New mass graves in Rwanda reveal cracks in reconciliation efforts, 30 years after the...
HUYE, Rwanda, 5 Apr (AP) — The diggers’ hoes scrape the brown soil, looking for — and often finding — human bone fragments. The...
Hopes for historic Pacific visit dashed after Biden cancels trip to Papua New Guinea
WELLINGTON, New Zealand , 17 May (AP) — Papua New Guinea had declared next Monday a public holiday in anticipation of an historic visit...
Taliban Capture Another Provincial Capital, Faizabad In Afghan North: Lawmaker
Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug 11 (AFP): The Taliban have captured the city of Faizabad in northern Afghanistan, a local MP told AFP on Wednesday, the...
Bangladesh requests loan from IMF; economists say “reforms in financial sector” needed
Dhaka, Jul 26 (PTI) Bangladesh has formally requested for a USD 4.5 billion loan from the Washington-based multilateral lender IMF to combat the ongoing...
ISI chief rushes to Kabul as Taliban struggle to form inclusive govt acceptable to...
Islamabad, Sep 4 (PTI) In a surprise move, Pakistan's powerful intelligence chief Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed on Saturday dashed to Kabul, according to media...
At least 17 killed in road crash explosion in western Ghana
ACCRA, Ghana, Jan 21 (AP): At least 17 people were killed and dozens more injured when a vehicle carrying mining explosives blew up after...
China state media demand strict adherence to ‘zero COVID’
BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling party called for strict adherence to the hard-line “zero-COVID” policy Tuesday in an apparent attempt to guide public perceptions...
10 dead in Buffalo supermarket attack police call hate crime
BUFFALO, N.Y. , May 15 (AP) — A white 18-year-old wearing military gear and livestreaming with a helmet camera opened fire with a rifle...
Xu Feihong new Chinese envoy to India
BEIJING, 7 May: Chinese President Xi Jinping has appointed senior diplomat Xu Feihong as the new ambassador to India after an unusually long delay...
Global chemical weapons watchdog says it found no evidence to back Syrian claim of...
THE HAGUE, 4 Jul: The global chemical weapons watchdog said Tuesday it found no evidence to support a claim by Syria that its forces...
Taliban reopen universities for Afghan women in 6 provinces
Islamabad, Feb 2 (AP) The Taliban on Wednesday said they have reopened public universities for women students in six of Afghanistan's 34 provinces, a...
North Korea test-fires suspected missiles a day after US and South Korea conduct a...
SEOUL, South Korea, 17 May (AP) — North Korea fired suspected short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Friday, South Korea’s military said,...
Over 20 trapped, 39 missing in China building collapse; Prez Xi orders all-out efforts...
Beijing, Apr 30 (PTI) At least 39 people were missing and 23 trapped in a six-storey residential building collapse in China's central Hunan province,...
France’s defense minister goes to Ukraine to boost support
KYIV, Ukraine, 28 Dec: France’s defense minister arrived in Kyiv on Wednesday to discuss further military support for Ukraine, insisting the French government’s backing...
Pakistani Taliban threatens to target top leaders of PML-N and PPP
ISLAMABAD, 4 Jan: The banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) on Wednesday threatened to target the top leaders of the two major political parties in the...
Israel launches heavy strikes across central and southern Gaza after widening its offensive
Rafah (Gaza Strip), Dec 27 (AP) Israel launched heavy strikes across central and southern Gaza overnight and into Wednesday after broadening its offensive against...
Lightning kills 14 in Pakistan
Peshawar, Sep 12 (PTI) At least 14 people, including women and children, were killed as lightning struck three homes in a remote village of...
FTX founder charged in scheme to defraud crypto investors
NEW YORK, Dec 14 (AP) — The U.S. government charged Samuel Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, with a host...
As strikes devastate Gaza, Israel forms unity government to oversee war sparked by Hamas...
Jerusalem, 11 Oct: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a leading opposition figure on Wednesday created a war-time Cabinet to oversee the fight against...
Sweden links riots to criminal gangs that target police
HELSINKI, Apr 18 (AP) — Swedish police said Monday they consider the violent riots that have shaken several cities and towns in the Nordic...