Strikes halt trains and ferries in Greece a year after country’s worst rail disaster...
ATHENS, 28 Feb: Wides-pread strikes in Greece halted trains, ferries and much of the capital’s public transport on Wednesday in protests timed to coincide...
Biden opens Asia trip with global issues and tech on agenda
PYEONGTAEK, South Korea , 21 May (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday opened his Asia trip by highlighting the computer chip shortage that...
Sabres sign coach Don Granato to multiyear extension
BUFFALO, N.Y. , Oct 12 (AP) — The Buffalo Sabres signed coach Don Granato to a multiyear extension on Wednesday, rewarding him for the...
Henri becomes a hurricane as it moves toward the Northeast
San Francisco, Aug 21 (AP) Preparations for a storm grew more urgent Saturday as the newly upgraded Hurricane Henri closed in on the Northeast.
Landfall...
China calls for more support for its Ukraine peace plan created with Brazil
BANGKOK, 27 Aug (AP) — China called on Tuesday for more countries to endorse its peace plan for Ukraine, after a round of diplomacy...
French writer Annie Ernaux awarded Nobel Prize in literature
STOCKHOLM, 6 Oct: French author Annie Ernaux was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in literature for "the courage and clinical acuity with which she...
Putin declares victory in embattled Donbas region of Luhansk
POKROVSK, Ukraine , Jul 04 (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared victory in the eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk, one day...
Israeli official says Syria must not have chemical weapons
Tel Aviv, Dec 14 (AP) Israel's intelligence minister said Tuesday that Syria cannot be allowed to obtain chemical weapons, after a report emerged that...
China declines to comment on Rajapaksa’s resignation; calls for Govt-Opposition unity in Sri Lanka...
Beijing, May 11 (PTI) Watching warily the spiralling violence in Sri Lanka, China on Wednesday declined to comment on the resignation of Prime Minister...
A weekend of combat in Gaza kills 14 Israeli soldiers in a sign of...
TEL AVIV, Israel, 23 Dec: Fourteen Israeli soldiers were killed in combat in the Gaza Strip over the weekend, the Israeli military said Sunday,...
European neighbours cast a wary eye on France after far-right party’s election lead
Berlin, 1 Jul : After France's far-right National Rally surged into the lead in the first round of legislative elections, some European neighbours on...
India will ‘benefit’ from price cap on Russian oil: US Treasury Secretary Yellen
Washington, Nov 8 (PTI) India will "benefit" from the proposed price cap on oil, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said, arguing that the United...
Gunman opens fire in Moscow services center, kills 2 people
Moscow, Dec 7 (AP) A gunman opened fire in a Moscow government services center and killed two people Tuesday, reportedly after being told to...
Scientists mystified, wary, as Africa avoids COVID disaster
HARARE, Zimbabwe, Nov 20 (AP) — At a busy market in a poor township outside Harare this week, Nyasha Ndou kept his mask in...
USGS: Magnitude-7.5 earthquake strikes northern Peru
Lima, Nov 28 , Nov 28 (AP) An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.5 struck northern Peru early Sunday, damaging some buildings and...
Rishi Sunak: On The Tough Road To Become The “Custodian Of UK”
London, Jul 20 (PTI): It is official – Rishi Sunak is now the closest anyone of Indian origin has ever been to take charge...
Several killed in flash floods in southern Iran
Tehran, 23 Jul: Flooding in southern Iran has killed at least 17 people and left six others missing following heavy rainfall in the largely...
Failed assassination bid against Iraq’s PM ramps up tension
BAGHDAD , Nov 7 (AP) — Troops and patrols deployed throughout Baghdad on Sunday following the failed assassination attempt with armed drones that targeted...
Philippines says flares fired from a Chinese island base threatened its fisheries plane
Manila, 24 Aug: A Philippine fisheries bureau plane was threatened by flares fired from a Chinese island base while conducting a routine patrol in...
Rescuers in Japan search for 3 missing in or near rivers swollen by heavy...
TOKYO (AP) — Rescue workers in Japan searched Monday for three people who went missing in or near rivers swollen by heavy rains last...