Ukraine, Russia envoys talk under shadow of nuclear threat
Kyiv, Feb 28 (AP) Russian and Ukrainian delegations met for talks Monday amid high hopes but low expectations for any diplomatic breakthrough, after Moscow...
Pakistan Army vows to tighten ‘noose of law’ around ‘planners and masterminds’ of...
Islamabad, 7 Jun: Pakistan's powerful army Wednesday vowed to tighten the "noose of law" around "planners and masterminds" who mounted a "hate-ripened and politically-driven...
Pakistani police fire tear gas at protesting students as anger spreads over alleged on-campus...
LAHORE, Pakistan, 17 Oct (AP) — Pakistani police fired tear gas and charged at student protesters who ransacked a college building Thursday, as anger...
Peter Pellegrini, a close ally of the populist prime minister, is sworn in as...
BRATISLAVA, 15 Jun: Peter Pellegrini was sworn in as the president of Slovakia on Saturday in a ceremony that took place amid heightened security...
NATO marks its 75th birthday as Russia’s war in Ukraine gnaws at its unity
BRUSSELS, 4 Apr: NATO marked on Thursday 75 years of collective defense across Europe and North America, with its top diplomats vowing to stay...
China’s security chief calls for crackdown against Tibetan separatists
BEIJING, 16 Sep: China's top security official visited Tibet last week and instructed the local authorities to step up a crackdown against separatists against...
EAM Jaishankar calls on Brazilian President Bolsonaro
Brasilia, Aug 24 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday called on Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and conveyed warm greetings of Prime Minister...
India-US defence relationship is trusted one’: says ex-Pentagon official
Washington, Apr 21 (PTI) The defence relationship between India and the United States, the world's largest and oldest democracies, over the years has become...
Debt-stricken Sri Lanka signs a free trade pact with Thailand
COLOMBO, 3 Feb: Debt-stricken Sri Lanka signed a trade pact with Thailand on Saturday in a bid to boost trade and investment as the...
Israel arrests Palestinian attackers who killed guard
Jerusalem, Apr 30 (AP) The Israeli military on Saturday said it has arrested a pair of Palestinian assailants who allegedly shot and killed a...
Taliban allow high school graduation exams for Afghan girls
Islamabad, 6 Dec: Afghan girls will be allowed to take their high school graduation exams this week, an official and documents from the Taliban...
Jaishankar discusses economic cooperation, regional developments with Singaporean counterpart in Paris
Paris, Feb 23 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has discussed economic cooperation and regional developments with his Singaporean counterpart Vivian Balakrishnan on the...
3 children die after fall into icy lake; UK gripped by storm
LONDON , 12 Dec (AP) — Three young boys who fell through ice covering a lake in central England have died and a fourth...
Foreign Secretary Shringla, UN chief discuss issues on UNSC’s agenda including Ukraine, Afghanistan
United Nations, 24 Mar (PTI): Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla met UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres here and discussed issues on the UN Security...
Ukraine may also get old Leopard 1 tanks from German stocks
BERLIN, 3 Feb: Ukraine could add old Leopard 1 battle tanks from German defense industry stocks to deliveries of modern tanks that Berlin and...
Global stocks mixed as investors await US inflation data
Beijing, Sep 14 (AP) Global stock markets were mixed Tuesday as investors waited for an update on US inflation that has been stronger than...
China To Target Biggest Payment App Alipay In Tech Crackdown: Report
Beijing, Sep 13 (AFP): Chinese regulators have ordered sweeping changes to the country's biggest payment app Alipay, as the ruling Communist Party attempts to...
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Netanyahu
JERUSALEM, 20 May (AP) — The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said Monday he is seeking arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas...
IMF bailout conditions “Beyond Imagination”, will have to agree: Pak PM
Peshawar, 3 Feb: Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Friday that the government would have to agree to IMF bailout conditions that are "beyond...
Indus Water Treaty: Officials from India, Pakistan hold talks
Islamabad, May 31 (PTI) Officials from India and Pakistan have discussed a wide range of water-related issues during a meeting as part of the...