Pak PM Imran Khan loses majority after key ally sides with Opposition ahead of...
Islamabad, Mar 30 (PTI) Pakistan's embattled Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday effectively lost majority in Parliament after a key partner of the ruling...
Immune-suppressed not at higher risk of poor Covid outcomes: Lancet study
Washington, Nov 19 (PTI) People taking medications that suppress the immune system overall do not have a higher risk of dying from COVID-19 or...
Insecurity a top issue as African leaders meet in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, 5 Feb: African leaders are meeting Saturday at a summit that is expected to discuss the continent's most pressing challenges, including a...
China to donate two million additional COVID-19 vaccines to Nepal: Chinese Foreign Minister
Kathmandu, Oct 19 (PTI) Nepal Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka on Tuesday held a telephonic conversation with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi with a focus...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after US legal battle...
CANBERRA, 26 Jun: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet and raised a celebratory clenched fist as his...
Oil prices surge above USD 100 a barrel as war on Ukraine rages
New York, Mar 1 (AP) Oil prices soared on Tuesday and investors shifted more money into ultra-safe US government bonds as Russia stepped up...
56 released Indian fishermen in Sri Lanka to be moved to immigration detention center:...
Colombo, Feb 7 (PTI) The 56 Indian fishermen, released by a Sri Lankan court in the northern Jaffna peninsula last month, will be shifted...
3 feet of rain sets up 4th round of flood misery for Sydney
SYDNEY , Jul 04 (AP) — More than 30,000 residents of Sydney and its surrounds were told to evacuate or prepare to abandon their...
Border talks with India, Bhutan advancing, says China’s white paper on security
BEIJING, 22 May: Talks to resolve border issues with India and Bhutan "continue to advance," a new white paper on China's national security has...
Mexico: Migrants lit mattresses in protest; fire killed 39
MEXICO CITY, 28 Mar: Migrants fearing deporta-tion set mattresses ablaze at an immigration detention center in northern Mexico, starting a fire that left 39...
War shakes Europe path to energy independence, climate goals
BERLIN, 27 Mar: Before Russia’s war in Ukraine, Europe’s most pressing energy policy goal was reducing carbon emissions that cause climate change.
Now, officials are...
Denmark reports leak in gas pipeline in Baltic Sea
Berlin, Sep 26 (AP) Denmark's maritime authority said Monday that a gas leak had been observed in a pipeline leading from Russia to Europe...
Iran says it successfully launched a satellite in its program criticized by West over...
TEHRAN, 14 Sep: Iran launched a satellite into space Saturday with a rocket built by the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, state-run media reported, the...
Pak YouTuber gets one year jail term for justifying lynching of Sri Lankan citizen
Lahore, Jan 22 (PTI) A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has sentenced a 27-year-old man to one year of imprisonment and imposed a fine for justifying...
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...
Western pressure mounts on Solomons to quash pact with China
CANBERRA, Australia: (AP) — Australia and the United States are stepping up diplomatic outreach to the Solomon Islands after China signed a security deal...
Russia’s war in Ukraine to overshadow G-20 talks in Bali
Jakarta (Indonesia), Jul 7 (AP) Foreign ministers from the Group of 20 leading rich and developing nations are gathering in Indonesia's resort island of...
7 dead as California mourns 3rd mass killing in 8 days
HALF MOON BAY, Calif., Jan 24 (AP) — A gunman killed seven people at two agricultural businesses in Northern California, plunging the state into...
Powerful quake of 6.8-magnitude kills 21 people in China
Beijing, Sep 5 (PTI) At least 21 people were killed in China on Monday when a powerful earthquake of 6.8-magnitude jolted Luding County in...
Shehbaz Sharif returns as Pakistan’s new premier as Imran Khan allies in parliament allege...
ISLAMABAD, 4 Mar (AP) — Lawmakers in Pakistan’s National Assembly have elected Shehbaz Sharif for a comeback term as prime minister, as parliamentary allies...