“Last Hope To Keep 1.5 Degrees In Reach”: Climate Talks Chief Alok Sharma
Glasgow, Oct 31 (AFP): Global COP26 climate negotiations are the "last, best hope" to keep the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5C alive,...
Russian Forces Bomb Art School In Mariupol Housing 400 Refugees
Kyiv, 20 Mar (AFP): Ukrainian authorities said on Sunday that Russia had bombed a school sheltering 400 people in the besieged port of Mariupol,...
Iran displays missiles amid nuclear talks with world powers
Dubai, Jan 7 (AP) Iran put three ballistic missiles on display at an outdoor prayer esplanade in central Tehran on Friday, as talks in...
UN: 18 million facing severe hunger in West Africa’s Sahel
GENEVA, May 20 (AP) — The U.N. is warning that 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region face severe hunger in the next three...
As North Korean and Chinese threats rise, US looks to lock in defense partnerships...
Gimhae Air Base, 29 Jun: The United States wrapped up its first multidomain exercise with Japan and South Korea in the East China Sea...
Cyprus proposes to establish a sea corridor to deliver a stream of vital humanitarian...
NICOSIA, Cyprus, 31 Oct (AP) — Cyprus is working out with partners in the European Union and the Middle East the logistics to establish...
Putin blasts US ‘hegemony,’ predicts end to ‘unipolar’ world
MOSCOW, Aug 16 (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the United States of trying to encourage extended hostilities in Ukraine as part of...
Oil prices could reach ‘uncharted waters’ if the Israel-Hamas war escalates, the World Bank...
WASHINGTON , 30 Oct (AP) — The World Bank reported on Monday that oil prices could be pushed into “uncharted waters” if the violence...
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...
Suspected jihadi bomb hits convoy in Burkina Faso; 35 dead
Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), Sep 6 (AP) A suspected jihadi roadside bomb has hit a convoy in northern Burkina Faso, killing at least 35 people...
Flash floods in Bosnia prompt evacuations, power outages
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Nov 5 (AFP) Heavy rain has caused flash flooding in Bosnia, prompting evacuations, causing power outages in the capital and submerging roads...
Taliban agree to new polio vaccination across Afghanistan
Istanbul, Oct 19 (AP) UN agencies are gearing up to vaccinate all of Afghanistan's children under 5 against polio for the first time since...
UN atomic watchdog: Iran further raising nuclear stockpile
Vienna, Nov 17 (AP) The United Nations' atomic watchdog says it believes Iran has further increased its stockpile of highly enriched uranium in breach...
Slovakia’s president is ready to swear in a new Cabinet after partner replaces ministry...
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia , 24 Oct (AP) — Slovakia’s president is ready to swear in a new Cabinet led by a former populist prime minister...
Pak to raise defence spending by Rs 83 bn; armed forces to get Rs...
Islamabad, Jun 5 (PTI) Pakistan's armed forces are likely to be allocated Rs 1.4 trillion (USD 7.6 billion) in the budget for the next...
Spain interior minister: child migrants ‘wanted to go home’
MADRIDAug 16 (AP): Spain’s interior minister on Monday defended sending unaccompanied child migrants back to Morocco in groups of 15, saying they “wanted to...
Germany economy shrinks in first quarter, signaling one definition of recession
BERLIN, 25 May (AP) — The German economy shrank unexpectedly in the first three months of this year, marking the second quarter of contraction...
Pak Army transfers ISI chief Lt. Gen. Hameed as Peshawar Corps Commander in surprise...
Islamabad, Oct 6 (PTI) In a surprise move, Pakistan Army on Wednesday transferred the powerful spy agency ISI's chief Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed and...
Iran begins annual war games ahead of nuke talks with West
Tehran, Nov 7 (AP) Iran's military began its annual war games in a coastal area of the Gulf of Oman, state TV reported Sunday,...
Bombing in Myanmar city highlights escalating violence
Bangkok, Oct 27 (AP) Midday bombings near a busy government office injured at least nine people in Myanmar's second biggest city on Wednesday, in...