Fire hits crowded Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh, 5 Mar: A massive fire raced through a crammed refugee camp for Rohingya Muslims in southern Bangladesh on Sunday, leaving thousands...
UAE leader pardons 57 Bangladeshis imprisoned for rallying in the Arab nation over turmoil...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 3 Sep (AP) — The leader of the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday pardoned 57 Bangladeshi nationals convicted in rapid...
EU to hit Russia with new sanctions if Ukraine attacked
BRUSSELS , Dec 15 (AP) — The head of the European Union’s executive warned Russia on Wednesday that the bloc has a battery of...
Death toll from 4 days of rains rises to 63 in Pakistan with...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, 17 Apr: Lightning and heavy rains led to 14 deaths in Pakistan, officials said Wednesday, bringing the death toll from four days...
UN says a record number of aid workers were killed in 2023 and this...
BERLIN, 19 Aug (AP) — A record number of aid workers were killed in conflicts around the world last year, and this year may...
WTO meet: India to pitch for permanent solution for food security; protect interest of...
New Delhi, Jun 11 (PTI): India will press for a permanent solution to the issue of public stock holding of grains for food security...
India provides Sri Lanka USD 55 mn credit line for fertiliser imports
Colombo, Jun 10 (PTI) India has provided a USD 55 million Line of Credit to crisis-hit Sri Lanka for the import of fertiliser, in...
UK scientists develop lab-in-a-backpack for cheaper, accurate Covid testing
London, Jan 27 (PTI) Scientists in the UK have developed a low-cost lab-in-a-backpack that they say is as accurate as commercially available COVID-19 tests...
Pak PM Khan says he would like to have TV debate with PM Modi...
Islamabad, Feb 22 (PTI) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Tuesday that he would like to have a TV debate with his Indian...
NATO chief tells Turkey’s Erdogan that ‘the time has come’ to let Sweden join...
DUBAI, 1 Dec: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says he has told Turkey’s president that “the time has come” to let Sweden become a member...
Israeli PM says not opposed to ‘good’ nuclear deal with Iran
Tel Aviv, Dec 28 (AP) Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Tuesday he is not opposed to a good nuclear deal between Iran and...
Hurricane Ian nears Cuba on path to strike Florida as Cat 4
HAVANA, 26 Sep (AP) — Hurricane Ian was growing stronger as it approached the western tip of Cuba on a track to hit the...
Indian economist Jayati Ghosh named by UN to high-level advisory board on multilateralism
United Nations, Mar 21 (PTI) Indian development economist Jayati Ghosh has been appointed by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to a new high-level advisory...
Pak PM Khan urges int”l community to stay engaged to support Afghan people economically
Islamabad, Aug 18 (PTI) Asserting that Pakistan is reaching out to all Afghan leaders for a peaceful settlement of the current crisis in the...
Transgender activist who helped organise climate march abducted, raped in Pakistan
Karachi, Dec 14 (PTI) A Pakistani transgender person, who is an active organiser of a movement aimed at seeking an end to the demolition...
German economic advisers slash 2022 growth forecast to 1.8 per cent
Berlin, Mar 30 (AP) The German government's panel of independent economic advisers on Wednesday slashed its 2022 growth forecast for Europe's biggest economy in...
A roadside bomb hits a bus in northern Pakistan and kills 3 people
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, 2 Sep (AP) — A roadside bomb struck a bus in northern Pakistan on Monday, killing three people including two security officials,...
Taliban slam ‘baseless and biased’ UN report suggesting rifts and conflict within their ranks
ISLAMABAD, 11 Jun: The Taliban condemned on Sunday a “baseless and biased” report from the U.N. Security Council highlighting rifts within the group's ranks.
The...
New Swedish PM presents 3-party government
STOCKHOLM, 18 Oct: Incoming Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Tuesday vowed to set the country on a new course on immigration, criminal justice...
UN talks on a treaty to end global plastic pollution open in Paris
PARIS, 29 May: A United Nations committee met in Paris Monday to work on what is intended to be a landmark treaty to bring...