UN inspectors head to Ukraine nuclear plant in war zone
KYIV, Ukraine, Aug 31 (AP) — A team of U.N. inspectors made its way toward Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Wednesday on a perilous,...
China plans cloud seeding to protect grain crop amid drought
CHONGQING, China , 21 Aug (AP) China says it will try to protect its grain harvest from record-setting drought by using chemicals to generate...
India will continue to press China for return of thousands of stranded Indians: top...
Beijing, Jan 10 (PTI) India will continue to take up with China the return of over 23,000 stranded Indian students, besides a large number...
Hundreds Evacuated After Wildfire Cases Surge In Suburbs Of Greece
Athens, Jul 20 (AFP): Hundreds of people were evacuated early Wednesday as firefighters deployed planes and helicopters to fight a surging wildfire in mountainside...
Russia accuses Kyiv of downing a military transport plane, killing all 74 aboard, including...
KYIV, 24 Jan: A Russian military transport plane crashed Wednesday in a border region near Ukraine, and Moscow accused Kyiv of shooting it down,...
Oil giant Saudi Aramco offers a second stock tranche worth billions of dollars
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 31 May (AP) — Saudi Arabia said Friday it will sell a second sliver of stock in its state oil...
Under India’s Presidency, UNSC adopts strong resolution on Afghanistan, China, Russia abstain
United Nations, Aug 31 (PTI) The UN Security Council, under India's Presidency, adopted a strong resolution demanding that territory of Afghanistan not be used...
Chief: Officer hit woman at abortion rally, should be fired
PROVIDENCE, R.I. , Jun 29 (AP) — The chief of police in Rhode Island’s capital has recommended that a city officer charged with assaulting...
Imran Khan May Be Tried In Military Court For Role In Riots: Report
Islamabad, 4 Jun (PTI): Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said the chances were that former prime minister Imran Khan could be tried in...
Indiana students improve on tests, trail pre-pandemic marks
INDIANAPOLIS , 13 Jul (AP) — Indiana students had small improvements in their English and math scores, with standardized test results released Wednesday indicating...
New Zealand ski areas lacking snow face possible bankruptcy
WELLINGTON, New Zealand , Oct 11 (AP) — Two of New Zealand’s largest ski areas on Tuesday were placed into a type of bankruptcy...
Police officer killed, four injured in grenade attack on police outpost in Pakistan
Peshawar, Jul 7 (PTI) A police officer was killed and four others were injured when unknown assailants hurled a hand grenade at a police...
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...
US airstrike targets ISIS-K ‘planner’ in Afghanistan
Washington, Aug 28 (PTI) The US military has said that it carried out a drone strike in Afghanistan, killing an Islamic State "planner", a...
Hurricane Ian strikes Cuba, Florida braces for Cat 4 damage
HAVANA, Sep 27 (AP) — Hurricane Ian tore into western Cuba on Tuesday as a major hurricane, with nothing to stop it from intensifying...
19 Dead, Dozens Injured In Kabul Hospital Attack: Report
Kabul, Nov 2 (PTI): At least 19 people were killed and 50 others wounded in an attack on a military hospital in Kabul on...
Russia says it took Soledar, Ukraine denies its capture
KYIV, Ukraine, 13 Jan: Russia claimed Friday that its forces captured a fiercely contested salt mining town, in what would mark a rare victory...
French judge to decide on extending stay of 303 passengers, mostly Indians, of grounded...
Paris, 24 Dec: The 303 passengers, mostly Indians, of a plane detained by French authorities since Thursday over suspected "human trafficking", are set to...
UAE shoots down 2 ballistic missiles fired by Houthis over Abu Dhabi
Dubai, Jan 24 (PTI) The UAE defence forces on Monday intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles that the Houthi terror group fired towards its...
Suicide bombing in Islamabad kills 2 suspects and policeman
ISLAMABAD , Dec 23 (AP) — A powerful car bomb detonated near a residential area in Islamabad on Friday, killing two suspected militants and...