India extends USD 500 million credit line to Sri Lanka for purchasing fuel
Colombo, Feb 2 (PTI) India on Wednesday extended a USD 500 million credit line to Sri Lanka to fund the country's fuel purchases, as...
Shootout in northwest Pakistan kills 7 soldiers, 5 militants
ISLAMABAD, Sep 15 (AP) — Pakistan’s military raided a militant hideout in the country’s restive northwestern region bordering Afghanistan, triggering a shootout that killed...
Egypt, EU hold an investment conference to help Cairo battle inflation and foreign currency...
CAIRO, 29 Jun: Egypt and the European Union on Saturday opened a two-day investment conference to advance the implementation of their strategic partnership agreement...
Israeli airstrikes hit several sites in southern Syria, soldier wounded
Beirut, 17 Mar: Israeli airstrikes hit several sites in southern Syria early Sunday wounding a soldier, Syrian state media reported.
State news agency SANA, citing...
Sri Lanka strongly rejects UN rights report on enforced disappearances
Colombo, 19 May (PTI): Sri Lanka has questioned the timing and the mandate of a report issued by the Office of the United Nations...
WHO convenes experts to decide if monkeypox is an emergency
GENEVA , Jun 14 (AP) — The World Health Organization will convene an emergency committee of experts to determine if the expanding monkeypox outbreak...
Jaishankar unveils plaque at historic Indian Hospice in Jerusalem
Jerusalem, Oct 18 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday unveiled a plaque at the famed Indian Hospice inside the walls of Jerusalem's...
US Lawmakers’ Dig At Elon Musk For Bragging About Paying $11 Billion In Taxes
Washington, Dec 30 (PTI): Top US lawmakers, including Indian-American Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, have criticised Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest man and Tesla Motors CEO...
UK PM race: Rishi Sunak camp accuses Liz Truss of avoiding scrutiny
London, Aug 30 (PTI) With just days to go before the polls close on Friday in the race to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative...
Indian-origin alcohol seller banned in UK over tax liabilities
London, Nov 17 (PTI) An Indian-origin alcohol wholesaler from west London has been struck off from holding a company director post for seven years...
Fiona wallops Turks and Caicos, Puerto Rico still stunned
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico , Sep 20 (AP) — Hurricane Fiona blasted the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday as a Category 3 storm...
Gunmen kill 9 people in Iran near border with Pakistan
Tehran, 27 Jan: Unknown gunmen on Saturday shot to death nine people in the southeastern part of Iran that borders Pakistan, media reports said.
A...
China calls Xi’s Russia visit one of friendship, peace
BEIJING, 22 Mar: China on Wednesday said President Xi Jinping’s just-concluded visit to Russia was a “journey of friendship, cooperation and peace,” and again...
Coronavirus buildup in lungs likely driver of Covid deaths: Study
New York, Aug 31 (PTI) Viral buildup in the lungs is the likely driver behind the steep mortality rates seen in the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Afghan Taliban kill 8 in raids of IS hideouts in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD, 5 Jan: Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban killed eight Islamic State militants and arrested nine others in a series of raids targeting key figures in...
Selling S-400 missile system to India shines a spotlight on Russia’s ‘destabilising role’: US
Washington, Jan 28 (PTI) Russia selling the S-400 air defence missile system to India shines a spotlight on the "destabilising role" that Moscow is...
UN warns food aid for 1.4 million refugees in Chad could end over limited...
ABUJA, Nigeria, 21 Nov (AP) — Food assistance to 1.4 million refugees in Chad who fled the conflict in parts of the Sahel could...
NATO chief sees no need to change nuclear alert level
Lask air base (Poland), Mar 1 (AP) NATO's chief said Tuesday that, despite Russia's threats about nuclear weapons, the alliance sees no need to...
Cyprus says new gas discovery aids Europe’s energy search
NICOSIA, Cyprus, Aug 22 (AP) — A new natural gas discovery off Cyprus’ southern coast that is estimated to contain around 2.5 trillion cubic...
NATO chief eyes bigger defense budgets, hard spending target
BRUSSELS, 15 Feb: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday urged the 30 member countries to commit to spending at least 2% of their gross...