US pledges $1 billion more rockets, other arms for Ukraine
Washington, Aug 8 (AP) The Biden administration announced another 1 billion in new military aid for Ukraine on Monday, pledging what will be the...
Sri Lanka seeks 1 billion dollar loan from India
Colombo, Jan 12 (PTI) Sri Lanka is negotiating a USD one billion loan from India to import goods from the country, the governor of...
US Does Not Seek ‘New Cold War’, Says Joe Biden In Reference To China
United Nations, Sep 21 (AFP): US President Joe Biden told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that the United States does not seek...
China livid over NASA chief’s charge of moon grab, accuses US of ‘stoking space...
Beijing, Jul 5 (PTI) Accusing the US of "stoking space arms race and disrupting global strategic stability", China has slammed NASA chief Bill Nelson...
Pelosi says US will not abandon Taiwan as China protests
TAIPEI, Taiwan, Aug 3 (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi left Taiwan after a visit that heightened tensions with China, saying Wednesday that...
Iraqi premier in Syria for first visit in over a decade to discuss boosting...
DAMASCUS, Syria, 16 Jul: Iraq’s prime minister held talks Sunday with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus during the first trip of its kind...
New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern, an icon to many, to step down
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, 19 Jan: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who became a global icon of the left and exemplified a new style...
NATO planes to be sent to Romania to eye Russian activity
BUCHAREST, Romania, 13 Jan: NATO said Friday it plans to deploy three surveillance planes to Romania next week to perform reconnaissance missions and to...
19 die, over 20 injured in bus crash in central Bangladesh
DHAKA, Bangladesh, 19 Mar: A speeding bus fell into a roadside ditch in central Bangladesh on Sunday apparently after the driver lost control, leaving...
Afghans fleeing Pakistan lack water, food and shelter once they cross the border, aid...
ISLAMABAD, 5 Nov (AP) — Afghans fleeing Pakistan to avoid arrest and deportation are sleeping in the open, without proper shelter, food, drinking water...
Cyprus is sending Syrian migrants back to Lebanon. The UN is concerned but Cypriots...
NICOSIA, Cyprus, 11 Aug (AP) — The United Nations refugee agency said Friday it was “extremely concerned” over the return of more than 100...
Rally in Belgrade demands end to alarming air pollution
BELGRADE, Serbia , Nov 28 (AP) — Thousands of people rallied in Belgrade on Sunday to demand an end to Serbia’s alarming levels of...
N. Korea says it will never give up nukes to counter US
SEOUL, South Korea, Sep 9 (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stressed his country will never abandon the nuclear weapons it needs...
Chinese premier to attend virtual G20 summit convened by India
BEIJING, 21 Nov: Chinese Premier Li Qiang will attend the virtual G20 Leaders' Summit at India's invitation on Wednesday, the Chinese foreign ministry announced...
UN chief laments ‘leadership gap’ ahead of climate talks
Berlin, Oct 26 (AP) The head of the United Nations says a leadership gap is undermining the world's efforts to curb global warming, days...
Palestinian officials say 51 killed in Israeli operation on southern Gaza
Deir Al-Balah, Oct 2 (AP) Israel launched ground operations and carried out airstrikes in a hard-hit city in southern Gaza overnight, killing at least...
UN health agency sets higher, tougher bar for air quality
Geneva, Sep 22 (AP) The harmful health effects of air pollution kick in at lower levels than previously thought, the World Health Organization said...
17 missing, 121 hurt, 1 dead in fire at Cuban oil facility
HAVANA , Aug 7 (AP) A fire set off by a lightning strike at an oil storage facility raged uncontrolled in the Cuban city...
PM Modi Meets Israel’s Naftali Bennett In Glasgow, Review Bilateral Ties
Glasgow, Nov 2 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a "fruitful" first meeting with his Israeli counterpart Naftali Bennett on the sidelines of the...
Blasts near Kabul schools kill at least 6 civilians, hurt 17
KABUL, Afghanstan, 19 Apr (AP): Explosions targeting educational institutions killed at least six people, including students, and injured 17 Tuesday in a mostly Shiite...