Germany to scrap mask mandate in long-distance transport
BERLIN, 13 Jan: Germany will soon drop a mask mandate on long-distance trains and buses, one of the country’s last remaining COVID-19 restrictions, the...
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf lawmakers would resign if Shehbaz contests PM’s election: Chaudhry
Islamabad, Apr 10 (PTI) Ousted premier Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf announced on Sunday that its lawmakers would resign on Monday if Opposition candidate Shehbaz...
US: Shot that killed journalist likely fired from Israelis
WASHINGTON , Jul 04 (AP) — U.S. officials have concluded that gunfire from Israeli positions likely killed Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh but that...
Russian officials again try to link the Moscow concert attack with Ukraine despite Kyiv’s...
TALLINN, Estonia, 5 Apr (AP) — Russian authorities on Friday again tried to link the deadly attack on a Moscow concert hall to Ukraine,...
Premature baby girl rescued from her dead mother’s womb dies in Gaza after 5...
RAFAH, Gaza Strip, 26 Apr: A premature Palestinian infant, rescued from her mother’s womb shortly after the woman was killed in an Israeli airstrike,...
Pakistan’s Punjab province decides to impose ’emergency’ due to rising rape cases
Lahore, 20 Jun: Authorities in Pakistan's Punjab province have decided to declare an "emergency" following a spike in cases of sexual abuse against women...
8 killed, 44 injured in car crash in southern Egypt
CAIRO (AP) — Eight people were killed and 44 injured in a car crash on Thursday near Egypt’s southern province of Aswan, the state-run...
Opposition lawmakers in Sri Lanka protest state of emergency
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka , Apr 3 (AP) — Opposition lawmakers in Sri Lanka on Sunday marched in the capital, Colombo, protesting against the president’s...
76 million-year-old dinosaur skeleton to be auctioned in NYC
NEW YORK , Jun 5 (AP) — The fossilized skeleton of a T. rex relative that roamed the earth about 76 million years ago...
Ukraine’s dam collapse is both a fast-moving disaster and a slow-moving ecological catastrophe
KHERSON, Ukraine, 11 Jun: The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam was a fast-moving disaster that is swiftly evolving into a long-term environmental catastrophe affecting...
IMF dims outlook for 2023 global economy amid Ukraine war
WASHINGTON , Oct 11 (AP) — The International Monetary Fund is downgrading its outlook for the world economy for 2023, citing a long list...
UK PM Johnson reshuffles Cabinet; appoints Rees-Mogg as minister for Brexit Opportunities
London, Feb 8 (PTI) Embattled British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, under pressure to resign over parties in Downing Street during lockdown, on Tuesday reshuffled...
Iran says has enriched over 210 kilograms of uranium to 20%
Tehran, Nov 5 (AP) Iran's atomic agency said Friday that its stockpile of 20 per cent enriched uranium has reached over 210 kilograms (463...
Macron insists pension reform is needed, despite protests
PARIS, 10 Mar: French President Emmanuel Macron insisted on the need for raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 in order to make...
Protests erupt in Pakistan’s Gwadar amid growing backlash against CPEC
Karachi, Nov 21 (PTI) Massive protests have erupted in Pakistan's port city of Gwadar against unnecessary checkpoints, a severe shortage of water and electricity...
Top Chinese official says green, high tech development key as nation seeks to spur...
BOAO, China, 28 Mar: China is committed to reforms that will upgrade the technological level of its largely manufacturing-based economy and exploit green technologies...
Gunman opens fire at random on Philadelphia streets, killing 5 before he is arrested,...
Philadelphia, 4 Jul: A heavily armed gunman in a bulletproof vest opened fire on the streets of Philadelphia on Monday night, seemingly at a...
Biden’s political standing fuels Democratic worry about 2024
Columbus, Nov 21 (AP) It was supposed to be a moment of triumph for Joe Biden.
The Democratic president had just signed into law the...
Turkey launches airstrikes in Syria, Iraq a week after Istanbul bombing
Istanbul, Nov 20 (AP): Turkey launched airstrikes over northern regions of Syria and Iraq, the Turkish Defence Ministry said on Sunday, targeting Kurdish groups...
Study: Big gap in carbon removal effort key to climate goals
BERLIN, 19 Jan: Researchers say efforts to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere aren’t being scaled up fast enough and can’t be relied on...