Car bomb in Yemen targets officials, kills four others

Sanaa (Yemen), Oct 10 (AP) Four people were killed Sunday in Yemen's port city of Aden by a car bomb that targeted two senior...

UK scrambles jets to intercept 4 Russian military planes

London, Feb 2 (AP) Britain's Royal Air Force said Wednesday that it scrambled fighter jets in response to four Russian military aircraft approaching the...

Finland turns to the right as country prepares to enter NATO

HELSINKI, 3 Apr: Finnish voters have given a boost to conservative parties in a weekend election, depriving left-wing Prime Minister Sanna Marin of another...

Tesla moves forward with a plan to build an energy-storage battery factory in China

BEIJING, 22 Dec: American electric automaker Tesla’s plans to produce energy-storage batteries in China moved forward on Friday with a signing ceremony for the...

UN nuclear chief tells Japan transparency is ‘very important’ in ruined nuclear plant’s discharges

TOKYO, 12 Mar: The head of the U.N. atomic agency on Tuesday emphasized to Japan’s government the importance of transparency in its ongoing discharges...

Pakistan police shocked after TLP workers fired from sub-machine guns during protests: report

Lahore, Oct 30 (PTI) Security officials in Pakistan are shocked after it emerged that members of the banned Tehreek-i-Labbaik Pakistan party reportedly used sub-machine...

Top German diplomat: Taliban to cause Afghanistan’s downfall

ISLAMABAD, 7 Jun: Germany’s top diplomat expressed concerns Tuesday during a visit to Pakistan that neighboring Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers are leading that country...

“Will Play Positive Role” In Helping Bankrupt Sri Lanka, Says China

Beijing, 8 Mar (AFP): China said on Wednesday that it would "play a positive role" in helping bankrupt Sri Lanka get through its debt...

Zelenskyy tells UK ‘freedom will win,’ pushes for warplanes

LONDON, 8 Feb: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pushed for fighter jets to ensure his country’s victory over Russia in a dramatic speech before the...

Opposed to ‘any force’ using terrorism to seek ‘geopolitical gains’: China on Pakistan’s bus...

Beijing, Aug 13 (PTI) China on Friday said it firmly opposes "any force" using terrorism to seek "geopolitical gains", a day after the Pakistan...

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...

UK sanctions 5 Russian banks, 3 oligarchs over Ukraine issue

London, Feb 22 (PTI) The UK government on Tuesday imposed tough sanctions against five Russian banks and three super-rich oligarchs from the country over...

Taliban-run government dissolves Afghan election commissions

Islamabad, Dec 26 (AP) The Taliban dissolved Afghanistan's two election commissions as well as the state ministries for peace and parliamentarian affairs, an official...

Slovak train and bus collision that killed 7 was likely caused by human error,...

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, 28 Jun (AP) — A collision between a EuroCity train with a bus in southern Slovakia that left seven people dead was...

Indian envoy to Singapore praises ongoing Namaste Bharat exhibition calls it a fine...

Singapore, 27 Jan: Indian High Commissioner to Singapore Dr Shilpak Ambule has praised the ongoing 'Namaste Bharat' exhibition in the city-state, saying the event...

Iran’s morality police return after protests in a new campaign to impose Islamic dress...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 16 Jul: Iranian authorities on Sunday announced a new campaign to force women to wear the Islamic headscarf and morality...

Russia reduces natural gas through European pipeline again

BERLIN , 15 Jun (AP) — Russia’s Gazprom announced a reduction in natural gas flows through a key European pipeline for the second day...

UK-bound Ukraine orphans stuck in Poland awaiting paperwork

WARSAW, Poland , Mar 22 (AP) — Dozens of Ukrainian orphans and their carers who are headed to refuge in the UK were stuck...

Nigeria: Student’s brutal killing triggers protest, curfew

ABUJA, Nigeria, 16 May (AP) — Nigerian authorities ordered a curfew in a northwestern state where hundreds protested Saturday to demand the release of...

Bill Gates applauds Indian vaccine manufacturers for supplying affordable vaccines across the world

Washington, Feb 23 (PTI) Billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has praised India for its vaccine-manufacturing prowess and applauded the efforts of the...