Interim govt warns of media shutdown in B’desh over misleading news
DHAKA, 11 Aug: Bangladesh' interim government on Sunday issued a stern warning to media organisations, stating that they will be shut down if they...
Exceptional rains in drought-struck northern Italy kill 6, cancel Formula One Grand Prix
ROME, 17 May (AP) — Exceptional rains Wednesday in a drought-struck region of northern Italy swelled rivers over their banks, killing at least six...
UN chief laments ‘leadership gap’ ahead of climate talks
Berlin, Oct 26 (AP) The head of the United Nations says a leadership gap is undermining the world's efforts to curb global warming, days...
Landslide in China buries 47 people in freezing temperatures and snow; two survivors are...
BEIJING, 22 Jan: A landslide buried 47 people in a remote village in mountainous southwestern China on Monday, state media said. Hours later, two...
Price instability rocks Ethiopia as it reels from foreign exchange rate reforms
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 12 Aug (AP) — The prices on the menu have been erased at a small hotel in a suburb of Ethiopia’s...
Netanyahu again claims the US is withholding arms shipments, days after Washington denies it
TEL AVIV, Israel, 23 Jun: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his Cabinet on Sunday that there had been a “dramatic drop” in U.S....
Heavy snows and drought of deadly ‘dzud’ kill more than 7 million head of...
HANOI, Vietnam, 12 Jun (AP) — An extreme weather phenomenon known as the dzud has killed more than 7.1 million animals in Mongolia this...
Over 70 Dead Due To Tropical Storm Ana In Southern Africa
Antananarivo, Jan 27 (AFP): The death count from a storm that struck three southern African countries rose to 70 on Thursday as emergency teams...
Iran appoints ex-roads minister as head of nuclear agency
Tehran, Aug 29 (AP) Iran's president on Sunday appointed a new director of the country's nuclear department, state TV reported, replacing the nation's most...
US military Osprey aircraft with 8 aboard crashes off southern Japan, at least 1...
TOKYO, 29 Nov (AP) — A crew member who was recovered from the ocean after a U.S. military Osprey aircraft carrying eight people crashed...
First known Covid case was vendor in China’s animal market in Wuhan: study
New York, Nov 20 (PTI): The first confirmed case of symptomatic COVID-19 can be traced to a female seafood vendor at a wholesale food...
China’s embattled former foreign minister steps down as member of the legislature
Taipei, 27 Feb: China's former foreign minister, Qin Gang, who has been missing from public view since last June, resigned his seat in the...
In Ukraine and internationally, scenario darkens for Russia
KYIV, Ukraine, 16 May (AP) — Europe pushed Monday to toughen its response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with Sweden following Finland in deciding...
Tonga Volcanic Eruption Felt Like An “Atomic Bomb”, Say Aid Workers
Sydney, Jan 21 (AFP): Tonga's volcanic eruption felt like an "atomic bomb" that shook "the whole island", an aid worker told AFP on Friday,...
11 killed as roof collapses at middle school gym in China’s far northeast,...
BEIJING, 24 Jul: Eleven people were killed when a roof collapsed at a middle school gymnasium in China’s far northeast, authorities said Monday.
The incident...
People will be led to reject politicians if PM Mahinda Rajapaksa does not quit:...
Colombo, Apr 30 (PTI) Sri Lanka's powerful Buddhist clergy on Saturday held a key convention here and warned that people would be influenced to...
Trump is not immune from prosecution in his 2020 election interference case, US appeals...
Washington, Feb 6 (AP) A federal appeals panel ruled on Tuesday that Donald Trump can face trial on charges that he plotted to overturn...
Inflation skyrockets in Sri Lanka; food prices at record high
Colombo, Jan 22 (PTI) Sri Lanka's benchmark inflation rate, measured by the National Consumer Price Index, accelerated to 14 per cent in December 2021,...
7 dead as California mourns 3rd mass killing in 8 days
HALF MOON BAY, Calif., Jan 24 (AP) — A gunman killed seven people at two agricultural businesses in Northern California, plunging the state into...
Seychelles coast guard rescues 6 Sri Lankan fishermen from boat hijacked by Somali pirates
COLOMBO, 29 Jan: The Seychelles coast guard on Monday rescued six Sri Lankan fishermen whose vessel was hijacked by Somali pirates two days earlier,...