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...
Lanka PM Mahinda Rajapaksa proposes to curb presidential powers amid anti-govt protests
Colombo, Apr 19 (PTI) Sri Lanka's embattled Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Tuesday proposed to restore the 19th amendment to the Constitution to curb...
Portugal becomes fourth EU country to stop using coal plants
LISBON, Portugal, Nov 22 (AP) — Environmental activists are welcoming the end of electricity generation from coal in Portugal, though they said Monday the...
Death toll in Uganda rubbish heap collapse reaches 24 as rescue teams find more...
KAMPALA, Uganda, 12 Aug (AP) — The death toll from a mountain of rubbish that collapsed in the Ugandan capital rose to 24 on...
Europe braces for further strife as Ukraine crisis escalates
Kyiv, Feb 23 (AP) Russia began evacuating its embassy in Kyiv, and Ukraine urged its citizens to leave Russia on Wednesday as the region...
UNGA adopts India-led resolution to establish memorial wall to honour fallen peacekeepers
UNITED NATIONS, 15 Jun: The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has adopted by consensus a draft resolution piloted by India to establish a memorial...
Farmers’ protest in Spain highlights rural concerns
MADRID , Jan 23 (AP) — Farmers, cattle-breeders, hunters and opposition supporters descended Sunday on the Spanish capital of Madrid to protest environmental and...
Taliban takeover will inspire terrorists, warns UK minister
London, Aug 19 (PTI) The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan will inspire terrorists and trigger an explosion of extremism and security challenges for the world,...
Putin accuses Ukraine of a ‘large-scale provocation’ in southwestern Russia
KYIV, Ukraine, 7 Aug (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday described a Ukrainian incursion into the country’s southwestern Kursk region as a...
Myanmar’s military is losing ground against coordinated nationwide attacks, buoying opposition hopes
BANGKOK, 1 Dec: About two weeks into a major offensive against Myanmar’s military-run government by an alliance of three well-armed militias of ethnic minorities,...
Biden says 14.5M get health care under Obama law, with help
Washington, Jan 27 (AP) President Joe Biden said Thursday that 14.5 million Americans got private health insurance for this year under the Obama-era health...
Chinese FM Wang meets Pak PM; discusses current trajectory of bilateral ties
Islamabad, Mar 22 (PTI) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday and the two leaders discussed the current...
Pakistan dismisses UN human rights body’s concerns about violence, democratic freedom ahead of polls
Islamabad, Feb 7 (PTI) Pakistan on Wednesday dismissed UN human rights body concerns about violence and the right to fundamental democratic freedom ahead of...
European Union members should open talks with Bosnia on joining, the EU’s executive branch...
BRUSSELS, 12 Mar: The European Union’s executive arm will recommend that member countries open membership negotiations with Bosnia-Herzegovina, European Commission President Ursula von der...
Death toll from 4 days of rains rises to 63 in Pakistan with...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, 17 Apr: Lightning and heavy rains led to 14 deaths in Pakistan, officials said Wednesday, bringing the death toll from four days...
Suspected Islamic extremists kill 69 people in western Niger
NIAMEY, Niger, Nov 5 (AFP) Suspected Islamic extremists ambushed a self-defense brigade in western Niger, killing 69 people in the latest attack in the...
UK’s first Black female lawmaker ‘free’ to stand for Labour at election after row...
LONDON, 31 May (AP) — The U.K.'s first Black female member of parliament will be allowed to stand for the Labour Party in the...
Iran votes in its first parliament election since 2022 protests as questions over...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 1 Mar: Iran on Friday held the country’s first parliamentary election since the mass 2022 protests over mandatory hijab laws...
US may very well end up in a ‘war’ with China: Trump
Washington, Oct 6 (PTI) The US may very well end up in a "war" with China, former president Donald Trump warned on Wednesday, saying...
Coal power, traffic, waste burning a toxic smog cocktail in Indonesia’s Jakarta
JAKARTA, Indonesia, 29 Nov (AP) — Against the backdrop of smokestacks from a nearby coal power plant, the sky above Edy Suryana’s village stays...