European Union investigating Musk’s X over possible breaches of social media law
LONDON, 18 Dec (AP) — The European Union is looking into whether Elon Musk’s online platform X breached tough new social media regulations in...
Hezbollah destroys Israeli surveillance cameras along the Lebanese border as tension soars
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group said Monday it has started destroying surveillance cameras on several Israeli army posts along the border as...
Taliban slam ‘baseless and biased’ UN report suggesting rifts and conflict within their ranks
ISLAMABAD, 11 Jun: The Taliban condemned on Sunday a “baseless and biased” report from the U.N. Security Council highlighting rifts within the group's ranks.
The...
UK leader in peril after Treasury chief axes ‘Trussonomics’
LONDON , Oct 17 (AP) — The U.K.’s new Treasury chief ripped up the government’s economic plan on Monday, dramatically reversing most of the...
Aid chief says Taliban agree to consider allowing women to resume agency work in...
KABUL, Afghanistan, 25 May (AP) — The head of a major aid organization said Thursday that the Taliban have agreed to consider allowing Afghan...
Lanka to hold talks with Indian Oil to tide over energy crisis
Colombo, Jan 17 (PTI) Sri Lanka will hold talks with the Indian Oil Corporation on Tuesday as part of a desperate measure to tide...
Pacific season’s 1st hurricane aims at Mexico tourist zone
MEXICO CITY , May 30 (AP) — Hurricane Agatha, the first of the eastern Pacific season, headed for a stretch of tourist beaches and...
China threatens US entities over downing of balloon
BEIJING (AP) — China said Wednesday it will take measures against U.S. entities related to the downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon off...
Anti-war protesters in Australia clash with police outside a weapons convention
MELBOURNE, Australia, 11 Sep (AP) — Anti-war protesters clashed with police on Wednesday outside a military arms convention in the Australian city of Melbourne.
Protesters...
Chinese FM Wang meets Pak PM; discusses current trajectory of bilateral ties
Islamabad, Mar 22 (PTI) Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday and the two leaders discussed the current...
Yemeni rebels say death toll from prison airstrike at 80
Cairo, Jan 22 (AP) The death toll from a Saudi-led coalition airstrike that hit a prison run by Yemen's Houthi rebels climbed to at...
Palestinians: Israeli troops shot, killed man in West Bank
RAMALLAH, West Bank , Aug 19 (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry said Friday Israeli forces shot and killed a man during an arrest...
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...
Oil spill and fertilizer leak from sinking of cargo ship highlight risks to Red...
MIAMI, 3 Mar (AP) — A vibrant fishing industry, some of the world’s largest coral reefs, desalination plants supplying millions with drinking water. They’re...
2 police officers among 7 people injured in bomb blast in Pakistan
Karachi, Nov 13 (PTI) A remote-controlled bomb went off in the Pakistani city of Quetta, capital of the province of Balochistan, wounding seven people,...
Race to find survivors as quake aid pours into Turkey, Syria
NURDAGI, 7 Feb: Search teams and emergency aid from around the world poured into Turkey and Syria on Tuesday as rescuers working in freezing...
Taiwan rejects China’s “path” amid show of military force
Taipei, Oct 10 (AP) Taiwan's president on Sunday vowed to defend the island from China's rising pressure for reunification, after a week of unprecedented...
Ukraine says 9 Russian warplanes destroyed in Crimea blasts
KYIV, Ukraine , Aug 10 (AP) — Ukraine’s air force said Wednesday that nine Russian warplanes were destroyed in a deadly string of explosions...
France, Germany join forces against migration from Tunisia in wake of latest Mediterranean tragedy
TUNIS, Tunisia, 18 Jun: Ministers from Germany and France tasked with regulating migration are joining forces to try to curb deaths on dangerous routes...
El-Sissi wins Egypt’s presidential election with 89.6% of the vote and secures third term...
CAIRO, 18 Dec: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, who has ruled with an unquestioned grip for the past nine years, won reelection to a...