Russian film crew blasts off to make first movie in space
Moscow, Oct 5 (AP) A Russian actor and a film director rocketed to space Tuesday on a mission to make the world's first movie...
Hezbollah’s deputy leader says group would stop fighting with Israel after Gaza cease-fire
Beirut, Jul 2 (AP) The deputy leader of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said Tuesday the only sure path to a cease-fire on the...
EAM Jaishankar calls on Brazilian President Bolsonaro
Brasilia, Aug 24 (PTI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday called on Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and conveyed warm greetings of Prime Minister...
NATO deepens ties with Ukraine but doesn’t set clear path for membership
VILNIUS, 12 Jul: NATO leaders gathered Wednes-day to launch a highly symbolic new forum for ties with Ukraine, after commi-tting to provide the country...
Greece: New pipeline to feed Bulgaria after Russian gas cut
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Greek and Bulgarian prime ministers on Friday inaugurated a new energy pipeline that will supply natural gas originating in...
China party says nearly 5 million members probed for graft
BEIJING , Oct 17 (AP) — China’s ruling Communist Party says it has investigated almost 5 million members for possible corruption over the last...
Barcelona may need water shipped in during a record drought in northeast Spain, authorities...
BARCELONA, Spain, 29 Nov (AP) — Tighter water restrictions for drought-stricken northeast Spain went into effect Wednesday, when authorities in Catalonia said that Barcelona...
Sabres sign coach Don Granato to multiyear extension
BUFFALO, N.Y. , Oct 12 (AP) — The Buffalo Sabres signed coach Don Granato to a multiyear extension on Wednesday, rewarding him for the...
US military aircraft airdrop thousands of meals into Gaza in emergency humanitarian aid operation
WASHINGTON, 3 Mar (AP) — U.S. military C-130 cargo planes dropped food in pallets over Gaza on Saturday in the opening stage of an...
UN chief asks int’l community to use all tools to counter global terrorist threat...
United Nations, Sep 8 (PTI) UN chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called on the international community to use all tools at its disposal to...
Yemen officials: Saudi airstrike kills 12 troops by mistake
Sanaa (Yemen), Dec 31 (AP) An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition has mistakenly hit a camp of allied Yemeni pro-government forces, killing at least...
Gorbachev mourned as rare world leader but some still bitter
BERLIN, Aug 31 (AP) — Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union and for many the man who restored democracy to then-communist-ruled...
Train derailment in east Iran kills at least 21, injures 87
TEHRAN, Iran , Jun 8 (AP) — A passenger train traveling through eastern Iran struck an excavator and nearly half its cars derailed before...
World Bank prez congratulates India on successful COVID-19 vaccination campaign
Washington, Oct 16 (PTI) World Bank President David Malpass on Saturday congratulated India on a successful vaccination campaign against the COVID-19 pandemic as he...
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...
German government sued over failure to meet climate goals
BERLIN , Jan 24 (AP) — A prominent environmental group said Tuesday that it is suing the German government over the failure to meet...
Al-Shabab blast by school in Somali capital kills at least 8
MOGADISHU, Somalia , Nov 25 (AP) — A large explosion outside a school in Somalia’s capital on Thursday killed at least eight people, including...
China downgrades ties with Lithuania after Taiwan opens de facto embassy
Beijing, Nov 21 (PTI) Furious over Lithuania for permitting Taiwan to open a representative office, China on Sunday downgraded diplomatic ties with it to...
US, European allies warn of Iran’s ‘provocative’ nuke steps
ROME, Oct 30 (AP) — President Joe Biden said Saturday that nuclear talks with Iran would resume while he and a trio of European...
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...