Sharif’s party releases manifesto with focus on revival of Pakistan’s economy message of peace...
Lahore, 27 Jan: Focus on bringing Pakistan's economy back on track, the message of peace to India, a vow to combat climate change, and...
Israel-Hamas war upends China’s ambitions in the Middle East but may serve Beijing in...
WASHINGTON (AP) — In June, Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted the Palestinian president in Beijing and invited the Israeli prime minister for an official...
Over 200 dead, many more missing after Congo floods
KALEHE, Congo, 7 May: The death toll from flash floods and landslides in eastern Congo has risen beyond 200, with many more people still...
Germany hopes interest from Russian assets will ease the strain of financing aid to...
BERLIN, 19 Aug (AP) — German officials on Monday rejected suggestions that national budget constraints could hurt weapons deliveries to Ukraine. Berlin is its...
Residents say Myanmar army killed 17 people in 2 villages
BANGKOK, 6 Mar: Soldiers in Myanmar rampaged through several villages, raping, beheading and killing at least 17 people, residents said, in the latest of...
Russia declares flood-hit Orenburg region a federal emergency with other regions under threat
MOSCOW, 7 Apr (AP) — Russia’s government declared the situation in flood-hit areas in the Orenburg region a federal emergency on Sunday, with preparations...
Tornado hits Selma, Alabama; 7 deaths reported across South
SELMA, Ala., 13 Jan: A massive storm system whipping up severe winds and spawning tornadoes cut a path across the U.S. South, killing at...
Palestinians: Israeli army kills teen girl in West Bank raid
RAMALLAH, West Bank , 12 Dec (AP) — A Palestinian hospital said Israeli forces killed a teenage girl during an army operation in the...
Tweets from Pak embassy in Serbia criticise PM Khan, allege non-payment of salaries; FO...
Islamabad, Dec 3 (PTI) Pakistan on Friday said the social media accounts of its embassy in Serbia have been "hacked", hours after the official...
Polio is rising in Pakistan ahead of a new vaccination campaign
ISLAMABAD, Oct 21 (AP) — Polio cases are rising ahead of a new vaccination campaign in Pakistan, where violence targeting health workers and the...
China slams US Indo-Pacific strategy as ‘Cold War mentality’, ‘bloc politics’
Beijing, Feb 15 (PTI) China has slammed the US' Indo-Pacific strategy, saying that it has no future and resurrects the "Cold War mentality" and...
Pakistan court grantss bail Imran Khan’s close aide in sedition case
Islamabad, Sep 15 (PTI) A high court in Pakistan on Thursday granted bail to former prime minister Imran Khan's close aide Shehbaz Gill in...
Tests find AI tools readily create election lies from the voices of well-known political...
NEW YORK, 31 May (AP) — As high-stakes elections approach in the U.S. and European Union, publicly available artificial intelligence tools can be easily...
China backs Russia’s initiative to revive Russia-India-China troika
BEIJING, 17 Jul: China on Thursday expressed its support for Russia's initiative to revive the dormant Russia-India-China (RIC) troika, saying the trilateral cooperation not...
India Global Forum, UAE edition, begins in Dubai
Dubai, Dec 13 (PTI) The two-day India Global Forum (IGF), UAE edition, kicked off here on Monday, as a bevy of top policymakers and...
Boy chosen as Panchen Lama by Dalai Lama leading a ‘normal life’ as Chinese...
Beijing, Apr 26 (PTI) China on Tuesday said a Tibetan boy, who disappeared 27 years ago after being incarnated as Panchen Lama by the...
A policeman in Egypt killed 2 Israelis and 1 Egyptian at a tourist site...
CAIRO, 8 Oct (AP) — An Egyptian policeman opened fire Sunday on Israeli tourists in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria, killing at least two...
India in much better place to face Ukrainian crisis due to its successful macroeconomic...
Washington, Apr 21 (PTI): The successful macroeconomic management of the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in a strong recovery of India's economy because of which...
Nepali Congress & CPN-UML strike deal to oust PM ‘Prachanda’; to form new alliance
Kathmandu, Jul 2 (PTI) In a dramatic development, politically fragile Nepal's two largest parties have inked a midnight power-sharing deal to form a new...
Simone Biles, other women seek $1B-plus from FBI over Nassar
DETROIT, Jun 8 (AP) — Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles and dozens of other women who say they were sexually assaulted by Larry Nassar...