Joe Biden Hits Campaign Trail Ahead Of California’s Recall Election
Washington, Sep 13 (AFP): US President Joe Biden kicked off a visit to western states Monday to hammer home his case on climate change...
Johnson resigns, remains UK prime minister for now
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned Thursday, acknowledging that it was “clearly the will” of his party that he should go.
He...
Climate change impacting everything, attribution studies ‘unnecessary burden’: WMO
DUBAI, 7 Dec: Observing that attribution science is improving by the day, a top World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) official has said that climate change...
NATO chief tells Turkey’s Erdogan that ‘the time has come’ to let Sweden join...
DUBAI, 1 Dec: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says he has told Turkey’s president that “the time has come” to let Sweden become a member...
India extends USD 500 million line of credit to help Sri Lanka purchase fuel
Colombo, Jan 18 (PTI) India on Tuesday announced a USD 500 million credit line to help Sri Lanka purchase petroleum products as the island...
Pak arrests 36 Indian fishermen
Islamabad, Feb 9 (PTI) Pakistan's maritime authorities have arrested 36 Indian fishermen and seized their six vessels for allegedly fishing in the country's territorial...
Japan’s Sado gold mine gains UNESCO status after Tokyo pledges to exhibit dark WWII...
TOKYO, 27 Jul: The UNESCO World Heritage committee on Saturday decided to register Japan’s controversial Sado gold mine as a cultural heritage site after...
US missile deployment to Philippines ‘incredibly important’ for combat readiness, US general says
MANILA, Philippines, Oct 21 (AP) — The U.S. Army’s recent deployment of a midrange missile system to the northern Philippines was “incredibly important” and...
Pak-based terror groups LeT, JeM operate with ‘impunity, encouragement’: India at UNSC
United Nations, Aug 19 (PTI) Terror groups like the LeT and JeM continue to operate with both "impunity and encouragement", India told the UN...
Power outage alert in Japan amid quake damage, cold weather
TOKYO , Mar 22 (AP) — Japan’s government alerted people of potential blackouts in the Tokyo region Tuesday because power supplies were low after...
NASA to launch 3 rockets from private Australian space port
CANBERRA, Australia , Jun 8 (AP) — NASA will launch a research rocket from remote northern Australia this month in the agency’s first blast...
Chinese prez calls for elevating Chinese armed forces to world-class standards
BEIJING, 9 Mar: Amid escalating tensions with the US, China's President Xi Jinping has called for more quickly elevating the armed forces to world-class...
Xi-Putin firms up China-Russia alliance in video summit amid US, EU pushback
Beijing, Dec 15 (PTI) Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday held a virtual summit as part of their...
Ukraine President Zelenskyy at NATO defense ministers meeting seeking more support to fight Russia
BRUSSELS, 11 Oct: For the first time, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joined a meeting of more than 50 defense leaders from around the world...
Over 200 endangered Tortoises labelled as “Seafood” seized in Sri Lanka
Colombo, 12 Feb: Sri Lankan customs officers have seized 206 live star tortoises, which are listed as an endangered species, that were being smuggled...
German authorities see Islamic extremist motive in Mannheim knife attack
BERLIN, 4 Jun (AP) — German authorities say they have uncovered evidence of an Islamic extremist motive in last week’s knife attack in the...
Zelenskyy thanks ‘every American,’ sees ‘turning point’
WASHINGTON , Dec 23 (AP) — Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy told cheering U.S. legislators during a defiant wartime visit to the nation’s capital on Wednesday...
China sanctions 2 US citizens over action on Tibet
BEIJING , Dec 23 (AP) — China has sanctioned two U.S. citizens in retaliation for action taken by Washington over human rights abuses in...
Russian president Putin to make a state visit to China this week
BEIJING, 14 May (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a two-day state visit to China this week, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said...
Military: 4 Pakistani soldiers, 2 militants killed in raids
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Dec 31 (AP) — Pakistani security forces raided two militant hideouts in a former Taliban stronghold near Afghanistan, triggering shootings that killed...