China launches one of 2 lab modules to join space station

BEIJING, Jul 24 (AP) — China on Sunday launched one of two laboratory modules to complete its permanent orbiting space station. The Wentian was launched...

US resumes deportation flights to Venezuela with more than 100 migrants on board

MAIQUETIA, Venezuela, 19 Oct (AP) — Deportation flights of Venezuelans from the U.S. resumed Wednesday with a first plane of more than a hundred...

Iranian foreign minister discusses regional tensions with Egyptian officials in Cairo

CAIRO, 17 Oct (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi discussed rising tensions in the region with Egyptian officials Thursday in Cairo during the...

7.1 magnitude quake rattles western China, killing at least 3 people and collapsing 47...

AKSU, 23 Jan: A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck a sparsely populated part of China’s western Xinjiang region early Tuesday, killing three people and causing...

AstraZeneca Covid vaccine protection wanes after three months: Lancet study

London, Dec 21 (PTI) The protection offered by the Oxford-Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine declines after three months of receiving two doses of the preventive,...

West denounces death sentences for 3 who fought for Ukraine

BAKHMUT, Ukraine, Jun 10 (AP) — Ukraine and the West denounced a pro-Moscow court that sentenced two British citizens and a Moroccan to death...

Abortion rights backers rally in anger over post-Roe future

WASHINGTON , May 14 (AP) — Supporters of abortion rights took to the streets across America on Saturday to make clear their anger at...

US could not agree more with PM Modi’s remarks ‘this is not an era...

Washington, Sep 27 (PTI) Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said that the US could not agree more with Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

US expected to authorise mix-and-match COVID booster shots

Washington, Oct 19 (AP) Federal regulators are expected to authorize the mixing and matching of COVID-19 booster doses this week in an effort to...

China’s Xi heads abroad to promote strategic role

BEIJING , Sep 13 (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is using his first trip abroad since the start of the pandemic to promote...

Russian diplomat flies to Beijing for talks a day after mutiny in Russia ends

TAIPEI, Taiwan, 25 Jun: A top Russian diplomat flew to Beijing for talks with the Chinese government on Sunday, just a day after a...

Putin blames West for tensions, demands security guarantees

Moscow, Dec 21 (AP) The Russian president on Tuesday reiterated his demand for guarantees from the US and its allies that NATO will not...

Eruption of Eurasia’s tallest active volcano sends ash columns above a Russian peninsula

MOSCOW, 1 Nov: Huge ash columns erupted from Eurasia’s tallest active volcano Wednesday, forcing authorities to close schools in two towns on Russia’s sparsely...

Pak ready to hold peaceful, free and transparent polls on Feb 8: Information Minister...

Islamabad, 3 Feb: Pakistan's information minister Murtaza Solangi on Saturday said the caretaker government has made full security arrangements to conduct the general election...

Colombia extends cease-fire with National Liberation Army as ELN rebels promise to stop kidnappings

Bogota (Colombia), Feb 6 (AP) Colombia's government and the nation's largest remaining guerrilla group have reached a last-minute deal to extend a cease-fire that...

At least 13 are dead after a boat with dozens of migrants rips apart...

PARIS, 3 Sep (AP) — The mayor of a French coastal town being used in a rescue operation says 13 migrants are dead after...

Syria reports new Israeli missile barrage near Damascus

Damascus, Jan 31 (AP) Syrian air defences confronted Israeli missiles targeting an area near the capital, Damascus, downing some of them, Syria's state news...

China calls Xi’s Russia visit one of friendship, peace

BEIJING, 22 Mar: China on Wednesday said President Xi Jinping’s just-concluded visit to Russia was a “journey of friendship, cooperation and peace,” and again...

EU legislature backs a major plan to better protect nature and meet climate goals

STRASBOURG, 27 Feb: The European Union’s legislature on Tuesday approved a watered-down plan to better protect nature and fight climate change in the 27-nation...

New Zealand PM says no republic plan following queen’s death

WELLINGTON, New Zealand , Sep 12 (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Monday that her government will not pursue any moves...