Taiwan president resigns as party leader after election loss
TAIPEI, Taiwan , 26 Nov (AP) — Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen resigned as head of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party following local election losses...
Iran, Saudi sides continue tension-easing talks in Baghdad
Baghdad, Sep 27 (AP) Representatives from Iran and Saudi Arabia have held a new round of talks in Baghdad, two Iraqi officials said Monday,...
Ukrainian officials: Russian strikes kill at least 7 in Lviv
LVIV, Ukraine, Apr 18 (AP) — Russian forces launched missile attacks on the western city of Lviv and pounded other targets across Ukraine on...
High winds drive major wildfire in Spain; 35 aircraft sent
MADRID , Aug 19 (AP) — A wildfire burning out of control in Spain’s eastern province of Valencia has become one of the country’s...
Airstrike kills 27 in central Gaza and fighting rages as Israel’s leaders are increasingly...
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip, 19 May: (AP) — An Israeli airstrike killed 27 people in central Gaza, mostly women and children, and fighting with...
Hindi plays key role in spreading India’s knowledge, culture: PM Modi
New Delhi, Jan 10 (PTI) Hindi plays an important role in spreading our knowledge and culture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on the occasion...
Several ministers out as Trudeau shakes up Canada’s Cabinet
TORONTO, 26 Jul: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will announce a major Cabinet shake-up on Wednesday as he readies his team for the next...
Heavy rains hit Pakistan’s south, as deaths from flash floods and downpours jump to...
ISLAMABAD, 19 Aug (AP) — Flash floods triggered by the latest spell of monsoon rains flooded streets in southern Pakistan and blocked a key...
Tests find AI tools readily create election lies from the voices of well-known political...
NEW YORK, 31 May (AP) — As high-stakes elections approach in the U.S. and European Union, publicly available artificial intelligence tools can be easily...
Lithuania cuts off Russian gas imports, urges EU to do same
VILNIUS, Lithuania, Apr 3 (AP): Lithuania says it has cut itself off entirely of gas imports from Russia, apparently becoming the first of the...
Earthquake in Northwest Iran kills 3, injures 800
Tehran, Iran, 29 Jan: A 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit northwestern Iran overnight, killing at least three people and injuring more than 800 in the region...
Continuing to monitor ‘several descendent lineages’ of Omicron variant: WHO
The World Health Organisation has said that it is continuing to monitor “several descendent lineages” of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, including two...
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang meets Nepal’s top leadership as two sides ink 9 MoUs
Kathmandu, Mar 26 (PTI) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday held talks with Nepal's top leadership here and discussed bilateral relations and mutual...
Protesters try to storm Baghdad’s Green Zone over the burning of Quran and Iraqi...
Baghdad, 22 Jul: Hund-reds of protesters attempted to storm Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses foreign embassies and the seat of Iraq's government,...
China launches its first USD 6 billion cross-border BRI train with Laos
Beijing/Vientiane, Dec 3 (PTI) China on Friday launched the first USD 6 billion cross-border train of its multi-billion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) from...
Two TTP terrorists arrested by law enforcement agencies in Pakistan: Officials
Lahore, Dec 21 (PTI) Pakistan's law enforcement agencies have arrested two terrorists of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the Punjab province and recovered...
9 million children to be vaccinated against polio in Africa
CAPE TOWN, South Africa , Mar 22 (AP) — A drive to vaccinate more than 9 million children against polio has been launched this...
Voting begins for Maldives Parliament, watched by India and China vying for control of...
MALE, Maldives, 21 Apr (AP) — Maldivians voted in parliamentary elections Sunday, in a ballot crucial for President Mohamed Muizzu, whose policies are keenly...
US Defence Secretary Austin says Washington won’t stand for ‘coercion and bullying’ from...
SINGAPORE, 3 Jun: American Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin vowed Saturday that Washington would not stand for any "coercion and bullying" of its allies...
Migration from Senegal surges as more than 32,000 people have landed in Spain’s Canary...
BARCELONA, Spain, 6 Nov (AP) — Spain’s Canary Islands have set a new record for the number of irregular arrivals to the archipelago, with...