Turkey launches new ground, air offensive in northern Iraq
Ankara, Apr 18 (AP) Turkey has launched a new ground and air cross-border offensive against Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, that has left at...
NATO chief sees no need to change nuclear alert level
Lask air base (Poland), Mar 1 (AP) NATO's chief said Tuesday that, despite Russia's threats about nuclear weapons, the alliance sees no need to...
UN official says Sudan’s war has killed at least 20,000 people
CAIRO, 8 Sep (AP) — More than 16 months of war in Sudan has killed more than 20,000 people, a senior United Nations official...
Right’s group: 1,001 killed since military took over Myanmar
Bangkok, Aug 18 (AP) More than 1,000 people have been killed by security forces in Myanmar since the military seized power from the elected...
Blinken in Ukraine as tensions with Russia soar
Kyiv (Ukraine), Jan 19 (AP) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with his Russian counterpart in Switzerland this week as tensions between...
In Ukraine, mines take lives even after fighting moves on
MAKARIV, Ukraine, 15 Jun (AP) — The truck driver had the radio on, his daughter’s stuffed toy keeping him company, and was bouncing his...
Pakistan’s Imran Khan dials down campaign of defiance, allows police search of home for...
LAHORE, Pakistan,19 May: Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan dialed down his campaign of defiance on Friday, saying he would allow a police search...
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...
UN warns Gaza blockade could force it to sharply cut relief operations as bombings...
RAFAH, 25 Oct: The U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees warned Wednesday that without immediate deliveries of fuel it will soon have to sharply curtail...
Kenya’s president welcomes UN Security Council’s approval to send a Kenya-led mission to Haiti
NAIROBI, 3 Oct: Kenya’s president on Tuesday welcomed the U.N. Security Council’s resolution to send a Kenya-led multinational armed force to Haiti to help...
China asks Pak to create enabling conditions for its investors in CPEC projects
Beijing, Nov 17 (PTI) China on Wednesday asked its all-weather ally Pakistan to create enabling conditions for thousands of Chinese nationals working on the...
Indian-led team’s plant-based jet fuel could cut emissions by 68%: Study
Washington, Oct 18 (PTI) Jet fuel derived from a type of mustard plant can replace the petroleum-based aviation fuel to reduce carbon emissions by...
Kuwait’s ruling emir, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, dies at age 86
DUBAI, 16 Dec: Kuwait’s ruling emir, the 86-year-old Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, died Saturday after a three-year, low-key reign focused on trying...
NK says it will launch its first military spy satellite in June
SEOUL, South Korea, 30 May: North Korea said Tuesday it would launch its first military spy satellite in June and described space-based reconnaissance as...
Not convinced about UNSC resolution’s impact on issues in Myanmar: India
United Nations, 23 Dec: India has said that it is still not convinced about the impact the UN Security Council resolution would have in...
Pandemic caused prolonged decline in global life expectancy: Study
London, 18 Oct: COVID-19 has caused a prolonged decline in life expectancy levels, leading to global mortality changes unprecedented in the last 70 years,...
Ukraine may also get old Leopard 1 tanks from German stocks
BERLIN, 3 Feb: Ukraine could add old Leopard 1 battle tanks from German defense industry stocks to deliveries of modern tanks that Berlin and...
Pakistan’s leader calls on Biden to secure release of a woman serving lengthy prison...
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18 (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister has written to U.S. President Joe Biden to request the release of a Pakistani woman who...
US presses Pakistan to fight terror groups as Afghan crisis spirals: leaked diplomatic documents
Islamabad, Sep 4 (PTI) The Biden administration is quietly pressing Pakistan to cooperate on combating dreaded terrorist groups such as the ISIS-K and Al...
UN refugee agency: Number of displaced tops 100 million
BERLIN , May 23 (AP) The number of people forced to flee conflict, violence, human rights violations and persecution has crossed the milestone of...