IS gunmen kill 11 Iraqi troops in brazen attack on barracks
BAGHDAD, Jan 21 (AP) — Gunmen from the Islamic State extremist group attacked an army barracks in a mountainous area north of Baghdad early...
Australian PM raises trade ‘blockages’ with China’s Xi
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he raised with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday his concerns about trade...
Fiona wallops Turks and Caicos, Puerto Rico still stunned
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico , Sep 20 (AP) — Hurricane Fiona blasted the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday as a Category 3 storm...
Japan supports Sweden’s NATO membership as defence ministers strengthen ties
Tokyo, 7 Jun: Japan's defence minister expressed his country's support for Sweden's NATO membership during talks on Wednesday with his Swedish counterpart, as the...
Teenagers from Islamic State families undergo rehabilitation in Syria, but future still uncertain
QAMISHLI, Syria, 30 May: For at least four years, thousands of children have been growing up in a camp in northeast Syria housing families...
China denies its warship fired laser at Australian surveillance aircraft
Beijing, Feb 21 (PTI) China on Monday questioned Australia's claim that a Chinese warship had fired laser at the surveillance aircraft while in flight...
Sri Lanka delays tabling of new Anti-Terror Bill in parliament amid fresh opposition
Colombo, Apr 6 (PTI) Sri Lanka's Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe on Thursday announced that the tabling of the new anti-terrorism Bill that would replace...
Debt-stricken Sri Lanka signs a free trade pact with Thailand
COLOMBO, 3 Feb: Debt-stricken Sri Lanka signed a trade pact with Thailand on Saturday in a bid to boost trade and investment as the...
India slams Pak for raising Kashmir issue at UN, calls it world’s biggest destabilising...
United Nations, Oct 5 (PTI) Strongly hitting out at Pakistan for again raking up the Kashmir issue at the UN, India has said a...
IMF sets mid-September dates for Sri Lanka bailout review
Colombo, Aug 12 (PTI) The IMF will conduct the first review of the USD 2.9 billion bailout to Sri Lanka from September 11-19, state...
US To Issue 64,716 H-2B Visas For Unskilled Workers In 2023 Fiscal Year
Washington, Dec 14 (PTI): For the first time, the US has temporarily made available 64,716 additional H-2B visas meant for unskilled foreign workers for...
Israel to establish commission to probe into claims of police hacking using Pegasus spyware
Jerusalem, Feb 7 (PTI) The Israel government announced on Monday that a state commission of inquiry will be set up to probe into the...
PEC urges Myanmar junta to release all detained scribes
GENEVA, 29 Jan: Expressing annoyance over the continued detention of over 40 journalists in Myanmar, Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and...
US, China, India, Europe need to do maximum to reduce greenhouse emissions without waiting...
United Nations, Sep 20 (PTI) UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday asserted that both developing and developed nations must do their job to...
Another wave of Israeli strikes hit Gaza refugee camp as crossing opens for foreigners...
RAFAH, 1 Nov: Israeli airstrikes hit apartment buildings in a Gaza refugee camp for the second day in a row Wednesday, Palestinian officials said,...
New Covid vaccine mimics virus shape to provide robust protection: Study
Washington, Aug 13 (PTI) Scientists have developed a protein-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate that mimics the shape of the virus to trigger robust antibody response...
UK inflation rate hits new 40-year high of 9.1%
LONDON , 22 Jul (AP) — Britain’s inflation rate hit a new 40-year high of 9.1% in the 12 months to May, figures showed...
Russian airstrikes kill 2 and wound 3 in southern Ukraine as war enters 20th...
KYIV, Ukraine, 24 Sep: Russian airstrikes on Sunday killed two people and wounded three others in southern Ukraine’s Kherson province, the region’s governor reported...
China backs Taliban’s demand to US to unfreeze Afghanistan’s assets
Beijing, Sep 15 (PTI) China on Wednesday supported the Taliban's demand that the US should unfreeze Afghanistan's assets and said that America has no...
Russian oil price cap, EU ban aim to limit Kremlin war chest
FRANKFURT, Germany , 6 Dec (AP) — Oil prices rose Monday as the first strong measures to limit Russia’s oil profits over the war...