Kazakhstan activists recall path from protest to bloodshed
Almaty, Jan 15 (AP) The mass protests in Kazakhstan began peacefully over the New Year's weekend, with marchers denouncing a sharp rise in fuel...
Sri Lanka strongly rejects UN rights report on enforced disappearances
Colombo, 19 May (PTI): Sri Lanka has questioned the timing and the mandate of a report issued by the Office of the United Nations...
AI could help spread false and misleading information on Holocaust, UNESCO report warns
WASHINGTON, 18 Jun: A United Nations agency is warning that developments in artificial intelligence could spawn a new surge in Holocaust denial.
A report published...
North Korea vows stronger attack capabilities over allied drills
Seoul, Aug 10 (AP) The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ripped South Korea for proceeding with military exercises with the...
Human rights group urges Latin American countries to boost protections for Venezuelans and Haitians
BOGOTA, Colombia, 11 Sep (AP) — A global human rights watchdog on Wednesday called on Latin American governments to improve protection schemes, grant legal...
Hostage crisis: Pakistan’s special forces storm counter-terrorism centre, kill all 33 Taliban terrorists
Peshawar/Islamabad, Dec 20 (PTI) Pakistan Army's special forces Tuesday stormed a counter-terrorism centre in the restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province and killed all 33 terrorists, ending...
UN seeks extension of key Ukraine-Russia wartime grain deal
GENEVA, 13 Mar: Senior U.N. officials hosted Russ-ian envoys in Geneva on Monday in a bid to extend an export agreement amid Moscow’s invasion...
US ambassador thanks Japan for defense upgrade and allowing a Patriot missile sale to...
TOKYO, 27 Dec (AP) — U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel praised Japan’s contribution to drastic “reform and modernization” of their alliance, particularly its...
Ukraine’s dam collapse is both a fast-moving disaster and a slow-moving ecological catastrophe
KHERSON, Ukraine, 11 Jun: The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam was a fast-moving disaster that is swiftly evolving into a long-term environmental catastrophe affecting...
3 Israeli soldiers, Egyptian officer killed in gunbattle at the border
JERUSALEM, 3 Jun: A gunbattle involving an Egyptian border guard in southern Israel along the border left three Israeli soldiers and the Egyptian officer...
Japan’s space agency was hit by multiple cyberattacks, but officials say no sensitive...
TOKYO, 21 Jun: Japan’s space agency has suffered a series of cyberattacks since last year, but sensitive information related to rockets and satellites was...
Russia continues to shell Ukraine amid grinding push in east
Kyiv, 12 Feb: Russian forces over the weekend continued to shell Ukrainian cities amid a grinding push to seize more land in the east...
Pakistan signs new pact with China to kick off 2nd phase of CPEC during...
Beijing, Feb 4 (PTI) Pakistan on Friday signed a new agreement with China to begin the second phase of the USD 60 billion China-Pakistan...
Nepal suspends Central Bank Governor amid forex woes
Kathmandu, Apr 10 (PTI) In a rare move, the Nepal government has suspended the country's Central Bank Governor Maha Prasad Adhikari over disagreements with...
Before a crowd of 1 million, Pope urges Congolese to forgive
Kinshasa, 1 Feb: Pope Francis urged Congo's people on Wednesday to forgive those who have harmed them as he presided over a Mass before...
Ukrainians grapple with power outages as winter approaches
KYIV, Ukraine , Nov 01 (AP) — The decorative candles Yaroslav Vedmid bought more than a year ago were never meant to be lit,...
Iran’s president begins a rare visit to Africa to ‘promote economic diplomacy’
NAIROBI, 12 Jul: Iran’s president has begun a rare visit to Africa as his country, which is under heavy U.S. economic sanctions, seeks to...
Dozens of Afghans who were illegally in Pakistan are detained and deported in nationwide...
ISLAMABAD, 1 Nov: Pakistani security forces on Wednesday rounded up, detained and deported dozens of Afghans who were living in the country illegally, after...
Sri Lanka’s official reserves to double by year end to above USD 3 billion:...
Colombo, Dec 23 (PTI) Sri Lanka's official foreign reserves, which dropped to USD 1.58 billion in November, will double to remain above USD 3...
Russian airstrikes kill 2 and wound 3 in southern Ukraine as war enters 20th...
KYIV, Ukraine, 24 Sep: Russian airstrikes on Sunday killed two people and wounded three others in southern Ukraine’s Kherson province, the region’s governor reported...