Germany: No guarantee UN climate talks will end with a deal
Berlin, Oct 19 (AP) Germany's foreign minister says there's no guarantee that this year's United Nations climate talks will result in an agreement that's...
Pak to offer permanent residency scheme for rich foreign nationals to boost weak economy
Islamabad, Jan 15 (PTI) Pakistan has decided to offer a permanent residency scheme for wealthy foreign nationals, including Sikhs living in the US and...
Ukraine keeps up momentum, claims it reached Russian border
KHARKIV, Ukraine, Sep 13 (AP) — Ukraine claimed Monday that it took several more villages, pushing Russian forces right back to the northeastern border,...
Poland, Baltic states warn they could seal border with Belarus if military, migrant tensions...
Warsaw, 28 Aug: NATO members Poland and the Baltic states will seal off their borders with Russia's ally Belarus in the event of any...
Israel says regional alliance has thwarted Iranian attacks
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister on Monday said that Israel is helping build a U.S.-led regional air-defense alliance against Iran, and that the...
French judge extends police custody for Telegram CEO Pavel Durov
PARIS, 27 Aug (AP) — A French investigative judge extended police custody for the CEO of the popular messaging app Telegram, Pavel Durov, prosecutors...
Top German diplomat: Taliban to cause Afghanistan’s downfall
ISLAMABAD, 7 Jun: Germany’s top diplomat expressed concerns Tuesday during a visit to Pakistan that neighboring Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers are leading that country...
S. Korea says it has ability to intercept North’s missiles
SEOUL, South Korea , Oct 11 (AP) — South Korea’s military said Tuesday it’s capable of detecting and intercepting the variety of missiles North...
Australia looks for new ways to lift Indigenous living standards after referendum loss
CANBERRA, Australia, 15 Oct (AP) — Australia will look for new ways to lift Indigenous living standards after voters soundly rejected a proposal to...
Taliban allow high school graduation exams for Afghan girls
Islamabad, 6 Dec: Afghan girls will be allowed to take their high school graduation exams this week, an official and documents from the Taliban...
Pak Ex-PM Imran Khan charged over land scam, total cases now over 140
Lahore, 11 Jun: Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan was booked on Sunday in yet another case related to the purchase of over 5,000...
Greece’s left-wing opposition party slips into crisis as lawmakers quit in defiance of new...
ATHENS, Greece, 23 Nov (AP) — Greece’s main left-wing opposition party, Syriza, suffered a damaging setback Thursday when nine lawmakers quit the party in...
Swiss to unfreeze $430M as Egypt money laundering probe ends
Geneva, Apr 13 (AP) Swiss prosecutors will not file any charges after concluding a decade-long investigation into alleged money laundering and organised crime linked...
India, China ‘effectively managed, controlled’ eastern Ladakh frictions: Chinese FM Wang Yi
Beijing, Dec 20 (PTI) China and India "effectively managed and controlled" border frictions in eastern Ladakh, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in his...
A planted bomb targeting police kills 5 and wounds 20 at a bus stop...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, 3 nov (AP) — A bomb planted in a parked motorcycle exploded near a police vehicle in northwest Pakistan, killing at least...
US general: Ukraine will keep getting ‘significant’ support
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France , Jun 6 (AP) — The United States and its allies will keep providing “significant” support to Ukraine out of respect for...
Sri Lanka’s Parliament condemns lynching of Lankan national in Pak; PM Rajapaksa seeks justice
Colombo, Dec 4 (PTI) Sri Lanka's Parliament and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday condemned the brutal lynching of a Sri Lankan national in...
US recognises McMahon Line as int’l boundary between China and Arunachal
WASHINGTON, 15 Mar: The United States recognises the McMahon Line as the international boundary between China and Arunachal Pradesh, according to a bipartisan Senate...
South Korea launches first commercial-grade satellite, as North Korea plans first spy satellite
SEOUL, South Korea, 25 May (AP) — South Korea successfully launched a commercial-grade satellite for the first time Thursday as part of its growing...
China successfully launches satellite to test space debris mitigation technology
Beijing, Oct 24 (PTI): China successfully launched a new satellite on Sunday to test and verify space debris mitigation technologies.
It was launched from the...