China reaffirms threat of military force to annex Taiwan
BEIJING , Aug 10 (AP) — China on Wednesday reaffirmed its threat to use military force to bring self-governing Taiwan under its control, amid...
Britain officially joins an Asia-Pacific trade group that includes Japan and 10 other nations
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, 16 Jul: Britain on Sunday officially joined an Asia-Pacific trade group that includes Japan and 10 other nations during a meeting...
UN biodiversity summit moved from China over COVID-19 policy
Beijing, Jun 21 (AP) A United Nations summit on biodiversity will be held in Canada instead of China, organisers announced Tuesday, the second major...
Philippine police chief offers to quit over drug-linked cops
MANILA, Philippines, 5 Jan: The Philippine national police chief said Thursday he has tendered his resignation to encourage nearly a thousand other ranking police...
Ukraine’s leader says Russian naval assets are no longer safe in the Black Sea...
KYIV, Ukraine , 24 Oct (AP) — Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed on Tuesday that recent Ukrainian attacks have denied the Russian fleet safe...
Around 50 million lived in modern slavery’ in 2021; forced marriages up in countries...
United Nations, 13 Sep: Around 50 million people globally were living in "modern slavery" in 2021, according to a report by the UN, which...
Ukraine has destroyed or damaged all three bridges over Russia’s Seym River, Russian sources...
KYIV, Ukraine, 20 Aug (AP) — Ukrainian forces have either destroyed or damaged all three of the bridges over the Seym River in western...
Hope fading as deaths in Turkey, Syria quake pass 11,000
GAZIANTEP, 8 Feb: With hope fading to find survivors, stretched rescue teams toiled Wednesday in Turkey and Syria, searching for signs of life in...
President Kovind holds talks with his Bangladeshi counterpart
Dhaka, Dec 15 (PTI) President Ram Nath Kovind held talks with his Bangladeshi counterpart M Abdul Hamid on the first day of his three-day...
3 children die after fall into icy lake; UK gripped by storm
LONDON , 12 Dec (AP) — Three young boys who fell through ice covering a lake in central England have died and a fourth...
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...
Election fraud trial of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi begins
Bangkok, Feb 14 (AP) Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi went on trial on Monday on election fraud charges, the latest in a...
Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 22, officials say, while truck ramming near Tel Aviv...
RAMAT HASHARON, Israel, 27 Oct (AP) — Israeli strikes on northern Gaza have killed at least 22 people, mostly women and children, Palestinian officials...
UK court allows Assange’s extradition to US for spying case
LONDON , Dec (AP) — A British appellate court opened the door Friday for Julian Assange to be extradited to the United States by...
China’s foreign minister says Xi-Biden meeting in San Francisco would not be ‘smooth-sailing’
BEIJING, 29 Oct (AP) — China’s foreign minister considers that the road to an expected meeting between President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe...
56 killed, nearly 200 injured in blast at Shia mosque during Friday congregation...
Peshawar, 4 Mar: A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a crowded Shia mosque during the Friday congregation here in northwest Pakistan, killing at...
US, allies to cut off selected Russian banks from SWIFT messaging system to tighten...
Washington/Moscow, Feb 27 (PTI) Seeking to cripple Russia's economy for invading Ukraine, the US and its key allies have decided to expel selected Russian...
7 Pakistanis arrested for alleged key role in migrant ship that sank off...
ISLAMABAD, 21 Jun: Pakistani authorities said Wednesday they have arrested seven alleged key figures in a human trafficking ring following last week’s sinking of...
At least 30 premature babies have been evacuated from Gaza’s main hospital and are...
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip, 19 Nov: At least 30 premature babies were evacuated from Gaza’s main hospital on Sunday and will be transferred to...
Government supporters call for Pakistani chief justice to quit over releasing ex-Premier Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD, 15 May: Thousands of Pakistani government supporters converged on the country’s Supreme Court on Monday, in a rare challenge to the nation’s judiciary....