Citing Russia’s war, IMF cuts global growth forecast to 3.6%
WASHINGTON , 19 Apr (AP) — The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday downgraded the outlook for the world economy this year and next, blaming...
Map in India’s new Parliament a cultural one and not political: Nepal PM...
Kathmandu, 7 Jun: Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' on Wednesday said that he raised the issue relating to the 'Akhanda Bharat' map...
Qatar replaces Russian company in Lebanon gas exploration
BEIRUT, 29 Jan: Lebanon, two international oil giants and state-owned oil and gas company Qatar Energy signed an agreement Sunday that the Qatari firm...
Sri Lankan clergy offers support to priest who questioned role of intel agencies in...
Colombo, Nov 8 (PTI) A group of Catholic priests staged a rare protest in front of the Supreme Court complex here on Monday in...
SpaceX launching Saudi astronauts on private flight to space station
Cape Canaveral, May 21 (AP) SpaceX's next private flight to the International Space Station awaited takeoff Sunday, weather and rocket permitting.
The passengers include Saudi...
Russia says it shot down 36 Ukrainian drones as fighting grinds on in Ukraine’s...
KYIV, Ukraine, 29 Oct (AP) — Russian air defense shot down over 30 Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea and the Crimean peninsula overnight...
Iran currency drops to lowest value ever amid US sanctions
TEHRAN, Iran, Jun 12 (AP) — Iran’s currency Sunday dropped to its lowest value ever as talks to revive the country’s tattered nuclear deal...
Bangladeshi woman professor says harassed by ‘police officer’ for wearing bindi
Dhaka, Apr 3 (PTI) A woman professor of a private college in Bangladesh has alleged that she was harassed and threatened to kill by...
Sri Lankan court indicts 24 suspects for deadly 2019 Easter attacks: officials
Colombo, Oct 4 (PTI) At least 24 terror suspects, including the mastermind Naufer Moulavi, have been indicted by a Sri Lankan court here in...
State of emergency in Russia’s Yakutia expanded over fires
MOSCOW , Aug 13 (AP) — Russian authorities expanded a state of emergency in northeast Siberia on Friday to help bring in outside resources...
India, Nepal sign MoU to construct bridge over Mahakali river
Kathmandu, Feb 1 (PTI) India and Nepal on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the construction of a motorable bridge over the...
Long-lost ship found in Lake Huron, confirming tragic story
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. , 1 Mar (AP) — Even for the Thunder Bay area, a perilous swath of northern Lake Huron off the Michigan...
Senator Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar named Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister
Islamabad, Aug 12 (PTI) Senator Anwarul Haq Kakar from Pakistan's restive Balochistan province was on Saturday appointed the caretaker prime minister to head a...
Another wave of Israeli strikes hit Gaza refugee camp as crossing opens for foreigners...
RAFAH, 1 Nov: Israeli airstrikes hit apartment buildings in a Gaza refugee camp for the second day in a row Wednesday, Palestinian officials said,...
Syria’s Assad in UAE to mark ongoing thaw in relations
BEIRUT, 19 Mar: Syrian President Bashar Assad arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, his first visit to the wealthy Gulf country since...
Lanka’s Defence Ministry asks citizens to assist in managing economic crisis; cancels leaves of...
Colombo, May 8 (PTI) Sri Lanka's Defence Ministry has appealed to the public to assist it in managing the current economic crisis and unrest...
A teacher dies and 2 people are wounded in stabbing in France. Anti-terror police...
PARIS (AP) — A man armed with a knife killed a teacher at the high school in northern France he once attended and critically...
Nepal villagers cremate loved ones who perished in earthquake that shook its northwest, killing...
KATHMANDU, Nepal, 5 Nov (AP) — Villagers in the mountains of northwest Nepal cremated the bodies of some who perished in an earthquake that...
China condemns US law banning imports from Xinjiang
Beijing, Dec 24 (PTI) China on Friday expressed firm opposition to the new US law that restricts imports from its volatile Xinjiang province over...
US military says first aid shipment has been driven across a newly built US...
WASHINGTON, 17 May (AP) — Trucks carrying badly needed aid for the Gaza Strip rolled across a newly built U.S. pier and into the...