Oil-rich Norway goes to polls with climate on the agenda
STAVANGER, Norway , Sep 12 (AP) — North Sea oil and gas has helped make Norway one of the wealthiest countries in the world....
Two Bangladeshi police officers sent to gallows for killing ex-army major
Dhaka, Jan 31 (PTI) A Bangladeshi court on Monday handed down the death penalty to two policemen and life term to seven other officers...
Flash floods in Bosnia prompt evacuations, power outages
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Nov 5 (AFP) Heavy rain has caused flash flooding in Bosnia, prompting evacuations, causing power outages in the capital and submerging roads...
US sees heightened extremist threat heading into midterms
WASHINGTON , Jun 7 (AP) — A looming Supreme Court decision on abortion, an increase of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border and the midterm...
Climate change: Loss of glaciers will hurt tourism, power supplies and more
Jakarta, Nov 10, (AP/PTI): From the southern border of Germany to the highest peaks in Africa, glaciers around the world have served as moneymaking...
UK PM Johnson discusses trade, Ukraine, Afghanistan with Pakistan PM Sharif
London, May 31 (PTI) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has spoken to his Pakistani counterpart Shehbaz Sharif for the first time since the latter's...
Anti-war protesters in Australia clash with police outside a weapons convention
MELBOURNE, Australia, 11 Sep (AP) — Anti-war protesters clashed with police on Wednesday outside a military arms convention in the Australian city of Melbourne.
Protesters...
China defends joining with India on coal phase down’ instead of phase out’ at...
Beijing, Nov 15 (PTI) China on Monday asked developed countries to stop using the coal first and provide financial aid to developing countries to...
Taiwan likely to make 1-Year military service mandatory amid China threat
Taipei, 27 Dec: Taiwan is expected to announce on Tuesday an extension in mandatory military service from four months to one year, citing the...
Australia’s foreign minister says Russia-North Korea defense deal is ‘risky for the world’
SEOUL, South Korea, 30 Jul (AP) — Australia’s foreign minister said Tuesday the recent defense deal between North Korea and Russia was “destabilizing” and...
Police file terrorism charges against Pakistan’s Imran Khan
ISLAMABAD , Aug 22 (AP) — Pakistani police have filed terrorism charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan, authorities said Monday, escalating political tensions...
Putin says Russia wants a buffer zone in Ukraine’s Kharkiv but has no plans...
KYIV, Ukraine, 17 May (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region aims to create a...
UK climate summit chief Alok Sharma dismisses calls to delay COP26
London, Sep 7 (PTI) UK Cabinet minister Alok Sharma, the president-designate of the upcoming COP26 UN climate summit in Scotland, on Tuesday rejected calls...
Pak economy to grow at above 4% despite many challenges: PM Imran
Islamabad, Jan 7 (PTI) Pakistan's economy is poised to grow at above 4 per cent this year despite COVID-19 and other challenges, Prime Minister...
German parliament halts jobless benefit reform plan
BERLIN , Nov 15 (AP) — The German parliament’s upper house on Monday halted a proposed reform of the country’s unemployment benefit system, a...
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...
South Korea stages drills simulating downing of North drones
SEOUL, South Korea, 29 Dec: South Korea staged large-scale military drills Thursday to simulate shooting down drones as a step to bolster its readiness...
Lanka’s Defence Ministry asks citizens to assist in managing economic crisis; cancels leaves of...
Colombo, May 8 (PTI) Sri Lanka's Defence Ministry has appealed to the public to assist it in managing the current economic crisis and unrest...
Poland’s conservative ruling party leader Kaczynski joins the government as deputy premier
WARSAW, 21 Jun: Poland’s powerful conserva-tive ruling party leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, rejoined the government on Wednes-day as the only deputy prime minister in the...
Lebanon, Israel closer to deal in maritime border dispute
BEIRUT , Aug 1 (AP) — Lebanon and Israel are getting closer to reaching a deal in a more than a decade-old maritime border...