Top EU official lauds Italy-Albania migration deal but a court and a rights commissioner...
BRUSSELS, 14 Dec (AP) — A top European Union official has endorsed an agreement that would see Albania host thousands of migrants picked up...
Nobel laureate and physicist Wilczek wins Templeton Prize
Washington, May 11 (AP) Frank Wilczek, the Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist and author renowned for his boundary-pushing investigations into the fundamental laws of nature,...
Nepal’s top court issues show cause notice to government in serial killer Charles Sobhraj...
Kathmandu, Dec 23 (PTI) Nepal's Supreme Court has issued a show cause notice to the government seeking clarification why notorious serial killer Charles Sobhraj,...
Biden to reveal first image from NASA’s new space telescope
WASHINGTON , 11 Jul (AP): President Joe Biden on Monday will reveal the first image from NASA’s new space telescope — the deepest view...
Ukraine PM urges more military aid to counter Russia attacks
KYIV, Ukraine , 12 Dec (AP) — Ukraine’s prime minister is appealing for Patriot missile batteries and other high-tech air defense systems to counter...
WHO: New COVID cases, deaths keep falling nearly everywhere
GENEVA, Aug 31 (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported globally continued to fall nearly everywhere in the world in...
Spy chief warns authoritarian states stoking anti-government mood in Germany
BERLIN (AP) — The head of Germany’s domestic intelligence agency warned Monday of a rise in anti-government extremism - fueled by authoritarian states such...
Sri Lankan Navy arrests 12 Indian fishermen for alleged poaching
Colombo, Feb 13 (PTI) The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 12 Indian fishermen and seized two fishing trawlers for allegedly poaching in the country's...
4 security personnel killed in northwest Pakistan
Peshawar, Jul 10 (PTI) At least four security personnel, including two soldiers, were killed on Wednesday in an encounter with the militants in northwest...
Chinese Astronauts Complete Country’s Longest 3-Month Space Mission
Beijing, Sep 16 (AFP): Three Chinese astronauts have completed the country's longest crewed mission and started their journey home on Thursday after 90 days...
Aviation faces hurdles to hit goals for cutting emissions
FARNBOROUGH, England , Jul 19 (AP) — Airplanes are a minor contributor to global greenhouse-gas emissions, but their share is sure to grow as...
China to build space centre, more satellites for Pakistan
Beijing, Jan 28 (PTI) China on Friday announced plans to boost space cooperation with Pakistan, including the development of a space centre and launching...
UN nuclear chief says security is still fragile at Ukraine’s Russian-occupied nuclear power plant
Kyiv, Feb 6 (AP) Security at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant remains fragile amid worrying recent staff cuts enacted by Russian authorities occupying the...
Germany: Iranian detained, suspected of chemical attack plot
BERLIN, 8 Jan: A 32-year-old Iranian man has been detained in Germany on suspicion of planning an attack with deadly chemicals, officials said Sunday.
Police...
Russia says no nuclear intentions for Ukraine
Moscow, May 6 (AP) Russia has no intention of deploying tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday, a day...
Putin says Russia wants a buffer zone in Ukraine’s Kharkiv but has no plans...
KYIV, Ukraine, 17 May (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region aims to create a...
Likely order of Covid symptoms depends on coronavirus variant: Study
Los Angeles, Dec 21 (PTI) The most likely order of symptoms that patients with COVID-19 experience is different for different variants of the SARS-CoV-2...
Israel launches a large-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank, killing 10 militants
AL-FARAA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank, 28 Aug (AP) — Israel launched a large-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank overnight and into Wednesday,...
Afghan central bank says $9B reserves abroad
Kabul, Aug 18 (AP) Afghanistan's central bank governor says that the country has some 9 billion in reserves abroad and not in physical cash...
China Ukraine envoy urges governments to ‘stop sending weapons to the battlefield,’ negotiate peace
BEIJING, 2 Jun: China’s Ukraine envoy called on other governments Friday to “stop sending weapons to the battlefield” and appealed for peace talks at...