Suspected militants bomb a girl’s school overnight in northwest Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, 17 May (AP) — Suspected militants bombed a girl’s school in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold, destroying the structure, police said Friday,...
Pakistan-Afghan border crossing shut after brief reopening
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, 23 Feb: Pakistan shut down a key border crossing with Afghanistan just hours after it was reopened on Thursday, officials said, the...
Vietnamese authorities say Typhoon Yagi has killed at least 4 and injured 78 others
HANOI, 7 Sep: Vietnamese authorities say Typhoon Yagi has killed at least four people and injured 78 others after making landfall Saturday afternoon in...
Pakistani police fire tear gas at protesting students as anger spreads over alleged on-campus...
LAHORE, Pakistan, 17 Oct (AP) — Pakistani police fired tear gas and charged at student protesters who ransacked a college building Thursday, as anger...
Floodwaters engulf more areas of southern Ukraine after dam breach as hundreds evacuated
Kherson, 7 Jun: Floodwaters from a collapsed dam kept rising in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes in...
Oil giant Saudi Aramco makes a historic $161B profit in 2022
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 12 Mar: Oil giant Saudi Aramco reported Sunday earning $161 billion last year, claiming the highest-ever recorded annual profit by...
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...
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...
Warplanes strike Gaza refugee camp as Israel rejects US push for a pause in...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip, 5 Nov (AP) — Israeli warplanes struck a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip early Sunday, killing at least 40...
Israel suspends military exports to Colombia over its president’s criticism of Gaza siege
BOGOTA, Colombia, 17 Oct: (AP) — Israel has suspended security exports to Colombia in an escalating diplomatic spat over online messages by Colombia’s president...
Israeli strikes kill 21 in Lebanon, including in a town with a dark history...
QANA, Lebanon, 16 Oct (AP) — Israeli airstrikes pounded areas across Lebanon, killing at least 21 people, officials said Wednesday, including more than a...
Report: Oil price cap takes small slice of Russia’s revenue
FRANKFURT, Germany , 11 Jan (AP) — A price cap and European Union embargo on most Russian oil have cut into Moscow’s revenue from...
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...
Pak-aided Khalistanis gaining ground in US; India’s appeals to curb them fall on deaf...
Washington, Sep 15 (PTI) Pakistan-backed Khalistani separatist groups, banned by the Indian government, are quietly gaining ground in the US, a top American think...
Australia’s leader calls for free and unimpeded trade to resume with China after ties...
BEIJING, 7 Nov: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called for the “full resumption of free and unimpeded trade” with China in a meeting Tuesday...
UN atomic watchdog: Iran further raising nuclear stockpile
Vienna, Nov 17 (AP) The United Nations' atomic watchdog says it believes Iran has further increased its stockpile of highly enriched uranium in breach...
Train crash in Egypt kills 1 and injures more than 20 people
CAIRO, 13 Oct (AP) — A locomotive crashed into the tail of the Cairo-bound passenger train Sunday in southern Egypt, killing at least one...
China Records 1st Covid Death In 6 Months
Beijing, Nov 20 (AFP): China reported its first death from COVID-19 in six months on Sunday as it contends with a rising outbreak despite...
UK to respond ‘robustly’ against attack on Indian high commission: Foreign secy
LONDON, 23 Mar: The UK will review the security at the Indian high commission here following "unacceptable" acts of violence by pro-Khalistan protesters, Foreign...
North Korean and Russian officials discuss economic ties as Seoul raises labor export concerns
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Senior North Korean economic officials met with the governor of a Russian region along the Pacific coast for discussions...