Russia cuts off natural gas supply to Denmark, company says
Copenhagen (Denmark), Jun 1 (AP) Denmark's largest energy company said Russia cut off its gas supply on Wednesday because it refused to pay in...
Indian teacher joins educationists in worldwide girls’ education drive
London, Aug 23 (PTI) Indian teacher Ranjitsinh Disale, winner of the Global Teacher Prize 2020, has joined worldwide leaders from across the public, private...
Looted ancient sarcophagus returned to Egypt from US
CAIRO, 2 Jan: An ancient wooden sarcophagus that was featured at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences was returned to Egypt after U.S. authorities...
Ravi in Pakistan is the most polluted river in the world: Study
Lahore, Feb 16 (PTI) River Ravi in Pakistan is the most polluted river in the world, followed by water bodies in Bolivia and Ethiopia,...
Afghan Taliban deputy calls for reopening schools for girls
Islamabad, 27 Sep: A senior member of the Taliban-run government in Afghanistan on Tuesday called on Afghanistan's new rulers to reopen schools for girls...
Israeli military raid kills 2 Palestinians in the West Bank. Israel says its troops...
NOUR SHAMS REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank, 24 Sep: Two Palestinians were killed during an Israeli military raid Sunday in the northern West Bank, Palestinian...
India to supply fertilisers to Nepal to help farmers boost agricultural productivity
Kathmandu, Feb 28 (PTI) India has signed an MoU with Nepal to supply chemical fertilisers to farmers in the Himalayan nation to overcome the...
Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait to cut Oil supply by 772,000 barrels per day
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2 Apr: Gulf oil giants Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates led a coordinated cut in production by Middle East...
Risk of hospitalisations higher with Delta variant: UK study
London, Aug 28 (PTI) Those infected with the Delta variant of COVID-19 in the UK have been found to be twice as likely to...
Pakistan-Afghan border crossing shut for third day after firing incident
Islamabad, Nov 15 (PTI) A key border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan was still shut on Tuesday for the third consecutive day after a...
‘Rise of India is unstoppable’: EAM Jaishankar
Windhoek (Namibia), Jun 5 (PTI) The rise of India is unstoppable and the country is taking its place in the world, External Affairs Minister...
Israel says it successfully tests long-range missile defence
Jerusalem, Jan 18 (AP) Israel said Tuesday it has successfully tested a system designed to intercept ballistic missiles outside the earth's atmosphere.
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Nord Stream 2 pipeline firm gets 6-month stay of bankruptcy
BERLIN, 28 Dec: A Swiss court has granted a six-month “stay of bankruptcy” to the operating company for the never-opened Nord Stream 2 pipeline,...
UN chief asks world to ‘massively’ help flood-hit Pakistan
ISLAMABAD Sep 9 (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the world owes impoverished Pakistan “massive” help recovering from devastating floods because other nations...
Aviation faces hurdles to hit goals for cutting emissions
FARNBOROUGH, England , Jul 19 (AP) — Airplanes are a minor contributor to global greenhouse-gas emissions, but their share is sure to grow as...
Biden seeks new sanctions, help for Ukrainians in Europe
WASHINGTON, Mar 24 (AP) — With Europe facing its most precarious future since World War II, President Joe Biden will huddle with key allies...
Leaks on Russian gas pipelines raise concerns about sabotage
WARSAW, Poland , Sep 27 (AP) — A series of unusual leaks on two natural gas pipelines running from Russia under the Baltic Sea...
China sanctions seven top Taiwanese officials after 2nd US Congressional delegation’s visit to Taipei
Beijing, Aug 16 (PTI) China on Tuesday announced sanctions on seven "die-hard" pro-independence Taiwanese politicians and officials, including Taipei's representative to Washington, amid concerns...
Counting On Xi Jinping To “Bring Russia To Its Senses”: Emmanuel Macron
Beijing, China, 6 Apr: French President Emmanuel Macron told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Thursday that he was counting on him to "bring...
Ukraine has destroyed or damaged all three bridges over Russia’s Seym River, Russian sources...
KYIV, Ukraine, 20 Aug (AP) — Ukrainian forces have either destroyed or damaged all three of the bridges over the Seym River in western...