New Pak Finance Minister leaves for talks with IMF officials for revival of USD...
Islamabad, Apr 21 (PTI) Pakistan's newly-appointed Finance Minister Miftah Ismail on Thursday left for Washington to meet top IMF officials to renegotiate a USD...
Bolivia’s former President Evo Morales claims his car was shot at in attempted assassination
La Paz (Bolivia), Oct 27 (AP) Former President Evo Morales of Bolivia claimed he survived an assassination attempt on Sunday after unidentified men opened...
Bangladesh opposition party holds protest as it boycotts Jan. 7 national election amid violence
DHAKA, Bangladesh, 10 Dec (AP): Hundreds of opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party supporters protested Sunday to mark International Human Rights Day, as the country gears...
Scientists mystified, wary, as Africa avoids COVID disaster
HARARE, Zimbabwe, Nov 20 (AP) — At a busy market in a poor township outside Harare this week, Nyasha Ndou kept his mask in...
People right in fearing Taliban will erase human rights gains in Afghanistan: Top UN...
United Nations/Geneva, Aug 10 (PTI) As the Taliban continues its offensive in Afghanistan, the United Nation's top official on human rights on Tuesday called...
Floods to cause USD 4 bn loss to Pakistan’s economy: Report
Karachi, Aug 27 (PTI) The unusual heavy monsoon rains and devastating flash floods are estimated to cost cash-strapped Pakistan's economy over USD 4 billion...
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...
Pak ready to host SAARC Summit, India can join virtually: FM Qureshi
Islamabad, Jan 3 (PTI) Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Monday that his country was ready to host the 19th SAARC Summit...
Saudi oil giant Aramco’s first-quarter profits surge 80%
Dubai, May 15 (AP) Oil giant Saudi Aramco said Sunday its profits soared more than 80% in the first three months of the year,...
Israel vows complete siege of Gaza as it strikes the Palestinian territory after incursion...
JERUSALEM, 9 Oct: Israel’s military ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip on Monday, halting entry of food, fuel and supplies to its...
North Korea tests longest-range missile since 2017
Seoul, Jan 30 (AP) North Korea on Sunday fired what appeared to be the most powerful missile it has tested since President Joe Biden...
Germany: No guarantee UN climate talks will end with a deal
Berlin, Oct 19 (AP) Germany's foreign minister says there's no guarantee that this year's United Nations climate talks will result in an agreement that's...
India, China ‘effectively managed, controlled’ eastern Ladakh frictions: Chinese FM Wang Yi
Beijing, Dec 20 (PTI) China and India "effectively managed and controlled" border frictions in eastern Ladakh, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in his...
Gunmen ambush a bus carrying Syrian soldiers, killing 20 in the country’s east
BEIRUT, 11 Aug (AP) — Gunmen have ambushed a bus carrying Syrian soldiers in the country’s east, killing at least 20 and wounding others,...
First tanker vessel with shipment of LNG from US arrives in Germany
Berlin, 3 Jan: The first regular shipment of liquefied natural gas from the United States arrived in Germany on Tuesday, part of a wide-reaching...
AR-15 style guns have brought in over $1 billion in 10 years
WASHINGTON , Jul 27 (AP) — Gun manufacturers have made more than $1 billion from selling AR-15-style guns over the past decade, and for...
Death toll in Iran building collapse rises to at least 38
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates , 5 Jun (AP) — The death toll in a catastrophic tower collapse in southwestern Iran rose to at least...
Rally in Belgrade demands end to alarming air pollution
BELGRADE, Serbia , Nov 28 (AP) — Thousands of people rallied in Belgrade on Sunday to demand an end to Serbia’s alarming levels of...
Pakistan court grantss bail Imran Khan’s close aide in sedition case
Islamabad, Sep 15 (PTI) A high court in Pakistan on Thursday granted bail to former prime minister Imran Khan's close aide Shehbaz Gill in...
Russia says strike on Ukrainian port hit military targets
KYIV, Ukraine , Jul 24 (AP) Russian defense ministry officials on Sunday insisted that an airstrike on the port of Odesa — less than...