Abramovich completes $3.2 billion sale of EPL team Chelsea
London, May 30 (AP) A consortium fronted by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly completed the purchase of Chelsea on Monday for 2.5 billion...
Recognition of Taliban in Afghanistan has to be ‘collective effort’ by countries in region:...
Islamabad, Feb 15 (PTI) Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday said his government will not recognise the Taliban regime in Afghanistan unilaterally and become...
Germany slips behind China as top importer of Russian energy
BERLIN , Jun 13 (AP) — China has overtaken Germany as the biggest buyer of Russian energy exports since the start of the war...
Israel says female soldier captured in Hamas’ assault has been released during Gaza ground...
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip, 30 Oct (AP) — Israeli troops and tanks pushed deeper into Gaza on Monday, advancing on two sides of the...
North Korean leader’s sister says US hypocritical for criticizing failed satellite launch
SEOUL, South Korea, 1 Jun: The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday accused the United States of “gangster-like” hypocrisy...
Belarus’ top diplomat, ally to president, dies at 64
TALLINN, Estonia , 26 Nov (AP) — Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei, a close ally of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, has died at age...
India will ‘benefit’ from price cap on Russian oil: US Treasury Secretary Yellen
Washington, Nov 8 (PTI) India will "benefit" from the proposed price cap on oil, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said, arguing that the United...
Hunger soars and aid dwindles as gangs in Haiti suffocate the country
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, 17 Mar: A crowd of about 100 people tried to shove through a metal gate in Haiti’s capital as a guard with...
Pak Ex-PM Imran Khan charged over land scam, total cases now over 140
Lahore, 11 Jun: Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan was booked on Sunday in yet another case related to the purchase of over 5,000...
Britain’s foreign secretary will visit China in an attempt to shore up ties...
Taipei, 29 Aug: Britain's top diplomat, James Cleverly, is set to visit China on Wednesday, as the two countries attempt to shore up frayed...
Singapore mending regulations to stay globally competitive: PM Wong
Singapore, Aug 18 (PTI) Prime Minister Lawrence Wong on Sunday said that business and trade-oriented Singapore will keep the regulatory burden to a minimum...
Oil prices surge above USD 100 a barrel as war on Ukraine rages
New York, Mar 1 (AP) Oil prices soared on Tuesday and investors shifted more money into ultra-safe US government bonds as Russia stepped up...
UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid tests positive for COVID-19
United Nations, Dec 23 (PTI) President of the United Nations General Assembly Abdulla Shahid on Thursday said that he has tested positive for the...
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi pleads not guilty as graft trial continues
Bangkok, Feb 28 (AP) Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi pleaded not guilty on Monday to a corruption charge that alleged she had...
Nobel Peace Prize winners call for journalist protections
COPENHAGEN, Denmark , Dec 11 (AP) — The two journalists who shared this year’s Nobel Peace Prize received their awards Friday during a pomp-filled...
Ukraine marks Independence Day six months after start of war
KYIV, Ukraine, 24 Aug (AP) — Residents of Kyiv woke up to air raid sirens as Ukraine observed its Independence Day on Wednesday, which...
Russia sends more energy to Asia as Europe cuts back
Berlin, Sep 6 (AP) Russia sent significantly more oil and coal to India and China over the summer compared with the start of the...
Australian charged over travel to IS territory freed on bail
SYDNEY, 6 Jan: An Australian woman charged with willingly entering part of Syria that was under control of the Islamic State group was freed...
Desmond Tutu, S Africa’s anti-apartheid icon and Nobel laureate, dies at 90
Johannesburg, Dec 26 (PTI) Archbishop Desmond Tutu, South Africa's anti-apartheid icon who won the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting racial discrimination in the country,...
Typhoon deaths in Philippines top 100, mayors plead for food
MANILA, Philippines, Dec 19 (AP) — The governor of an island province in the central Philippines said Sunday at least 72 people died in...