirmed a case of monkeypox, which is a virus passed from infected animals such as...
Russia Carries Out Fresh Missile Strikes On Ukraine, 7 Killed: Report
Kyiv, Oct 12 (AFP): Russian strikes on Wednesday killed seven people and wounded another eight at a market in the east Ukraine city of...
Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into the moon, ending its bid to reach the lunar...
MOSCOW, 20 Aug: Russia’s Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon after it spun into an uncontrolled orbit, the country’s Roscosmos space agency said Sunday.
The...
West Must Confront ‘Cold War’ With China: Former UK PM In Taiwan
London, 17 May (AFP): British former prime minister Liz Truss, on a visit to Taiwan Wednesday, will set up a full-throated clash with both...
Chinese booster rocket makes uncontrolled return to Earth, says US officials
Washington, United States, 31 Jul (AFP): A Chinese booster rocket made an uncontrolled return to Earth on Saturday, US Defense Department officials said, as...
UK’s first Black female lawmaker ‘free’ to stand for Labour at election after row...
LONDON, 31 May (AP) — The U.K.'s first Black female member of parliament will be allowed to stand for the Labour Party in the...
Spain proposes law to improve online safety for children, including virtual restraining orders
BARCELONA, Spain, 4 Jun (AP) — Spain’s government has proposed a law to protect children from online threats that includes virtual restraining orders for...
Voter apathy and concerns about violence mark Iraqi’s first provincial elections in a decade
BAGHDAD, 16 Dec: Iraqis began voting for the first time in a decade Saturday to select new provincial council members, who in turn will...
Ukraine rejects any ‘guarantees’ to never join NATO
STOCKHOLM, Dec 3 (AFP): Ukraine rejects any efforts to get it to scrap its plans to join NATO as well as any "guarantee" sought...
Russia accuses Kyiv of downing a military transport plane, killing all 74 aboard, including...
KYIV, 24 Jan: A Russian military transport plane crashed Wednesday in a border region near Ukraine, and Moscow accused Kyiv of shooting it down,...
Lithuania declares more than 1,000 Belarusians and Russians to be national security risks
VILNIUS, Lithuania, 4 Aug: Lithuania declared more than a thousand citizens of Russia and Belarus living in the country to be threats to national...
New Zealand elects conservative Christopher Luxon as premier after 6 years of liberal rule
AUCKLAND, 14 Oct: Conservative former businessman Christopher Luxon will be New Zealand’s next prime minister after winning a decisive election victory Saturday.
People voted for...
US announces $5 mn reward for info on terrorist attack on atheist blogger Avijit...
Washington/Dhaka, Dec 21 (PTI) The US has offered a reward of up to USD 5 million for information on the henious terrorist attack in...
China calls Covid ‘lab leak’ theory a lie after WHO report
BEIJING, 10 Jun: China on Friday attacked the theory that the coronavirus pandemic may have originated as a leak from a Chinese laboratory as...
Ukraine’s leader says Russian naval assets are no longer safe in the Black Sea...
KYIV, Ukraine , 24 Oct (AP) — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed on Tuesday that recent Ukrainian attacks have denied the Russian fleet safe...
Poland to end Russian oil imports; Germany warns on gas
Warsaw, Mar 30 (AP) Poland announced steps Wednesday to end all Russian oil imports by year's end, while Germany issued a warning about natural...