European inflation eases to 2.6% as energy prices fall, food inflation slows.
FRANKFURT, Germany, 1 Mar: The inflation that has ravaged the European economy eased again in February, falling to 2.6% as high interest rates, moderating...
Iran begins annual war games ahead of nuke talks with West
Tehran, Nov 7 (AP) Iran's military began its annual war games in a coastal area of the Gulf of Oman, state TV reported Sunday,...
UK PM Boris Johnson under pressure over Downing Street parties
London, Dec 12 (PTI) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson came under growing pressure on Sunday as an image emerged of another alleged party held...
Pakistani police fire tear gas at protesting students as anger spreads over alleged on-campus...
LAHORE, Pakistan, 17 Oct (AP) — Pakistani police fired tear gas and charged at student protesters who ransacked a college building Thursday, as anger...
Panel details pressure campaign for unproven COVID treatment
WASHINGTON , 24 Aug (AP) — Officials in the Trump White House tried to pressure U.S. health experts into reauthorizing a discredited COVID-19 treatment,...
Ukrainians flee grim life in Russian-occupied Kherson
KYIV, Ukraine , Aug 17 (AP) — It was early one morning when life under Russian occupation became too much for Volodymyr Zhdanov: Rocket...
UN chief urges ”rapid” emission cuts to curb climate change
Geneva, Sep 16 (AP) The head of the United Nations called Thursday for immediate, rapid and large-scale cuts in greenhouse gas emissions to curb...
Japan will step up defense and economic ties with Italy as Rome seeks a...
TOKYO, 5 Feb: The leaders of Japan and Italy said Monday they will bolster their cooperation in security and defense, including their joint next-generation...
Vladimir Putin tells Olaf Scholz that Ukraine infrastructure strikes ‘inevitable’: Kremlin
MOSCOW, 2 Dec (APF): Russian President Vladimir Putin told German counterpart Olaf Scholz on Friday that Moscow's attacks on Ukraine's infrastructure were "inevitable" and...
India likely to be severely affected by water scarcity by 2050: UN report
United Nations, 22 Mar: India is expected to be the most severely affected as the global urban population facing water scarcity is projected to...
Pakistan’s senior ministers wade into hijab row in Karnataka
Islamabad, Feb 9 (PTI) Pakistan's senior ministers waded into the ongoing hijab row in Karnataka, with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Wednesday saying...
Ukraine’s leader vows to do all he can to bring back Crimea
KYIV, Ukraine, 23 Aug (AP) — Ukraine’s president on Monday vowed to do all he can to bring back the peninsula of Crimea, annexed...
Pakistan conducts successful flight test of Fatah-II
Islamabad, Dec 27 (PTI) Pakistan on Wednesday conducted a successful flight test of indigenously developed guided multi-launch rocket system 'Fatah-II', which is capable of...
Russian court slaps Google, Meta with massive fines
Moscow, Dec 24 (AP) A Moscow court on Friday slapped Google with a nearly 100 million fine and also fined Facebook's parent company Meta...
China’s air pollution worsens for first time in a decade: Report
Beijing, 22 Dec: China's air pollution worsened in 2023, the first time it has done so in a decade, a study released on Friday...
N. Korea says it will never give up nukes to counter US
SEOUL, South Korea, Sep 9 (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stressed his country will never abandon the nuclear weapons it needs...
Official says over 10,000 Ukrainian troops killed in war
KYIV, Ukraine, 2 Dec (AP) — A top adviser to Ukraine’s president has cited military chiefs as saying 10,000 to 13,000 Ukrainian soldiers have...
Jinping calls for Asian unity against outsiders, proposes global security initiative amid Ukraine war
BEIJING, 21 Apr: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday called on Asian nations to keep the future of the region in their hands and...
Philippines says China coast guard seized food dropped by plane for Filipino forces in...
MANILA, Philippines, 4 Jun (AP) — The Philippine military chief on Tuesday said the Chinese coast guard seized one of four food packs dropped...
NATO deputy: Putin can’t win his ”unprovoked, illogical” war
Bucharest, Mar 26 (AP) NATO Deputy-General Secretary Mircea Geoana says that Russian President Vladimir Putin's month-old barbaric war against Ukraine is a war he...