US to expand its security presence at Kabul airport to 6,000 troops
US, Aug 16 (AFP) The United States has said that it would deploy as many as 6,000 of its troops at the Kabul airport...
Sweden’s parliament elects conservative prime minister
STOCKHOLM , Oct 17 (AP) — Sweden’s parliament on Monday elected conservative leader Ulf Kristersson as prime minister at the head of a center-right...
UN seeks extension of key Ukraine-Russia wartime grain deal
GENEVA, 13 Mar: Senior U.N. officials hosted Russ-ian envoys in Geneva on Monday in a bid to extend an export agreement amid Moscow’s invasion...
Mob in Pakistan lynches man to death for allegedly desecrating religious book
Islamabad, Feb 13 (PTI) A middle-aged man was lynched to death by a mob for allegedly desecrating a religious book in a remote village...
Hitler’s watch sells at Maryland auction for $1.1 million
CHESAPEAKE CITY, Md. , Aug 7 (AP) — A Maryland auction house has sold a wristwatch that once belonged to Adolf Hitler for $1.1...
Egypt’s president praises UAE, seeking to heal Gulf aid rift
DUBAI, 13 Feb: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi offered effusive praise Monday for the United Arab Emirates, seeking to repair a rift between Cairo...
Moroccan court sentences 33 migrants to jail over crossing
RABAT, Morocco , Jul 19 (AP) — Nearly three dozen migrants were sentenced in Morocco on Tuesday for attempting to scale a border wall...
Asif Ali Zardari becomes Pakistan’s 14th president; first civilian to secure 2nd term
Islamabad/Lahore, 9 Mar: Asif Ali Zardari was overwhelmingly elected as the 14th President of Pakistan on Saturday, becoming the only civilian president of the...
FM Sitharaman calls for proactive collective efforts towards protecting economies at G20 FMCBG meet...
Washington, Apr 21 (PTI) Global growth momentum is dampened by prolonged inflation, supply chain disruption, volatility in energy markets and investor uncertainty, Finance Minister...
WHO chief advises reducing sex partners to avoid monkeypox
GENEVA , Jul 27 (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization on Wednesday advised men at risk of catching monkeypox to consider...
NATO chief makes last-ditch bid to bring Sweden into the fold before next month’s...
BRUSSELS, 26 Jun: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Monday that he will call an urgent meeting in the coming days to try to overcome...
Chinese scientists find traces of water in lunar soil brought by Chang’e-5 mission
Beijing, 24 Jul: Chinese scientists studying the soil samples of the moon brought by Chang’e-5 mission found water molecules in lunar soil, according to...
Foreign delegations arrive in Pak for SCO summit; security beefed up in national capital
Islamabad, Oct 13 (PTI) Foreign delegations started arriving in Pakistan Sunday for the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, amid heightened security and the deployment...
Israel says regional alliance has thwarted Iranian attacks
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister on Monday said that Israel is helping build a U.S.-led regional air-defense alliance against Iran, and that the...
Gunman used social media attack to attack Jews before attack at Pittsburgh synagogue, jurors...
PITTSBURGH, 13 Jun: A gunman who killed 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue ranted incessantly on social media about his hatred of Jewish people...
PM Modi meets Bill Gates in Glasgow; discusses climate change, sustainable development
Glasgow, Nov 2 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday met Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates on the sidelines of the climate...
Israel Strikes Gaza After Fire Balloons, Border Clashes
Jerusalem, Aug 29 (AFP): The Israeli air force attacked two sites in Gaza on Sunday, the army said, after Gazans clashed with forces on...
Scotland Yard investigates man arrested for assault on Air India flight
London, Jul 12 (PTI) A 27-year-old man was arrested on an Air India flight from Delhi as it landed at Heathrow Airport on suspicion...
Israeli military orders the evacuation of Gaza City, an early target of its war...
Deir al-Balah, Jul 10 (AP) The Israeli military urged all Palestinians to leave Gaza City and head south on Wednesday, pressing ahead with a...
10 terrorists arrested in Pakistan’s Punjab province
Lahore, Jan 3 (PTI) Ten terrorists belonging to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Al-Qaeda and Islamic State, have been arrested from various parts of...