North Korea claims second successful test of hypersonic missile
Seoul, Jan 6 (AP) North Korea claimed Thursday to have conducted the second successful test flight of a hypersonic missile, days after leader Kim...
Russia hits Ukraine’s Black Sea port despite grain deal
Kyiv, 23 Jul: Russian missiles hit Ukraine's Black Sea port of Odesa just hours after Moscow and Kyiv signed deals to allow grain exports...
US mass killings linked to extremism spiked over last decade
WASHINGTON, 23 Feb: The number of U.S. mass killings linked to extremism over the past decade was at least three times higher than the...
Nepal’s Opposition party CPN-UML obstructs Parliament session; demands dismissal of 14 lawmakers
Kathmandu, Sep 8 (PTI) Nepal's main Opposition party CPN-UML, led by ousted prime minister K P Sharma Oli, on Wednesday obstructed the new session...
China to permit ‘some’ Indian students to return: Chinese Foreign Ministry
Beijing, Apr 29 (PTI) China on Friday announced plans to permit the return of some" Indian students stranded in India for over two years...
EU deal to move migrant children from Greece officially ends
ATHENS, 28 Mar: A voluntary scheme by European Union member states to accept unaccompanied migrant children from Greece officially ended Tuesday, raising concern over...
Indian community in UAE hails new civil law for non-Muslims
Abu Dubai, Nov 8 (PTI) The Indian community in the United Arab Emirates on Monday hailed the landmark new civil law for non-Muslims in...
Indian warship INS Kochi participates in first naval exercise with Saudi Arabia
Riyadh, Aug 10 (PTI) Indian Navy warship INS Kochi is currently participating in the first naval exercise with Saudi Arabia, reflecting the growing defence...
Taliban Tells Driving Teachers To Stop Issuing Licenses To Women: Report
Herat, May 3 (APF): Taliban officials in Afghanistan's most progressive city have told driving instructors to stop issuing licences to women, professionals from the...
Train crash in Egypt kills 1 and injures more than 20 people
CAIRO, 13 Oct (AP) — A locomotive crashed into the tail of the Cairo-bound passenger train Sunday in southern Egypt, killing at least one...
Chief: Officer hit woman at abortion rally, should be fired
PROVIDENCE, R.I. , Jun 29 (AP) — The chief of police in Rhode Island’s capital has recommended that a city officer charged with assaulting...
Sri Lanka to amend controversial anti-terror law
Colombo, Jan 28 (PTI) Sri Lanka will amend a controversial anti-terror law that gives police sweeping powers to arrest suspects without trial to fully...
Market blast in north Syria kills at least 9, wounds dozens
BEIRUT , Aug 19 (AP) — A rocket attack on a crowded market in a town held by Turkey-backed opposition fighters in northern Syria...
Schools shut, drivers stuck as gales and blizzards batter UK
LONDON, 10 Mar: Trains were canceled, some schools were shut and drivers were stuck for hours on a major highway as a blast of...
FBI: Thousands of remote IT workers sent wages to North Korea to help fund...
ST. LOUIS, 19 Oct (AP) — Thousands of information technology workers contracting with U.S. companies have for years secretly sent millions of dollars of...
Pakistani Taliban warns journalists against calling them terrorists and extremists
Peshawar, Sep 7 (PTI) The banned Tehr eek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an umbrella organistaion of armed Islamist groups, has warned the country's media and journalists...
Hitler’s watch sells at Maryland auction for $1.1 million
CHESAPEAKE CITY, Md. , Aug 7 (AP) — A Maryland auction house has sold a wristwatch that once belonged to Adolf Hitler for $1.1...
Iran Carries Out New Space Launch Amid Nuclear Talks
Tehran, Dec 30 (AFP): Iran announced Thursday it had carried out a new space launch, in a move likely to irk Western powers amid...
In engineering feat, mechanical SpaceX arms catch Starship rocket booster back at launch pad
Washington, Oct 13 (AP) SpaceX pulled off the boldest test flight yet of its enormous Starship rocket on Sunday, catching the returning booster back...
Russia gets partial win in $50B case over bankrupt oil giant
THE HAGUE, Netherlands , Nov 5 (AFP) The Dutch Supreme Court on Friday handed Russia at least a temporary victory in an appeal of...