Mideast nations wake up to damage from climate change
CAIRO , Jul 25 (AP) — Temperatures in the Middle East have risen far faster than the world’s average in the past three decades....
Sri Lanka closes schools, limits work amid fuel shortage
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, 21 May (AP) — Sri Lankan authorities closed schools and asked public officials not to come to work in a desperate...
Vietnamese authorities say Typhoon Yagi has killed at least 4 and injured 78 others
HANOI, 7 Sep: Vietnamese authorities say Typhoon Yagi has killed at least four people and injured 78 others after making landfall Saturday afternoon in...
Japan, UK and Italy formally establish a joint body to develop a new advanced...
TOKYO, 14 Dec (AP) — The defense ministers of Japan, Britain and Italy signed an agreement on Thursday to establish a joint organization to...
India-US healthcare collaboration in spotlight as India approves 2 more Covid vaccines
Washington, Dec 29 (PTI) India-US collaboration in the health sector is in the spotlight as the Central Drug Authority this week approved two more...
Indonesian rescuers dig through volcanic ash after 14 die
LUMAJANG, Indonesia, 5 Dec (AP) — Rescuers were sifting through smoldering debris and thick mud in search of survivors a day after the highest...
2 Pakistani customs officials killed and 3 wounded in an attack in the restive...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, 21 Apr (AP) — Gunmen opened fire at Pakistani customs officials, killing two and wounding three others in the country’s restive northwest,...
‘Complete evil’: Texas gunman kills 19 children, 2 teachers
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The gunman who massacred 19 children and two teachers at a Texas elementary school legally bought two AR-style rifles just...
Iraqi officials: At least 3 rockets hit near Baghdad airport
Baghdad, Jan 28 (AP) At least three rockets struck near Baghdad's international airport and an adjacent military base that hosts US and other coalition...
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...
UAE bans private drones after deadly attack on Abu Dhabi
Dubai, Jan 23 (PTI) The UAE government has ordered to stop all flying operations of private drones and light sports aircraft in the Gulf...
Poland asks Berlin to OK Ukraine tanks; Kyiv targets graft
KYIV, Ukraine, Jan 24 (AP) — Poland has officially requested permission from Germany to transfer its Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine where they...
IMF’s economic view: Brighter outlook for China and India but tepid global growth
WASHINGTON, 16 Jul (AP) — The International Monetary Fund is upgrading its economic outlook this year for China, India and Europe while modestly lowering...
Coal power, traffic, waste burning a toxic smog cocktail in Indonesia’s Jakarta
JAKARTA, Indonesia, 29 Nov (AP) — Against the backdrop of smokestacks from a nearby coal power plant, the sky above Edy Suryana’s village stays...
Teenage pilot starts around-the-world flight from Bulgaria
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Mar 23 (AP) — Like brother, like sister.
A Belgian-British teenage pilot hopes to join his sister in the record books after starting...
Ukrainian officials say Russian shelling killed a 91-year-old woman in a ‘terrifying night’
KYIV, Ukraine , 30 Oct (AP) — Russian shells struck residential areas of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, killing a 91-year-old woman in what a...
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...
A Russian missile attack on Kyiv injures more than 50 people as Ukraine pleads...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A nighttime Russian ballistic missile attack targeted Kyiv early Wednesday, injuring at least 53 people including eight children, officials said,...
Bolivia’s leader says the general accused of leading failed coup wanted to ‘take over’...
LA PAZ, 29 Jun: Bolivian President Luis Arce said Friday a former general planned to “take over” the government and become president in a...
UK leader fires party chairman over tax bill allegations
LONDON, 29 Jan: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak fired the chairman of the governing Conservative Party on Sunday for a “serious breach” of ethics...