Germany, Indonesia agree to strengthen defense ties
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Germany and Indonesia agreed on Monday to strengthen their defense cooperation and plan a joint military exercise with other countries...
Wikimedia disputes claims of Saudi ‘Infiltration’ of Wikipedia
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 6 Jun: The Wikimedia Foundation, which hosts online encyclopedia Wikipedia, has disputed a report by activists claiming it found evidence...
US defends move to approve F-16 jet fleet sustainment programme to Pak; says it...
Washington, Sep 27 (PTI) The US on Tuesday defended its decision to approve a USD 450 million F-16 fighter jet fleet sustainment programme to...
Pak PM holds talks with IMF chief to break deadlock over next aid tranche
Islamabad, 6 Jan: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has made a telephonic call to International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva to break the deadlock over...
India’s economic package has given Sri Lanka breathing space, need to seek bailout from...
Colombo, Jan 15 (PTI) India's financial package has prevented Sri Lanka from spiralling into a major economic tailspin for the time being, top economist...
Swedish security police arrests two suspected of unauthorized possession of secret information
HELSINKI, 17 Oct (AP) — The Swedish security police arrested Tuesday two people suspected of gross unauthorized possession of secret information following an early...
Chinese premier to attend virtual G20 summit convened by India
BEIJING, 21 Nov: Chinese Premier Li Qiang will attend the virtual G20 Leaders' Summit at India's invitation on Wednesday, the Chinese foreign ministry announced...
India-China ties going through a ‘bad patch’; Beijing has ‘no credible explanation’ on violation...
Singapore, Nov 19 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday that India and China are going through a "particularly bad patch" in...
Over 2,400 women raped in Pakistan’s Punjab province in 6 months
Lahore, Feb 8 (PTI) A total of 2,439 women were raped and 90 killed in the name of "family honour" during the last six...
China asks Pak to create enabling conditions for its investors in CPEC projects
Beijing, Nov 17 (PTI) China on Wednesday asked its all-weather ally Pakistan to create enabling conditions for thousands of Chinese nationals working on the...
Pandemic caused prolonged decline in global life expectancy: Study
London, 18 Oct: COVID-19 has caused a prolonged decline in life expectancy levels, leading to global mortality changes unprecedented in the last 70 years,...
Ukraine may also get old Leopard 1 tanks from German stocks
BERLIN, 3 Feb: Ukraine could add old Leopard 1 battle tanks from German defense industry stocks to deliveries of modern tanks that Berlin and...
German investigators seize fake US bills with a face value of over $103 million
BERLIN, 5 Apr (AP) — German investigators said Friday they have seized counterfeit U.S. dollar bills with a face value of over $103 million,...
German economic advisers slash 2022 growth forecast to 1.8 per cent
Berlin, Mar 30 (AP) The German government's panel of independent economic advisers on Wednesday slashed its 2022 growth forecast for Europe's biggest economy in...
California’s largest wildfire explodes in size as fires rage across US West
Sacramento, 27 Jul: California’s largest active fire exploded in size on Friday evening, growing rapidly amid bone-dry fuel and threatening thousands of homes as...
Sabres sign coach Don Granato to multiyear extension
BUFFALO, N.Y. , Oct 12 (AP) — The Buffalo Sabres signed coach Don Granato to a multiyear extension on Wednesday, rewarding him for the...
Mahinda Rajapaksa’s key ally named suspect in May 9 violence, President appoints Commission of...
Colombo, Jun 1 (PTI) A former Sri Lankan minister and a key ally of former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was on Wednesday named a...
Pak army chief inaugurates state-of-the-art Centre of Integrated Air Defence Battle Management
Islamabad, Sep 22 (PTI) Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday inaugurated the state-of-the-art Centre of Integrated Air Defence Battle Management called...
Biden administration announces new partnership with 50 countries to stifle future pandemics
WASHINGTON, 16 Apr: President Joe Biden’s administration will help 50 countries identify and respond to infectious diseases, with the goal of preventing pandemics like...
Lavrov says West prevented negotiations to end Ukraine war
PRETORIA, 23 Jan: Moscow was willing to negotiate with Ukraine in the early months of the war but the U.S. and other Western nations...