EU countries agree on a new package of sanctions against Russia over the...
BRUSSELS, 21 Jun: European Union countries on Wednesday agreed on a new package of sanctions against Russia for its war against Ukraine.
Sweden, which currently...
COVID-19’s global death toll tops 5 million in under 2 years
Washington, Nov 1 (AP) The global death toll from COVID-19 topped 5 million on Monday, less than two years into a crisis that has...
Migration tracking group says 76 million people were displaced within their countries in 2023
GENEVA, 14 May (AP) — Conflicts and natural disasters left a record nearly 76 million people displaced within their countries last year, with violence...
Kenya police say 1 killed in opposition-led protests
NAIROBI, 21 Mar: Kenyan police said Tuesday that one person died, 31 officers were injured and more than 200 protesters were arrested in anti-government...
Taliban agree to new polio vaccination across Afghanistan
Istanbul, Oct 19 (AP) UN agencies are gearing up to vaccinate all of Afghanistan's children under 5 against polio for the first time since...
Pakistan government reaches understanding with TTP for temporary truce, says report
Islamabad, Nov 5 (PTI) The Pakistan government, with the help of Afghanistan's acting interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, has reached a tentative understanding with the...
Pakistani hardline Islamist party’s mob lynches Sri Lankan factory manager over blasphemy’
LAHORE, Dec 3 (AP): A mob in Pakistan on Friday lynched a Sri Lankan national before burning his body over alleged blasphemy in the...
Greece wildfires: New blazes burning outside of Athens
ATHENS, Greece Aug 16 (AP) — More wildfires broke out Monday in hard-hit Greece, with two blazes fanned by strong winds triggering evacuation alerts...
Ukraine grain headed for Lebanon under wartime deal delayed
BEIRUT , Aug 7 (AP) — The scheduled arrival Sunday of the first grain ship to leave Ukraine and cross the Black Sea under...
New Russian airstrikes target Black Sea regions of Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine , Jul 26 (AP) — Russia targeted Ukraine’s Black Sea regions of Odesa and Mykolaiv with airstrikes Tuesday, hitting private buildings and...
Floods to cause USD 4 bn loss to Pakistan’s economy: Report
Karachi, Aug 27 (PTI) The unusual heavy monsoon rains and devastating flash floods are estimated to cost cash-strapped Pakistan's economy over USD 4 billion...
Pakistan’s Punjab govt gives Imran Khan 24-hour deadline to handover ‘terrorists’ hiding at his...
Lahore, 17 (PTI): The interim government in Pakistan’s Punjab province has given a 24-hour deadline to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party chief Imran Khan...
SpaceX launching Saudi astronauts on private flight to space station
Cape Canaveral, May 21 (AP) SpaceX's next private flight to the International Space Station awaited takeoff Sunday, weather and rocket permitting.
The passengers include Saudi...
Belongings of missing men found tied underwater in Amazon
ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil , Jun 13 (AP) — Brazil’s search for an Indigenous expert and a journalist who disappeared in a restive area...
The damage to a Baltic undersea cable was ‘purposeful,’ Swedish leader says but gives...
STOCKHOLM , 24 Oct (AP) — The damage to a telecommunications cable running under the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Estonia was “purposeful,” Swedish...
US and South Korea sharpen deterrence plans over North Korean nuclear threat
SEOUL, South Korea, 13 Nov (AP) — The United States and South Korea on Monday updated a bilateral security agreement with the aim of...
China announces the removal of defense minister missing for almost 2 months with little...
TAIPEI. Taiwan , 24 Oct (AP) — China has replaced Defense Minister Gen. Li Shangfu, who has been out of public view for almost...
Poland’s conservative ruling party leader Kaczynski joins the government as deputy premier
WARSAW, 21 Jun: Poland’s powerful conserva-tive ruling party leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, rejoined the government on Wednes-day as the only deputy prime minister in the...
India, France agree to coordinate their positions, adapt to ‘new challenges’ to strengthen intl...
Paris, Feb 21 (PTI) India and France have declared that they are attached to the international law of the sea and will coordinate their...
Reconstruction of India-funded 50,000 quake-damaged houses completed in Nepal: Indian Embassy
Kathmandu, Nov 15 (PTI) India on Monday announced that it has successfully completed the reconstruction of 50,000 houses damaged by the deadly 2015 earthquake...