IS-K bigger threat than TTP in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: province police chief
Peshawar, Jan 22 (PTI) The Islamic State's Afghanistan affiliate, dubbed Islamic State Khorasan or IS-K, posed a bigger threat to peace and integrity of...
Belarus opposition leader says anonymous message alleges that her husband died in prison
TALLINN, 4 Jul: Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said Tuesday that she had received an anonymous message alleging that her imprisoned husband, also an...
Pakistan: 3 militants, 1 soldier killed in shootout
Quetta, Aug 14 (AP) Pakistani security forces killed three militants during a shootout on Saturday following a militant attack on a security patrol in...
Indian national jailed in Singapore for illegally subletting residential unit to multiple tenants, passing...
Singapore, Sep 29 (PTI) A 23-year-old Indian national has been jailed for 25 days after pleading guilty to two charges under the Official Secrets...
Indian woman arrested with 6 others near US-Canada border requires partial amputation of hand
New York, Jan 22 (PTI) Two of the seven Indian nationals, illegally present in the US and who were arrested near the US-Canada border,...
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...
Cyprus says new gas discovery aids Europe’s energy search
NICOSIA, Cyprus, Aug 22 (AP) — A new natural gas discovery off Cyprus’ southern coast that is estimated to contain around 2.5 trillion cubic...
China’s drought-hit areas get rain, bringing flood risks
BEIJING (AP) — More than 100,000 people had moved to safer areas by Monday as heavy rains brought flood risks to a region of...
Sri Lanka leader suspends parliament until policy address
COLOMBO, 28 Jan: Sri Lanka’s president suspended Parliament until Feb. 8, when he said he would announced a new set of long-term policies to...
Lawmakers say UK’s planned law to deport Channel migrants breaches rights obligations
LONDON, 11 Jun: A committee of British lawmakers said Sunday that the U.K. will break its international human rights commitments if it goes through...
Missiles, exploding drones again hit Ukraine’s power, water
KYIV, 18 Oct: Airstrikes cut power and water supplies in a repeatedly bombed Ukrainian city and pounded critical energy facilities elsewhere on Tuesday, part...
Russian officials again try to link the Moscow concert attack with Ukraine despite Kyiv’s...
TALLINN, Estonia, 5 Apr (AP) — Russian authorities on Friday again tried to link the deadly attack on a Moscow concert hall to Ukraine,...
Chinese scientists find traces of water in lunar soil brought by Chang’e-5 mission
Beijing, 24 Jul: Chinese scientists studying the soil samples of the moon brought by Chang’e-5 mission found water molecules in lunar soil, according to...
West promises Ukraine more, better arms to fend off Russia
KYIV, Ukraine , May 01 (AP) — The U.S. and Germany pledged to send Ukraine some of the most advanced weapons yet as Russian...
Russia’s Putin slams presence of foreign troops in Syria
Damascus, Sep 14 (AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin criticised the presence of foreign troops in Syria, saying they are there against the will of...
Pakistani officials: Swelling lake could cause more flooding
ISLAMABAD, 4 Sep: More flooding is expected in southern Pakistan, where Lake Manchar swelled from unprecedented monsoon rains that began in mid-June, officials warned...
Risk of hospitalisations higher with Delta variant: UK study
London, Aug 28 (PTI) Those infected with the Delta variant of COVID-19 in the UK have been found to be twice as likely to...
AI could help spread false and misleading information on Holocaust, UNESCO report warns
WASHINGTON, 18 Jun: A United Nations agency is warning that developments in artificial intelligence could spawn a new surge in Holocaust denial.
A report published...
Pro-government ethnic militias in east Myanmar shift loyalty to join fighters against military rule
BANGKOK, 26 Jun: Units of an ethnic militia in eastern Myanmar that is nominally part of the military have swit-ched sides, allying themse-lves with...
14 killed in massive blast in Pakistan’s Karachi city
Karachi/Islamabad, Dec 18 (PTI) At least 14 people were killed and 15 others injured in Pakistan's financial capital of Karachi on Saturday when a...