Hopes for historic Pacific visit dashed after Biden cancels trip to Papua New Guinea
WELLINGTON, New Zealand , 17 May (AP) — Papua New Guinea had declared next Monday a public holiday in anticipation of an historic visit...
4 dead, 1 injured, after family falls from Swiss building
Montreux, (Switzerland), Mar 24 (AP) Swiss police say three adults and a child have died and a teenager was seriously injured after falling from...
Biden to focus on hurricane victims in Florida, not politics
WASHINGTON , Oct 5 (AP) — President Joe Biden will visit hurricane-ravaged Florida with a pledge that federal, state and local governments will work...
US President Biden announces release of 50 mn barrels of oil from strategic reserve
Washington, Nov 23 (PTI) US President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced the release of 50 million barrels of oil from the country's Strategic Petroleum...
More explosions in separatist Trans-Dniester, near Ukraine
Bucharest, Apr 26 (AP) Police in the separatist region of Trans-Dniester say two explosions on Tuesday morning in a radio facility close to the...
US designates 4 leaders of AQIS, TTP as global terrorists
WASHINGTON, 2 Dec (PTI): The US has designated four leaders of al-Qaida and the Pakistani Taliban groups as global terrorists, Secretary of State Tony...
India will continue to press China for return of thousands of stranded Indians: top...
Beijing, Jan 10 (PTI) India will continue to take up with China the return of over 23,000 stranded Indian students, besides a large number...
Ravi in Pakistan is the most polluted river in the world: Study
Lahore, Feb 16 (PTI) River Ravi in Pakistan is the most polluted river in the world, followed by water bodies in Bolivia and Ethiopia,...
Shehbaz Sharif returns as Pakistan’s new premier as Imran Khan allies in parliament allege...
ISLAMABAD, 4 Mar (AP) — Lawmakers in Pakistan’s National Assembly have elected Shehbaz Sharif for a comeback term as prime minister, as parliamentary allies...
Chinese and Philippine vessels collide at a disputed atoll and governments trade accusations
Taipei, 31 Aug: China and the Philippines accused each other of causing a collision between their two vessels Saturday in the latest flareup of...
WHO chief thanks PM Modi for collaboration in building global traditional health centre
Bali, Nov 15 (PTI) WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for collaborating with the world health body on...
Pak PM Sharif Thanks PM Modi For Concern Over Loss Amid Devastating Floods
Islamabad, Aug 31 (PTI): Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for his concern over the human and...
US inflation hit a new 40-year high last month of 8.6%
WASHINGTON, Jun 10 (AP) — The costs of gas, food and most other goods and services jumped in May, raising inflation to a new...
ISI chief rushes to Kabul as Taliban struggle to form inclusive govt acceptable to...
Islamabad, Sep 4 (PTI) In a surprise move, Pakistan's powerful intelligence chief Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed on Saturday dashed to Kabul, according to media...
Pakistan’s transgender community gets a ride-sharing service for safety
ISLAMABAD, 11 Sep (AP) — Pakistan’s transgender community has gotten its first ride-sharing service in the latest effort to protect trans people from discrimination...
Strongly believe there is great potential for more cooperation with India: UN peacekeeping chief
United Nations, Nov 22 (PTI): The United Nations peacekeeping chief has said he "strongly" believes that there is a "great potential” for more cooperation...
PM Modi arrives in historic Uzbek city of Samarkand to attend SCO summit
Samarkand, Sep 15 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Uzbekistan's historic city of Samarkand on Thursday to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)...
First known Covid case was vendor in China’s animal market in Wuhan: study
New York, Nov 20 (PTI): The first confirmed case of symptomatic COVID-19 can be traced to a female seafood vendor at a wholesale food...
California faces more flooding after strong Pacific storm
SANTA CRUZ, 22 Mar: A strong late-season Pacific storm that brought damaging winds and more rain and snow to saturated California was blamed for...
Race to find survivors as quake aid pours into Turkey, Syria
NURDAGI, 7 Feb: Search teams and emergency aid from around the world poured into Turkey and Syria on Tuesday as rescuers working in freezing...