UK PM Boris Johnson under pressure over Downing Street parties
London, Dec 12 (PTI) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson came under growing pressure on Sunday as an image emerged of another alleged party held...
Indian-origin woman, who provided critical info about multi-million-Dollar PPE scam, killed in South Africa
Johannesburg, Aug 25 (PTI) A 53-year-old Indian-origin woman in South Africa has been killed allegedly for providing critical information about a multi-million-Dollar PPE fraud...
India, China should commit to mutual understanding: FM Yi
BEIJING, 27 Jan: India and China should meet each other halfway and commit themselves to mutual understanding rather than mutual suspicion, Chinese Foreign Minister...
UN chief urges Russia to revive grain deal with Ukraine, warning ‘the most vulnerable’...
ROME, 24 Jul: The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday urged Russia to resume the internationally-brokered deal so grain can be shipped from...
Hindu temple vandalised in Canada; police describes it as ‘hate-motivated incident’
Toronto, Apr 6 (PTI) A prominent Hindu temple in Canada's Ontario province has been vandalised by unknown people with "anti-Hindu and anti-India graffiti", in...
China reaffirms threat of military force to annex Taiwan
BEIJING , Aug 10 (AP) — China on Wednesday reaffirmed its threat to use military force to bring self-governing Taiwan under its control, amid...
Pak PM Imran Khan dials Sri Lanka’s President, assures justice to lynched Lankan national
COLOMBO, Dec 5 (PTI): Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has assured Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa that there will be no mercy to the...
US reopening visa and consular services at embassy in Cuba
HAVANA, 4 Jan: The United States Embassy in Cuba is reopening visa and consular services Wednesday, the first time it has done so since...
Philippine ferry catches fire at sea, all 120 people aboard rescued
MANILA, Philippines, 18 Jun: All 120 passengers and crew members aboard a Philippine ferry that caught fire at sea on Sunday were rescued safely...
“India Role As Regional Ally Can Have Positive Impact In Afghanistan”: US Official
London, Sep 11 (PTI): India as a key regional player and ally of the US and its history of investments in Afghanistan could have...
Christian family separated during Partition reunites at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Pakistan
Lahore, Feb 19 (PTI) The second-generation members of a Christian family that got separated during the Partition were reunited after 35 years amid an...
Aung San Suu Kyi, Unwell, Skips Myanmar Trial Hearing: Lawyer
Yangon, Myanmar, Sep 13 (AFP): Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi skipped the resumption of her coronavirus-delayed trial in a junta court because...
Israel revokes Palestinian FM’s travel permit over UN move
JERUSALEM, 8 Jan: Israel on Sunday revoked the Palestinian foreign minister’s travel permit, part of a series of punitive steps against the Palestinians that...
Argentines vote in an election that could lead a Trump-admiring populist to the presidency
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, 19 Nov: Voters in Argentina were heading to the polls Sunday in a presidential runoff election that will determine whether South...
Australian PM raises trade ‘blockages’ with China’s Xi
NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he raised with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday his concerns about trade...
Removed Tamil diaspora groups, individuals from ban list as they no longer fund terror...
Colombo, Aug 16 (PTI) The Sri Lankan government on Tuesday said that its recent decision to lift the ban on six Tamil diaspora groups...
Armenia says 49 soldiers killed in attacks by Azerbaijan
YEREVAN, Armenia , Sep 13 (AP) — Azerbaijani forces shelled Armenia’s territory on Tuesday in a large-scale attack that killed at least 49 Armenian...
Senior member of Myanmar’s former ruling party dies while serving prison sentence
BANGKOK, 7 Oct (AP) — Zaw Myint Maung, a senior member of Myanmar’s former ruling party arrested during the 2021 military takeover, died Monday...
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...
Water cannon, tear gas at COVID-19 protests in Brussels
BRUSSELS , Jan 23 (AP) — Police fired water cannons and tear gas in Brussels on Sunday to disperse protesters marching against COVID-19 vaccinations...