Pakistani Taliban declares end to ceasefire with Pak government; vows to resume attacks

Islamabad, Dec 10 (PTI) The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) will not extend the month-long ceasefire deal negotiated with the Pakistan government, the militant group...

Ukraine seeks warplanes at NATO talks, allies fret over ammo

BRUSSELS, 14 Feb: Ukraine on Tuesday renewed its appeal to Western countries for fighter jets to help frus-trate Moscow’s invasion, but the United States...

UK weather turmoil spurs calls to adapt to climate change

LONDON , Jul 20 (AFP) Britain’s record-breaking heatwave has spurred calls for the government to speed up efforts to adapt to a changing climate,...

Oil giant Saudi Aramco makes a historic $161B profit in 2022

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 12 Mar: Oil giant Saudi Aramco reported Sunday earning $161 billion last year, claiming the highest-ever recorded annual profit by...

Young Ukrainians use techno parties to rebuild villages

YAHIDNE, Ukraine , Jul 25 (AP) — In a village in northern Ukraine that was devastated by Russian occupation only months ago, a techno...

State of emergency in Russia’s Yakutia expanded over fires

MOSCOW , Aug 13 (AP) — Russian authorities expanded a state of emergency in northeast Siberia on Friday to help bring in outside resources...

Thousands detained in Ethiopia, human rights group estimates

Nairobi, Nov 17 (AP) Thousands of people have been detained in Ethiopia's capital since the government declared a state of emergency over the country's...

Nine killed in South Africa after gas tanker explodes

JOHANNESBURG, 24 Dec: At least nine people, including two fire-fighters, were killed and many others injured after a gas tanker which got stuck under...

Harris focuses Asia trip on security, adds tour to Korea DMZ

TOKYO, 27 Sep: In meeting after meeting with Asian leaders Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris emphasized the U.S. commitment to regional security and the...

Storm Isha batters UK and Ireland and leaves tens of thousands without power

LONDON, 22 Jan: A motorist was killed, tens of thousands of people were without electricity and hundreds of trains were canceled Monday after the...

Officials: Grounded ship refloated in Egypt’s Suez Canal

CAIRO , 9 Jan (AP) — A cargo ship carrying corn that went aground early on Monday in the Suez Canal was refloated and...

Putin says Russia is ‘united as never before’ during SCO meeting

NEW DELHI, 4 Jul: President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that the Russian people were “united as never before,” as he sought to project confidence...

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...

Russia attacks a Ukrainian port before key grain deal talks between Putin and Turkey’s...

KYIV, Ukraine, 3 Sep: Two people were hospitalized following a 3½-hour Russian drone barrage on a port in Ukraine’s Odesa region on Sunday, officials...

Beds run out at Beijing hospital as COVID-19 spreads

BEIJING, 5 Jan: Patients, mostly older people, laid on stretchers in hallways or took oxygen while sitting in wheelchairs as a COVID-19 outbreak stretched...

Pakistan’s new security policy seeks peace’ with India: Report

Islamabad, Jan 12 (PTI) Pakistan is willing to make peace with immediate neighbours, including India, under its first-ever National Security Policy which leaves doors...

Two women campaign to become France’s 1st female president

PARIS , Sep 12 (AP) — Two French politicians kicked off their presidential campaigns Sunday, seeking to become France’s first female leader in next...

Coronavirus buildup in lungs likely driver of Covid deaths: Study

New York, Aug 31 (PTI) Viral buildup in the lungs is the likely driver behind the steep mortality rates seen in the COVID-19 pandemic,...

Cyprus president says a buffer zone splitting the island won’t become another migrant route

NICOSIA, Cyprus, 4 Jun (AP) — The president of Cyprus said Tuesday that he won’t “open another route” for irregular migration by letting through...

UK police conclude probe into Johnson’s ‘partygate’ scandal

LONDON , 20 May (AP) — Britain’s Metropolitan Police says it has concluded its investigation into breaches of COVID-19 regulations at British government offices,...