USD 500 million MCC grant will boost Nepal’s power sector, reduce transport costs &...
Kathmandu, Feb 28 (PTI) The US has commended Nepal for ratifying the contentious Washington-funded USD 500 million MCC grant, saying it will result in...
Zelenskyy tells UK ‘freedom will win,’ pushes for warplanes
LONDON, 8 Feb: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pushed for fighter jets to ensure his country’s victory over Russia in a dramatic speech before the...
Moscow says Ukrainian rocket strike kills 63 Russian troops
KYIV, Ukraine, 2 Jan: Ukrainian forces fired rockets at a facility in the eastern Donetsk region where Russian soldiers were stationed, killing 63 of...
Tweets from Pak embassy in Serbia criticise PM Khan, allege non-payment of salaries; FO...
Islamabad, Dec 3 (PTI) Pakistan on Friday said the social media accounts of its embassy in Serbia have been "hacked", hours after the official...
US Indo-Pacific commander is ‘very concerned’ about escalation of China-Russia military ties
TOKYO, 18 Dec (AP) — The head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said Monday he is “very concerned” about increased joint military actions by...
Chinese airliner crashes with 132 aboard in country’s south
BEIJING, 21 Mar (AP) — A China Eastern Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board crashed in southern China on Monday, officials said, in...
Blinken vows more US military might in Indo-Pacific
Jakarta, Dec 14 (AP) The United States will expand its military and economic relationships with partners in Asia to push back against China's increasing...
Monkeypox virus case confirmed in UK after Nigeria travel link
London, May 8 (PTI) The UK health authorities have confirmed a case of monkeypox, which is a virus passed from infected animals such as...
Congo orders regional peacekeepers to leave by December
GOMA, 10 Oct: Congo’s government spokesperson has said that the East African regional force would have to leave the country by Dec. 8 because...
China orders lockdown of up to 13 million people in Xi’an
Beijing, Dec 22 (AP) China on Wednesday ordered the lockdown of as many as 13 million people in neighbourhoods and workplaces in the northern...
US designates 4 leaders of AQIS, TTP as global terrorists
WASHINGTON, 2 Dec (PTI): The US has designated four leaders of al-Qaida and the Pakistani Taliban groups as global terrorists, Secretary of State Tony...
Protests erupt in Pakistan’s Gwadar amid growing backlash against CPEC
Karachi, Nov 21 (PTI) Massive protests have erupted in Pakistan's port city of Gwadar against unnecessary checkpoints, a severe shortage of water and electricity...
Japan entry controls to stay until more known about omicron
Tokyo, Dec 21 (AP) Japan will keep in place its recently reimposed strict border controls, which ban most foreign entrants, until more information is...
Pakistan’s Imran Khan dials down campaign of defiance, allows police search of home for...
LAHORE, Pakistan,19 May: Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan dialed down his campaign of defiance on Friday, saying he would allow a police search...
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...
COVID-19 poses higher risk of rare brain conditions than vaccines: Oxford led study
London, Oct 26 (PTI) COVID-19 is more likely to cause very rare neurological conditions than vaccination with the AstraZeneca or Pfizer preventives, according to...
6 stabbed in Paris train station, attacker shot by police
PARIS , 11 Jan (AP) — An attacker wounded six people in an unprovoked blade attack in Paris’ busy Gare du Nord train station...
Nigeria: Student’s brutal killing triggers protest, curfew
ABUJA, Nigeria, 16 May (AP) — Nigerian authorities ordered a curfew in a northwestern state where hundreds protested Saturday to demand the release of...
Indonesia arrests a fugitive former Filipino town mayor wanted for illegal online gaming scams
JAKARTA, Indonesia, 4 Sep (AP) — A dismissed town mayor who fled the Philippines after being accused of helping establish an illegal online gaming...
Pak high-level security meet endorses Biden’s troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
Islamabad, Aug 16 (PTI) Pakistan's high-level security huddle chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday endorsed US President Joe Biden's decision to pull...