US commerce secretary rejects Chinese appeal to ease export controls
Beijing, 29 Aug: US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said she rebuffed an appeal Tuesday by Chinese leaders to reduce US export controls on technology...
Seoul: N. Korea fires ballistic missile toward eastern sea
SEOUL, South Korea, 9 Nov (AP) — North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile toward its eastern sea on Wednesday, extending a recent barrage...
Security is fragile at Ukraine’s Russian-occupied nuclear power plant: IAEA
Kyiv, Feb 6 (AP): Security at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant remains fragile amid worrying recent staff cuts enacted by Russian authorities occupying the...
India, China ties showing positive trend: Chinese FM
BEIJING, 19 Aug 19: India-China relations are showing a positive trend towards returning to cooperation, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said, stressing that...
China, US hold first military-level talks under Biden’s presidency, discuss Afghan crisis
Beijing, Aug 28 (PTI) China and the US have held their first round of high-level military talks after President Joe Biden came to power...
Pakistani Taliban declares end to ceasefire with Pak government; vows to resume attacks
Islamabad, Dec 10 (PTI) The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) will not extend the month-long ceasefire deal negotiated with the Pakistan government, the militant group...
16 Killed, 24 Injured After Blast In Afghanistan: Report
Kabul, Nov 30 (AFP): At least 16 people were killed and 24 others wounded Wednesday by a blast at a madrassa in Afghanistan's northern...
30 international peacekeepers injured in fierce clashes with ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo
PRISTINA, Kosovo, 30 May: The NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo, KFOR, on Tuesday raised the number of its troops injured in fierce clashes with...
Germany to force plastic makers to help pay for cleanups
BERLIN , Nov 02 (AP) — The German government said Wednesday that it plans to make plastic manufacturers contribute to the cost of cleaning...
Pak would not join any camp in global politics, says PM Khan amid mounting...
Islamabad, Feb 13 (PTI) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Sunday that his country would not join any camp in global politics as...
Pakistan’s Lahore city receives first artificial rain to combat smog
Lahore, 16 Dec: Lahore, one of the world's most polluted cities, on Saturday received its first artificial rain, following an experiment conducted by Pakistan's...
A teacher dies and 2 people are wounded in stabbing in France. Anti-terror police...
PARIS (AP) — A man armed with a knife killed a teacher at the high school in northern France he once attended and critically...
Rajapaksas and friends thought they owned Sri Lanka: ex-president Chandrika Kumaratunga
Colombo, Sep 6 (PTI) Sri Lanka's former president Chandrika Kumaratunga on Tuesday blamed the Rajapaksa family for the country's current economic crisis, saying they...
Singapore Opposition leader asks govt to release more info to dispel misinformation about FTA...
Singapore, Sep 16 (PTI) Strongly criticising what he described as a "reactive" policy towards communication, Singapore's Opposition leader Pritam Singh has asked the government...
Ukrainian forces strike 2 key bridges in Russia’s Kursk area in a possible sign...
Kyiv, Aug 18 (AP) Ukraine has destroyed a key bridge in Russia's Kursk region and struck a second one nearby, disrupting supply lines as...
Rescuers in Japan search for 3 missing in or near rivers swollen by heavy...
TOKYO (AP) — Rescue workers in Japan searched Monday for three people who went missing in or near rivers swollen by heavy rains last...
Poland’s newly elected parliament meets for the first time
WARSAW, Poland, 13 Nov (AP) — The Polish parliament gathered for the first time Monday after an election last month heralded a change of...
Sri Lanka’s political turmoil sows worries for recovery
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka , Jul 19 (AP) — A day after Sri Lanka’s president fled, Mohamed Ishad waited outside an immigration office near the...
Airstrikes kill well-known Syrian drug kingpin
BEIRUT, 8 May: Airstrikes over southern Syria early Monday killed one of the country’s most well-known drug dealers, an opposition war monitor and a...
Cyprus is sending Syrian migrants back to Lebanon. The UN is concerned but Cypriots...
NICOSIA, Cyprus, 11 Aug (AP) — The United Nations refugee agency said Friday it was “extremely concerned” over the return of more than 100...