Wallets, IDs but no survivors found in China Eastern crash
WUZHOU, China , Mar 22 (AP) — Mud-stained wallets. Bank cards. Official identity cards. Poignant reminders of 132 lives presumed lost were lined up...
Officials: Russian missile strike hits crowded shopping mall
SLOVIANSK, Ukraine, Jun 27 (AP) — Scores of civilians were feared killed or wounded in a Russian missile strike Monday on a crowded shopping...
Xi, Putin meet in Uzbekistan as Ukraine war dominates
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan , Sep 15(AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin met for talks on boosting ties between their countries Thursday,...
Kremlin war hawks demand more devastating strikes on Ukraine
TALLINN, Estonia , Oct 11 (AP) — Moscow’s barrage of missile strikes on cities all across Ukraine has elicited celebratory comments from Russian officials...
France sees new pension protests, police brace for violence
PARIS, 28 Mar: Protests and strikes against unpopular pension reforms gripped France again Tuesday, with many thousands marching and the Eiffel Tower closed and...
Afghanistan quake kills 1,000 people, deadliest in decades
KABUL, Afghanistan, 22 Jul (AP) — A powerful earthquake struck a rural, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, killing 1,000 people and injuring...
UN chief urges ”rapid” emission cuts to curb climate change
Geneva, Sep 16 (AP) The head of the United Nations called Thursday for immediate, rapid and large-scale cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to curb...
Taiwan conducts live-fire missile drills as China ramps up military threats
JIUPENG, Taiwan, 20 Aug (AP) — Taiwan’s military launched surface-to-air missiles in live-fire drills conducted Tuesday in response to growing military pressure from China.
The...
Suicide attack on Shiite mosque in Afghanistan kills 37
Kabul, Oct 15 (AP) Suicide bombers assaulted a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan that was packed with worshippers attending weekly Friday prayers, killing at...
South Korea and US will start summer military drills next week to counter North...
SEOUL, South Korea, 12 Aug (AP) — South Korea and the United States will begin their annual joint military exercises next week with a...
India’s stance on Nepal boundary well known, consistent & unambiguous: Embassy
Kathmandu, Jan 15 (PTI) The Indian Embassy on Saturday said that India's position on its boundary with Nepal is well known, consistent and unambiguous...
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...
Special envoys of China, Russia and Pak hold talks with top Taliban officials, Karzai...
Beijing, Sep 22 (PTI) Special envoys of China, Russia and Pakistan have met the top officials of the Taliban's interim government as well as...
China says it tested hypersonic vehicle’ not missile’
Beijing, Oct 18 (PTI) China on Monday said it has tested a hypersonic vehicle and not a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile as reported by a...
EU has little appetite to join US diplomatic Games boycott
Brussels, Dec 13 (AP) Several European Union nations have made it clear they have little appetite to join the US initiative for a diplomatic...
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...
Bangladesh opposition party holds protest as it boycotts Jan. 7 national election amid violence
DHAKA, Bangladesh, 10 Dec (AP): Hundreds of opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party supporters protested Sunday to mark International Human Rights Day, as the country gears...
Imran Khan claims mafia’ Sharif family paid a woman’ to write book to defame...
Islamabad, Apr 30 (PTI) Ousted Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has alleged that the Sharif family "paid a woman" a veiled reference to his...
EAM Jaishankar meets Kuwait’s top leadership; discusses bilateral ties, developments in region
Kuwait City, Aug 18 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Sunday met Kuwait's top leadership and discussed ways to take the bilateral ties to...
Heavy rains hit Pakistan’s south, as deaths from flash floods and downpours jump to...
ISLAMABAD, 19 Aug (AP) — Flash floods triggered by the latest spell of monsoon rains flooded streets in southern Pakistan and blocked a key...