Saudi oil giant Aramco’s first-quarter profits surge 80%

Dubai, May 15 (AP) Oil giant Saudi Aramco said Sunday its profits soared more than 80% in the first three months of the year,...

US, UK, Australia launch new trilateral Indo-Pacific alliance to counter China

Washington/London, Sep 16 (PTI) The US, Britain and Australia have announced a new trilateral security alliance for the Indo-Pacific to take on the threats...

Nepal’s ruling alliance members likely to back US-grant pact in Parliament

Kathmandu, Feb 27 (PTI) Nepal's ruling alliance is likely to back the USD 500 US-grant Millennium Corporation Challenge (MCC) programme during a discussion on...

Bangladesh’s interim government led by Yunus lifts ban on the Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami party

DHAKA, Bangladesh, 28 Aug (AP) — Bangladesh’s interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday lifted a ban on the Islamist Jamaat-e-Islami...

EU seeks specialized court to investigate Russia war crimes

BRUSSELS, Nov 30 (AFP) — The European Union proposed Wednesday to set up a U.N.-backed specialized court to investigate possible war crimes committed by...

UK PM Johnson discusses trade, Ukraine, Afghanistan with Pakistan PM Sharif

London, May 31 (PTI) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has spoken to his Pakistani counterpart Shehbaz Sharif for the first time since the latter's...

Chinese and Philippine vessels collide at a disputed atoll and governments trade accusations

Taipei, 31 Aug: China and the Philippines accused each other of causing a collision between their two vessels Saturday in the latest flareup of...

Biden celebration of new gun law clouded by latest shooting

WASHINGTON , 11 Jul (AP) President Joe Biden is hosting a “celebration” of a new bipartisan law meant to reduce gun violence that, after...

North Korea fires short-range ballistic missile

Seoul, 19 Mar: North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile on Sunday, Seoul's military said, the fourth show of force in a week as...

China says 5 citizens kidnapped from Congo mining operation

BEIJING, Nov 22 (AP) — China says five of its citizens have been kidnapped from a mining operation in eastern Congo. The Chinese Embassy in...

Early polls can be held to end political uncertainty: Pak Interior Minister

Islamabad, Mar 24 (PTI) Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said on Thursday that early elections can be held in the country to end the...

Since Sudan coup, 41 killed, hospitals targeted, doctors say

CAIRO, Nov 22 (AP) — Security forces have targeted hospitals and blocked injured protesters from treatment since the military seized control of the country...

India begins to flex its naval power as competition with China grows

SRINAGAR, India, 2 Feb: For decades, India has focused its defense policy on its land borders with rivals Pakistan and China. Now, as its...

Afghan central bank says $9B reserves abroad

Kabul, Aug 18 (AP) Afghanistan's central bank governor says that the country has some 9 billion in reserves abroad and not in physical cash...

Japan’s space agency delays launch of upgraded observation satellite on new H3 rocket due...

TOKYO, 28 Jun (AP) — Japan’s space agency said Friday its planned launch this weekend of a satellite on its new flagship H3 rocket...

Autopsies show Covid virus lingers in brain for months: Study

Washington, 3 Jan: The SARS-CoV-2 virus spreads throughout the body, including the brain, and lingers for almost eight months, shows an analysis of tissue...

Study: Non-infectious diseases cause early death in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, 19 Jan: Pakistan has considerable control over infectious diseases but now struggles against cardiovascular diseases, diabetes and cancer as causes of early deaths,...

Russian FM urges more talks with West amid Ukraine tensions

Moscow, Feb 14 (AP) Russia's top diplomat advised President Vladimir Putin on Monday to continue talks with the West on Russian security demands amid...

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,...

UK to respond ‘robustly’ against attack on Indian high commission: Foreign secy

LONDON, 23 Mar: The UK will review the security at the Indian high commission here following "unacceptable" acts of violence by pro-Khalistan protesters, Foreign...