China poses an ‘existential’ threat: US lawmakers
WASHINGTON, 1 Mar: Top American lawmakers have described China as an "existential" threat to the US during a first hearing on China by the...
Violence and rights abuses threaten South Sudan’s stability, a UN report warns
JUBA, South Sudan, 3 Mar (AP) — Mass violence and gross human rights violations in South Sudan continue unabated ahead of landmark elections due...
Lanka rejects UNHRC charge of possibility of expansion of military role in country’s civilian...
Colombo, Sep 14 (PTI) Sri Lanka on Tuesday rejected a charge by the UN rights body that the military may expand its role in...
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...
Boundary settlement process should not stall ties with India: China
Beijing, Jan 19 (PTI) China on Friday said the "settlement process" of the boundary issue should not influence the normal development of ties with...
IMF’s economic view: A brighter outlook for US but still-tepid global growth
WASHINGTON, 22 Oct (AP) — The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday upgraded its economic outlook for the United States this year, while lowering its...
Pakistan’s Imran Khan dials down campaign of defiance, allows police search of home for...
LAHORE, Pakistan,19 May: Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan dialed down his campaign of defiance on Friday, saying he would allow a police search...
7 killed and 16 injured as a van overloaded with migrants crashes in southern...
BERLIN (AP) — A van packed with migrants crashed at a highway junction in southern Germany on Friday after the driver accelerated to avoid...
Oil prices surge above USD 100 a barrel as war on Ukraine rages
New York, Mar 1 (AP) Oil prices soared on Tuesday and investors shifted more money into ultra-safe US government bonds as Russia stepped up...
S Africa relaxes COVID-19 isolation rules, restarts schools with no social distancing
Johannesburg, Feb 1 (PTI) The South African government has relaxed isolation rules for asymptomatic COVID-19 positive people and removed the one-meter social distancing requirements...
Humiliating 5-2 home loss for Dortmund against Leverkusen
BERLIN, Feb 6 (AP) — The injured Erling Haaland watched as his Borussia Dortmund teammates were outclassed and outgunned in a humiliating 5-2 loss...
South African Customs Union emerges as key trade partner for India: Report
Johannesburg, Nov 8 (PTI) A Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) between India and the South African Customs Union countries will enhance future partnerships as the...
UN Security Council imposes sanctions on senior ISIL-K leader Sanaullah Ghafari
United Nations, Dec 24 (PTI) The UN Security Council has imposed a slew of sanctions on senior Islamic State -- Khorasan (ISIL-K) leader Sanaullah...
Syria reports 2 dozen cases, 3 deaths of cholera
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Hospitals in the Syrian capital have been put on alert after more than two dozen cases of cholera and at...
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...
Lithuania cuts off Russian gas imports, urges EU to do same
VILNIUS, Lithuania, Apr 3 (AP): Lithuania says it has cut itself off entirely of gas imports from Russia, apparently becoming the first of the...
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...
9 people killed in a plane crash in eastern Sudan as the war reaches...
CAIRO, 24 Jul: A civilian plane crashed after taking off from an airport in eastern Sudan, killing nine people, including four military personnel who...
Sweden halts adoptions from South Korea after claims of falsified papers on origins of...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, 29 Nov (AP) — Sweden’s main adoption agency said Wednesday it was halting adoptions from South Korea, following claims of falsified papers...
India lose to Chinese Taipei 1-4 in Sudirman Cup opener
Suzhou, 14 May: Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu's gallant fight ended in agony as India made a dismal start to their Sudirman Cup campaign,...