10 die, including 5 kids, as boat capsizes in South Sudan
AP, Juba (South Sudan), NOV 25 2021, 17:34 ISTUPDATED: NOV 25 2021, 19:58 IST
At least 10 people, including five children, died this week in...
Devasahayam Pillai becomes 1st Indian layman to be declared saint by Pope
Vatican City, May 15 (PTI) Devasahayam Pillai, who embraced Christianity in the 18th century, was on Sunday declared a saint by Pope Francis at...
Milley: US coordination with Taliban on strikes ‘possible’
Washington, Sep 1 (AP) Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Wednesday that it's possible that the U.S. will...
6 Palestinian rights activists hacked by NSO spyware, says report
Jerusalem, Nov 8 (AP): Security researchers disclosed Monday that spyware from the notorious Israeli hacker-for-hire company NSO Group was detected on the cellphones of...
Blinken meets Macron as US seeks to heal rift with France
Paris, Oct 5 (AP) French President Emmanuel Macron and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Tuesday to explore potential cooperation in the Indo-Pacific...
World leaders express grief over loss of lives in Gujarat bridge collapse
Moscow/Jerusalem, Oct 31 (PTI) World leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, on Monday extended their condolences to the...
Truck crashes fleeing Greek police: migrant killed, 17 hurt
THESSALONIKI, Greece, 12 Jun (AP) A pickup truck trying to evade pursuing police in northeastern Greece slammed into a fence, killing one migrant and...
Pakistan hands over 20 Indian fishermen to India at Wagah
Lahore, Nov 15 (PTI) Pakistan on Monday handed over 20 Indian fishermen, who completed their four-year prison terms for allegedly fishing in Pakistani waters,...
Indian frontline worker in UAE beats death; makes miraculous recovery from COVID-19
Dubai, Jan 27 (PTI) A 38-year-old Indian frontline warrior in the UAE was on Thursday discharged from hospital after he made a miraculous recovery...
Bangladeshi court sentences ex-army major, 5 other Islamist militants to death for killing gay...
Dhaka, Aug 31 (PTI) A Bangladeshi anti-terrorism tribunal on Tuesday sentenced six Islamist militants, including a fugitive ex-army major, to death in the brutal...
India raids second Chinese mobile company this month
NEW DELHI , 13 Jul (AP) — Indian investigators have raided an Indian subsidiary of Chinese smartphone maker Oppo, accusing it of evading customs...
Man Kills Son, 4, After Argument With Wife In Maharashtra
Mumbai, Sep 21 (PTI): A man has been arrested for allegedly killing his four-year-old son by throwing him on a platform at Sanpada railway...
Italy’s deadly floods just latest example of climate change’s all-or-nothing weather extremes
ROME,19 May: The floods that sent rivers of mud tearing through towns in Italy’s northeast are another drenching dose of climate change’s all-or-nothing weather...
Pakistan rejects reports of agreement with US to conduct air operations in Afghanistan
Islamabad, Oct 23 (PTI) Pakistan on Saturday rejected reports about an agreement with the United States on the use of its airspace for intelligence...
French kids line up to get vaccine shots as omicron spreads
Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines (France), Dec 22 (AP) French schoolchildren clung nervously to their parents as they entered a vast vaccine center west of Paris on Wednesday...
Tibet issue: Nehru did what he thought was best for India, says Penpa Tsering
WASHINGTON, 29 Apr: Many people believe that India's first PM Jawaharlal Nehru made a blunder when he recognised China's sovereignty over Tibet but he...
Gorbachev mourned as rare world leader but some still bitter
BERLIN, Aug 31 (AP) — Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union and for many the man who restored democracy to then-communist-ruled...
Russian-owned successor of McDonald’s opens in Moscow
MOSCOW, 12 Jun (AP) — Three months after McDonald’s suspended operations in Russia, hundreds of people streamed into its famous former outlet on Moscow’s...
Poland’s conservative ruling party leader Kaczynski joins the government as deputy premier
WARSAW, 21 Jun: Poland’s powerful conserva-tive ruling party leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, rejoined the government on Wednes-day as the only deputy prime minister in the...
Iran’s president begins a rare visit to Africa to ‘promote economic diplomacy’
NAIROBI, 12 Jul: Iran’s president has begun a rare visit to Africa as his country, which is under heavy U.S. economic sanctions, seeks to...