Germany slaps messaging app Telegram with $5 million fine
BERLIN , Oct 17 (AP) — Germany announced Monday that it is issuing fines of 5.125 million euros ($5 million) against the operators of...
Chinese think tank: Virus curbs must change to help economy
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese think tank issued a rare public disagreement Monday with the ruling Communist Party’s severe “zero COVID” policy, saying curbs...
India and Nepal’s ever-strengthening friendship will benefit entire humanity in emerging global situation: PM...
Lumbini, May 16 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that India and Nepal's ever-strengthening friendship and their closeness will benefit the entire...
Imran Khan’s assassination bid: Police in Pakistan’s Punjab province finally register FIR
Islamabad/Lahore, Nov 8 (PTI) Punjab police on Tuesday registered an FIR over the failed assassination bid on Imran Khan and named the detained attacker...
China eases controls, gives no sign when ‘zero COVID’ ends
BEIJING , 6 Dec (AP) — China is easing some of the world’s most stringent anti-virus controls and authorities say new variants are weaker....
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...
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...
Russia hits Kyiv with missiles; Putin warns West on arms
KYIV, Ukraine , Jun 5 (AP) — Russia took aim at Western military supplies for Ukraine’s government with early Sunday airstrikes in Kyiv that...
Train crash in Egypt kills 1 and injures more than 20 people
CAIRO, 13 Oct (AP) — A locomotive crashed into the tail of the Cairo-bound passenger train Sunday in southern Egypt, killing at least one...
Zelenskyy tells G-7 summit Ukraine forces face urgent moment
ELMAU, Germany , Jun 27 (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday underscored the urgency of helping his country’s military improve its position...
Pak death toll from monsoon rains, flooding reaches 320, PM visits worst-hit Balochistan
Karachi, Jul 31 (PTI) Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has visited flood-ravaged Balochistan province and assured the affected people of all possible help in...
Iran sentences 2 women to death for ‘human trafficking’
Dubai, Sep 5 (AP) Iran has sentenced two women to death on charges of human trafficking, the country's official IRNA news agency reported on...
Russia to drop out of International Space Station after 2024
MOSCOW , Jul 26 (AP) — Russia will pull out of the International Space Station after 2024 and focus on building its own orbiting...
Honour killing: Newlyweds fired upon by bride’s family in Pakistan; 1 killed
Karachi, Nov 15 (PTI) In a fresh case of honour killing in Pakistan, a man was shot dead on Monday in Sindh province after...
Cyprus rescues 60 Syrian migrants lost at sea for 6 days; several have been...
NICOSIA, 24 Jan: At least four people have been hospitalized after Cypriot police rescued 60 Syrian migrants found aboard a rickety wooden boat some...
UN agency calls for safety zone around Ukraine nuclear plant
Kyiv, Sep 6 (AP) The UN atomic watchdog agency urged Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday to establish a nuclear safety and security protection zone...
Former Slovak president convicted of tax fraud, receives a fine and suspended sentence
BRATISLAVA, 11 Oct: A court in Slovakia found Wednesday former President Andrej Kiska guilty of tax fraud and gave him a two-year suspended sentence.
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WHO asks China for more information about rise in illnesses and pneumonia clusters
GENEVA, 23 Nov (AP) — The World Health Organization says it has made an official request to China for information about a potentially worrying...
US, Saudi Arabia urge Sudan’s warring parties to agree to a new cease-fire, amid...
CAIRO, 4 Jun (AP) — Saudi Arabia and the United States urged Sudan’s warring parties Sunday to agree to and “effectively implement” a new...
Russia targets depot in western Ukraine, advances in east
KYIV, Ukraine, 15 Jun (AP) — The Russian military said it used long-range missiles Wednesday to destroy a depot in the western Lviv region...