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...
International rights groups back Sri Lankan activist, condemn govt’s ‘harassment’
Colombo, Feb 14 (PTI) Eight international organisations, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, have condemned the Sri Lankan government's response to a prominent...
UK police conclude probe into Johnson’s ‘partygate’ scandal
LONDON , 20 May (AP) — Britain’s Metropolitan Police says it has concluded its investigation into breaches of COVID-19 regulations at British government offices,...
Election fraud trial of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi begins
Bangkok, Feb 14 (AP) Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi went on trial on Monday on election fraud charges, the latest in a...
Over 300 Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar arrive in Indonesia’s Aceh region after weeks at...
ACEH BESAR, Indonesia, 10 Dec: Two boats carrying more than 300 Rohingya Muslims, including emaciated women and children, arrived at Indonesia’s northernmost province of...
NATO expels 8 ”undeclared” Russian intelligence officers
Brussels, Oct 6 (AP) NATO on Wednesday expelled eight members of Russia's mission to the military alliance, saying that they were secretly working as...
Pak-based terror groups LeT, JeM operate with ‘impunity, encouragement’: India at UNSC
United Nations, Aug 19 (PTI) Terror groups like the LeT and JeM continue to operate with both "impunity and encouragement", India told the UN...
Greece prevents hundreds from entering by sea from Turkey
ATHENS, Greece , May 23 (AP) — Greece’s coast guard on Monday prevented at least 590 migrants from illegally entering the country’s waters in...
German president re-elected for another term
BERLIN (AP) — German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier was re-elected for a second term of five years by a special parliamentary assembly on Sunday.
Steinmeier had...
New Zealand elects conservative Christopher Luxon as premier after 6 years of liberal rule
AUCKLAND, 14 Oct: Conservative former businessman Christopher Luxon will be New Zealand’s next prime minister after winning a decisive election victory Saturday.
People voted for...
Tornado hits Selma, Alabama; 7 deaths reported across South
SELMA, Ala., 13 Jan: A massive storm system whipping up severe winds and spawning tornadoes cut a path across the U.S. South, killing at...
SpaceX returns 4 astronauts to Earth, ending 200-day flight
Cape Canaveral, Nov 9 (AP) Four astronauts returned to Earth on Monday, riding home with SpaceX to end a 200-day space station mission that...
Sultan Mahmood takes oath as president of PoK
Islamabad, Aug 25 (PTI) Veteran politician Sultan Mahmood on Wednesday took oath as the new president of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
Mahmood became the 28th president...
Libya’s foreign minister suspended after meeting with Israel’s chief diplomat
Cairo, 28 Aug: One of Libya's rival prime ministers said Monday he has suspended his foreign minister a day after Israel revealed that its...
Musk threatens to walk away from Twitter deal
DETROIT , Jun 6 (AP) — Elon Musk is threatening to walk away from his $44 billion bid to buy Twitter, accusing the company...
Cyprus picks new president amid economic doubt, ethnic split
NICOSIA, Cyprus , Jan 01 (AP) — Cypriots are voting Sunday for a new president who they’ll expect to decisively steer the small island...
A rocket with a lunar landing craft blasts off on Russia’s first moon mission...
TALLINN, Estonia, 11 Aug (AP) — A rocket carrying a lunar landing craft blasted off Friday on Russia’s first moon mission in nearly 50...
Pakistan, UN jointly appeal for USD 160 million to deal with catastrophic floods
Islamabad, Aug 30 (PTI) Grappling with unprecedented floods, the cash-strapped Pakistan government on Tuesday teamed up with the United Nations to issue a flash...
NK says it will launch its first military spy satellite in June
SEOUL, South Korea, 30 May: North Korea said Tuesday it would launch its first military spy satellite in June and described space-based reconnaissance as...
NATO deepens ties with Ukraine but doesn’t set clear path for membership
VILNIUS, 12 Jul: NATO leaders gathered Wednes-day to launch a highly symbolic new forum for ties with Ukraine, after commi-tting to provide the country...