China locks down third city, raising affected to 20 million
Beijing, Jan 11 (AP) A third Chinese city has locked down its residents because of a COVID-19 outbreak, raising the number confined to their...
World leaders express grief over loss of lives in Gujarat bridge collapse
Moscow/Jerusalem, Oct 31 (PTI) World leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, on Monday extended their condolences to the...
As ethnic armed group claims to have captured a town in western Myanmar, Muslim...
BANGKOK, 19 May (AP) — A powerful ethnic armed group fighting Myanmar’s military government in the country’s western state of Rakhine claimed Saturday to...
Prime Minister Hasina stresses strengthened cooperation between armies of Bangladesh, India
Dhaka, Jun 6 (PTI) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the armies of Bangladesh and India should strengthen their collaboration and suggested international...
China’s embattled former foreign minister steps down as member of the legislature
Taipei, 27 Feb: China's former foreign minister, Qin Gang, who has been missing from public view since last June, resigned his seat in the...
Imran Khan to outline Pakistan’s perspective on key regional and global issues in his...
Islamabad, Sep 20 (PTI) Prime Minister Imran Khan will outline Pakistan's perspective on key regional and global issues, especially on Kashmir and the situation...
Japan’s ex-leader Shinzo Abe assassinated during a speech
NARA, Japan (AP) — Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated Friday on a street in western Japan by a gunman who opened fire...
Sri Lanka’s new president Ranil Wickremesinghe seeks unity government to save economy
Colombo, Sri Lanka, 31 Jul (AFP): Sri Lanka's new president Ranil Wickremesinghe has formally invited MPs to join an all-party unity government to revive...
Wallets, IDs but no survivors found in China Eastern crash
WUZHOU, China , Mar 22 (AP) — Mud-stained wallets. Bank cards. Official identity cards. Poignant reminders of 132 lives presumed lost were lined up...
Queen Elizabeth II dead at 96 after 70 years on the throne
LONDON, 8 Sep: Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday after 70...
Pro Kabaddi League 2021-22: Patna Pirates thrash Bengal Warriors 38-29
Bengaluru, Feb 6 (PTI): Sachin produced an impressive performance to help Patna Pirates beat defending champions Bengal Warriors 38-29 in their Pro Kabaddi League...
India to take up accessibility to energy, food grains ‘very strongly’ at G20: S...
Nicosia, 30 Dec: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar today underlined that during its G20 presidency, India intends to take up the issue of affordability...
Pakistan PM requests China’s support in reviving Karachi Circular Railway
Islamabad, Apr 18 (PTI) Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday requested China to support the planned revival of the Karachi Circular Railway (KCR)...
Israeli airstrikes kill dozens in Gaza ahead of high-level cease-fire talks in Egypt
CAIRO, 24 Aug: Multiple Israeli airstrikes killed at least three dozen Palestinians in southern Gaza, health workers said Saturday, as officials including a Hamas...
Five militants from outlawed separatist group killed in Pakistan
Karachi, Aug 10 (PTI) Pakistan's security forces have killed five militants belonging to the outlawed Balochistan Liberation Army, who were planning to carry out...
Pressure Builds On Germany To Send Military Aid To Ukraine
Berlin, Sep 13 (AP): German Chancellor Olaf Scholz faces pressure at home and abroad over weapons deliveries to Ukraine, with Kyiv blasting his refusal...
Russia shows some troops leaving near Ukraine, seeks talks
Moscow, Feb 15 (AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Moscow is ready for security talks with the U.S. and NATO, as the...
Italy, Libya sign $8B gas deal as PM Meloni visits Tripoli
CAIRO, 28 Jan: Italy’s prime minister held talks in Libya on Saturday with officials from the country’s west-based government focusing on energy and migration,...
Tesla Briefly Hits $1 Trillion In Market Value On Wall Street
New York, Oct 25 (AFP): Tesla shares surged Monday, briefly lifting the electric car company's market value above $1 trillion, as investors shrugged off...
Fed set to impose another big rate hike to fight inflation
WASHINGTON , Jul 27 (AP) — With inflation at a four-decade high, the job market strong and consumers still spending, the Federal Reserve is...