Sri Lankan Navy arrests 6 Indian fishermen for alleged poaching

Colombo, Feb 19 (PTI) The Sri Lankan Navy on Saturday arrested six Indian fishermen and seized their boat for allegedly poaching in the country's...

Israel arrests Palestinian attackers who killed guard

Jerusalem, Apr 30 (AP) The Israeli military on Saturday said it has arrested a pair of Palestinian assailants who allegedly shot and killed a...

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...

Business of Pakistani human smugglers boom as thousands of Afghans attempt to leave after...

Karachi, Aug 19 (PTI) Pakistani human smugglers operating in areas bordering Afghanistan are raking in money as thousands of Afghans try to exit their...

EU Commission proposes cutting pesticides by half by 2030

BRUSSELS , 22 Jul (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm on Wednesday proposed setting legally binding targets to reduce the use of chemical...

Turkey’s parliament agrees to hold a long-delayed vote on Sweden’s NATO membership

ANKARA, 23 Jan: Turkish legislators scheduled a long-delayed vote Tuesday on Sweden’s bid to join NATO, in a step that could remove a major...

Two Thai journalists arrested for covering anti-monarchist vandalism of temple wall freed on bail

Bangkok, Feb 13 (AP)Two Thai journalists arrested for reporting on the vandalism of Bangkok temple wall with graffiti criticizing a pro-monarchy law were released...

China’s Premier Li talks trade in Vietnam despite differences over South China Sea

BANGKOK, 13 Oct (AP) — China agreed Sunday to assist Vietnam on cross-border railway development and take steps to expand agricultural imports from its...

Pakistan rejects Jammu & Kashmir Delimitation Commission report

Islamabad, May 6 (PTI) Pakistan's Foriegn Ministry has summoned India's Charge d'Affaires here and handed a demarche conveying Islamabad's categorical rejection of the Delimitation...

Russia moves more troops westward amid Ukraine tensions

Moscow, Jan 18 (AP) Russia is sending troops from the country's far east to Belarus for major war games, officials said Tuesday, in a...

Imran Khan’s party urges UN to hold ‘independent and impartial’ probe into ‘state excesses’...

Islamabad, Jun 1 (PTI) In an unusual move, ousted prime minister Imran Khan-led opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party on Wednesday sought the UN's help...

Climate activists block main road into The Hague

THE HAGUE, 28 Jan: Hundreds of climate activists blocked one of the main roads into The Hague on Saturday, defying attempts to prevent their...

Biden, Putin to hold call as Ukraine-Russia tension smolders

Wilmington (US), Dec 30 (AP) Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin are set to discuss the Russian troop buildup near Ukraine during their second...

UN inspectors head to Ukraine nuclear plant in war zone

KYIV, Ukraine, Aug 31 (AP) — A team of U.N. inspectors made its way toward Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant Wednesday on a perilous,...

Putin says Russia is ‘united as never before’ during SCO meeting

NEW DELHI, 4 Jul: President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that the Russian people were “united as never before,” as he sought to project confidence...

Man Kills Son, 4, After Argument With Wife In Maharashtra

Mumbai, Sep 21 (PTI): A man has been arrested for allegedly killing his four-year-old son by throwing him on a platform at Sanpada railway...

Thai navy searching for 31 sailors in water after ship sank

Bangkok, Dec 19 (AP) Thai navy ships and helicopters were searching on Monday for more than two dozen sailors still missing more than 12...

UN chief urges Russia to revive grain deal with Ukraine, warning ‘the most vulnerable’...

ROME, 24 Jul: The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday urged Russia to resume the internationally-brokered deal so grain can be shipped from...

China downplays rising frictions with neighbours, says BRI gaining momentum

Beijing, 4 Mar (PTI|): China on Monday sought to play down increasing tensions with its Asian neighbours over the simmering South China Sea dispute...

UK’s Labour Party Commits To Stamping Out “Anti-India Sentiments”

London, 29 Jun (PTI): The UK's Opposition Labour Party, hoping to win a mandate to form a government after the July 4 general election,...