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...
Transgender activist who helped organise climate march abducted, raped in Pakistan
Karachi, Dec 14 (PTI) A Pakistani transgender person, who is an active organiser of a movement aimed at seeking an end to the demolition...
Pak Parliament adopts Rs 9.5 trillion budget
Islamabad, Jun 29 (PTI) The lower house of Pakistan Parliament on Wednesday adopted the Rs 9.5 trillion Finance Bill 2022, commonly known as the...
Heavy gunfire rocks Iraq”s Green Zone amid violent protests
Baghdad, Aug 30 (AP) Supporters of a prominent Iraqi Shiite cleric fired rocket-propelled grenades into Iraq's Green Zone as machine gun fire crackled overhead...
Fire rages through the 17th-century Old Stock Exchange in Copenhagen, toppling the iconic spire
COPENHAGEN, 16 Apr: A fire raged through one of Copenhagen’s oldest buildings on Tuesday, causing the collapse of the iconic spire of the 17th-century...
Russian missiles slam into a Ukraine city and kill 14 people as the war...
KYIV, Ukraine, 17 Apr: Three Russian missiles slammed into a downtown area of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, hitting an eight-floor...
Russia claims eastern city of Bakhmut, but Ukrainian military leaders say battle isn’t over
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Although Russia claims it has won control of Ukraine’s eastern city of Bakhmut after a grinding nine-month conflict in which...
Lanka rejects UNHRC charge of possibility of expansion of military role in country’s civilian...
Colombo, Sep 14 (PTI) Sri Lanka on Tuesday rejected a charge by the UN rights body that the military may expand its role in...
France will deploy 40,000 police officers to quell violence that followed deadly police shooting
NANTERRE, France, 29 Jun: A French police officer who shot and killed a 17-year-old driver will be investigated for voluntary homicide, following two days...
Pak Ex-PM Imran Khan charged over land scam, total cases now over 140
Lahore, 11 Jun: Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan was booked on Sunday in yet another case related to the purchase of over 5,000...
UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid tests positive for COVID-19
United Nations, Dec 23 (PTI) President of the United Nations General Assembly Abdulla Shahid on Thursday said that he has tested positive for the...
Israel vows complete siege of Gaza as it strikes the Palestinian territory after incursion...
JERUSALEM, 9 Oct: Israel’s military ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip on Monday, halting entry of food, fuel and supplies to its...
China says will ‘safeguard interests’ over balloon shootdown
BEIJING, 7 Feb: China said Tuesday it will “resolutely safeguard its legitimate rights and interests” over the shooting down of a suspected Chinese spy...
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...
US ambassador to Japan warns of Chinese economic coercion
TOKYO , Jul 3 (AP) — The United States is working with Japan and other likeminded countries to counter China’s efforts to use its...
UN: At least 3,774 children killed in Yemen’s civil war
CAIRO , 12 Dec (AP) — The United Nations said Thursday that at least 3,774 children have been killed in Yemen’s civil war between...
Staple foods unaffordable, severe malnutrition among highest in region: UNICEF on Sri Lanka’s economic...
New York, Aug 27 (PTI) As Sri Lanka continues to suffer its worst financial slump, staple foods have become unaffordable, severe malnutrition is among...
Indian teacher joins educationists in worldwide girls’ education drive
London, Aug 23 (PTI) Indian teacher Ranjitsinh Disale, winner of the Global Teacher Prize 2020, has joined worldwide leaders from across the public, private...
Former cheerleading coach charged with child molestation
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. , 22 Jul (AP) — A former coach at a competitive cheerleading organization has been charged with sexually assaulting a student...
UN demands halt to escalating attacks between Hezbollah and Israeli forces
UNITED NATIONS, 28 Aug (AP) — The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday demanded a halt to the increasing attacks between Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants and...