Luge’s new king: Germany’s Johannes Ludwig wins Olympic gold
BEIJING, Feb 6 (AP) — Johannes Ludwig let all his rivals know back in November that he would be the one to beat at...
New Indian Ocean fishing rules in big win for coastal states
MOMBASA, Kenya , 6 Feb (AP) — Indian Ocean states agreed Monday to temporarily halt the use of industrial fishing gear that is drastically...
North Korea reports 15 more suspected COVID-19 deaths
Seoul, May 15 (AP) North Korea has confirmed 15 more deaths and hundreds of thousands of additional patients with fevers as it mobilises more...
Mass swarm of dead fish in Atlantic prompts European inquiry
PARIS , Feb 5 (AP) — France and the European Union are investigating why a massive swarm of dead fish was released by a...
Situation at Sino-India border ‘generally stable’: China
Beijing, Dec 21 (PTI) The situation at the China-India border is "generally stable" and both sides are maintaining dialogue and communication through diplomatic and...
Air Force official says US to maintain presence in Mideast
Dubai, Nov 13 (AP) The top U.S. Air Force general in the Mideast said Saturday that American airmen would continue to be stationed in...
Macron insists pension reform is needed, despite protests
PARIS, 10 Mar: French President Emmanuel Macron insisted on the need for raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 in order to make...
Australia Anti-Lockdown Protesters Pepper-Sprayed, Hundreds Arrested
Melbourne, Sep 18 (AFP): Several police officers were wounded and hundreds of protesters were arrested in Australia's second-most-populous city Saturday in violent clashes at...
Russia intensifies attacks in eastern Ukraine as it fights against Kyiv’s cross-border incursion
KYIV, Ukraine, 12 Aug: The Russian army is intensifying its attacks in eastern Ukraine, military authorities said Tuesday, even as the Kremlin’s forces try...
German police raid homes of 20 alleged supporters of far-right Reich Citizens scene
BERLIN, 23 Nov (AP) — Police officers in Germany searched the homes of about 20 people Thursday in connection with investigations into the far-right...
China ‘largest threat’ to Britain; has targeted India: Rishi Sunak
London, July 25 (PTI): China represents the “largest threat” to Britain and the world’s security and prosperity this century and there is evidence to...
Shanghai to reopen subways in easing of COVID lockdown
BEIJING , 20 May (AP) — The locked-down Chinese metropolis of Shanghai will reopen four of its 20 subway lines Sunday as it slowly...
Tour boat in Mexico hits whale or whale shark, 6 injured
LA PAZ, Mexico, 24 Apr (AP) — A small Mexican tour boat hit a whale or a whale shark off the Baja California Sur...
Japan PM Kishida’s coalition to keep majority but lose seats
TOKYO , Oct 31(AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s governing coalition is expected to keep a majority in a parliamentary election Sunday but...
Japan’s army says helicopter carrying 10 crashed into ocean
Tokyo, Apr 6 (AP) A missing Japanese army helicopter carrying 10 crew members is believed to have crashed into the sea off a southern...
Myanmar troops take refuge in Bangladesh amid escalated conflict
Dhaka, Feb 6 (PTI) Over a hundred Myanmar army soldiers on Tuesday took refuge in Bangladesh alongside their paramilitary border guards amid escalated armed...
Venezuela’s high court has suspended the opposition’s primary election process, including its result
CARACAS, Venezuela , 30 Oct (AP) — Venezuela’s high court on Monday suspended the opposition’s entire primary election process, including its result, in the...
Mediterranean ships find 5 dead, rescue over 1,100 migrants
MILAN , Jul 24 (AP) — Italian vessels have recovered five bodies and rescued 674 people packed on a fishing boat adrift in the...
Salman Rushdie attack was unjustifiable, says former Pakistan PM Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD, Aug 19 (AP): Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has termed the attempted murder of Salman Rushdie as 'terrible and sad,' indicating that...
Imran Khan vows to establish exemplary rule of law in Pak
Islamabad, Oct 19 (PTI) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday pledged to establish an exemplary rule of law in the country where even...