Jaishankar flags ‘sharpening of tensions’ on territorial issues across Asia amidst China’s rise
Abu Dhabi, Dec 5 (PTI) The consequences of China's rise and its growing capabilities are "particularly profound", External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said...
Israel successfully tests naval air defense system
Jerusalem, Feb 21 (AP) Israel on Monday said it successfully tested a new naval air defense system, intercepting a series of threats in what...
Man detained in police probe of raging wildfires in France
LA TESTE-DE-BUCH, France , Jul 19 (AP) — French investigators probing the suspected deliberate lighting of what has become a raging wildfire in the...
21 Israeli troops are killed in the deadliest attack on the military since the...
JERUSALEM, 23 Jan: Palestinian militants carried out the deadliest single attack on Israel’s forces since the Hamas raid that triggered the war, killing 21...
Indian High Commissioner’s gurdwara visit blocked in Scotland by pro-Khalistan extremists
London, 30 Sep (PTI): The Indian High Commissioner to the UK, Vikram Dorwaiswami, who was touring Scotland this week was blocked from entering a...
Pro-government ethnic militias in east Myanmar shift loyalty to join fighters against military rule
BANGKOK, 26 Jun: Units of an ethnic militia in eastern Myanmar that is nominally part of the military have swit-ched sides, allying themse-lves with...
Indonesian police arrest 6 suspected poachers over the killing of 26 endangered Javan rhinos
JAKARTA, Indonesia, 12 Jun (AP) — Indonesian authorities said Wednesday they have arrested six suspects in an international poaching ring targeting the Javan rhinoceros,...
Japanese consumers are eating more local fish in spite of China’s ban due to...
IWAKI, Japan, 3 Nov (AP) — Local fishing communities feared the worst when the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant began discharging treated radioactive wastewater...
Singapore govt bans book on political cartoons due to its offensive’ religious content: Minister
Singapore, Jan 12 (PTI) Singapore has banned a book on political cartoons due to its offensive content , with the government on Wednesday defending...
Pak minister claims threatening email was sent to New Zealand cricket team from India
Islamabad, Sep 22 (PTI) Pakistan's Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday alleged that a threatening email to the New Zealand cricket squad that prompted...
Gates eyes partnership with South Korea over global health
Seoul, Aug 16 (AP) Bill Gates on Tuesday called for South Korea to become more involved in international efforts to prevent infectious diseases like...
Israeli military chief suggests Israel behind Syria strike
TEL AVIV, Israel , Dec 14 (AP) — Israel’s military chief of staff strongly suggested on Wednesday that Israel was behind a strike on...
Blast At Mosque Near Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry: Spokesperson
Kabul, Oct 5 (AFP): A bombing in a mosque on the grounds of Afghanistan's interior ministry in Kabul killed two people on Wednesday, a...
Afghan victims saddened US drone strike to go unpunished
Kabul, Dec 14 (AP) The Afghan survivors of an errant US drone strike in August that killed 10 members of their family, including seven...
China hints at providing financial aid to Taliban controlled Afghanistan
Beijing, Aug 23 (PTI) China on Monday hinted at stepping up financial assistance to the Taliban controlled Afghanistan, saying it will play a positive...
Uyghur county in China has highest prison rate in the world
Beijing, May 16 (AP) Nearly one in 25 people in a county in the Uyghur heartland of China has been sentenced to prison on...
Ukraine shows unity as West sees no sign of Russian pullback
Kyiv, Feb 16 (AP) Ukrainians defied pressure from Moscow with a national show of flag-waving unity Wednesday, while the West warned that it saw...
Trump is not immune from prosecution in his 2020 election interference case, US appeals...
Washington, Feb 6 (AP) A federal appeals panel ruled on Tuesday that Donald Trump can face trial on charges that he plotted to overturn...
Pak Finance Minister Heckled At US Airport, Called “Liar”, “Chor”
Washington, Oct 14 (PTI): Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar was heckled by unidentified persons at the Dulles International Airport when he arrived in Washington...
Nepal villagers cremate loved ones who perished in earthquake that shook its northwest, killing...
KATHMANDU, Nepal, 5 Nov (AP) — Villagers in the mountains of northwest Nepal cremated the bodies of some who perished in an earthquake that...