Biden sending more troops to Europe amid Ukraine tension
Brussels, Feb 2 (AP) President Joe Biden is sending about 2,000 troops from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to Poland and Germany this week and...
Airstrike hits busy market in opposition-held northwestern Syria and kills at least 9 people
JISR AL-SHUGHUR, Syria, 25 Jun: An airstrike early Sunday over a busy vegetable market in northwestern Syria killed at least nine people, activists and...
Malaysia’s prime minister resists US pressure and says Malaysians don’t have a problem with...
MELBOURNE, Australia, 4 Mar (AP) — Malaysia’s prime minister on Monday spoke up in defense of ties with China and complained over alleged pressure...
Nepal’s Prachanda-led govt faces uncertainty amidst Deuba-Oli talk
Kathmandu, 1 Jul: A high-level meeting between Nepal's two largest parties - Nepali Congress and CPN-UML - has led to fresh speculation that days...
Pak PM Imran Khan speaks with Russian Prez Putin; discusses Afghan situation
Islamabad, Sep 14 (PTI) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and discussed regional and bilateral matters of...
Spain deploys military against wildfire, evacuates 2,500
JUBRIQUE, Spain , Sep 12 (AP) — Soldiers were deployed Sunday in southeastern Spain to join the battle against a major wildfire that is...
Ukraine shows unity as West sees no sign of Russian pullback
Kyiv, Feb 16 (AP) Ukrainians defied pressure from Moscow with a national show of flag-waving unity Wednesday, while the West warned that it saw...
UK took action too late against COVID-19 during first wave of pandemic, top medical...
LONDON, 21 Nov (AP): — Britain’s government was too late in taking action against the coronavirus during the first wave of the pandemic in...
China headhunting military pilots for training, UK says taking decisive action
London, 18 Oct: The UK government said on Tuesday that it is taking decisive steps to stop Chinese recruitment schemes attempting to headhunt serving...
Pak FM Qureshi says global community must not abandon Afghanistan; warns of serious consequences
Islamabad, Aug 31 (PTI) Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Tuesday warned the international community not to abandon Afghanistan, saying repeating the mistakes...
Yemen rebels allow UN flights temporarily into Sanaa airport
Cairo, Dec 28 (AP) The Iran-backed rebels in Yemen said Tuesday they are temporarily allowing UN humanitarian flights to land at the airport in...
Japan’s PM offers Ukraine support as China’s Xi backs Russia
KYIV, 21 Mar: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a surprise visit Tuesday to Kyiv, stealing some of the global attention from Asian rival...
Jaishankar meets Sri Lankan Finance Minister; discusses economic situation, India’s support
Colombo, Mar 28 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday met Sri Lanka's Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa and discussed with him the island...
Syrian fighters ready to join next phase of Ukraine war
BEIRUT, Apr 18 (AP) — During a visit to Syria in 2017, Vladimir Putin lavished praise on a Syrian general whose division played an...
Facebook blames outage on error during routine maintenance
London, Oct 6 (AP) The global outage that knocked Facebook and its other platforms offline for hours was caused by an error during routine...
China says ‘hard to meet’ discussions on Russia-Ukraine war, citing problems with arrangements
BEIJING, 31 May (AP) — China said Friday it would be “’hard to meet” calls for discussions on the Russia-Ukraine war, citing problems with...
Rights group: Taliban kill, abduct dozens of ex-officers
KABUL , Nov 30 (AP) — Taliban fighters have summarily killed or forcibly “disappeared” more than 100 former police and intelligence officers since taking...
Human rights group implicates Venezuelan security forces in killings during post-election protests
MEXICO CITY, 4 Sep (AP) — A global human rights watchdog on Wednesday implicated Venezuelan security forces and pro-government armed groups in killings that...
Lanka lauds India’s ‘continuous support’ to combat COVID; $15 mn offer to enhance religious...
Colombo, Aug 23 (PTI) Sri Lanka's newly-appointed foreign minister G L Peiris on Monday appreciated India's "continuous support" for combatting the COVID-19 pandemic and...
Sri Lanka seeks 1 billion dollar loan from India
Colombo, Jan 12 (PTI) Sri Lanka is negotiating a USD one billion loan from India to import goods from the country, the governor of...