Storm sets off floods and landslides in Philippines, leaving at least 14 dead
MANILA, Philippines, 2 Sep (AP) — A storm set off landslides and unleashed pounding rains that flooded many northern Philippine areas overnight into Monday,...
Turkey on food corridors: UN plan ‘feasible’
ISTANBUL , Jun 8 (AP)– Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says that a plan by the United Nations for a grain corridor to carry...
US intends to have frank conversations with China on trade ties, says USTR
Washington, Oct 4 (PTI) The US intends to have frank conversations with China on its trade ties, including discussion over Beijing's performance under the...
Suu Kyi’s party faces dissolution in military-ruled Myanmar
BANGKOK, 28 Mar: The political party led by Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi is expected to face automatic dissolution by the military-appointed...
COVID-19 conspiracies soar after latest report on origins
WASHINGTON , 1 Mar (AP) — COVID-19′s origins remain hazy. Three years after the start of the pandemic, it’s still unclear whether the coronavirus...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia a free man after US legal battle...
CANBERRA, 26 Jun: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned to his homeland Australia aboard a charter jet and raised a celebratory clenched fist as his...
Nobel Peace Prize-winner’s paper closes amid Russia pressure
Moscow, Mar 28 (AP) Russia's leading independent newspaper suspended operations Monday after pressure from Russian authorities, a move that comes less than six months...
Suspected hackers arrested in global ransomware crackdown
Washington, Nov 8 (AP) Two suspected hackers accused of ransomware attacks resulting in 5,000 infections have been arrested as part of a global cybercrime...
Elon Musk launches Starlink satellite internet service in Indonesia, world’s largest archipelago
DENPASAR, Indonesia, 19 May (AP) — Elon Musk traveled to Indonesia’s resort island of Bali on Sunday to launch Starlink satellite internet service in...
UK PM Rishi Sunak orders ethics probe into tax scandal-hit Tory chief
London, 23 Jan: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday ordered an independent investigation into the tax affairs of scandal-hit Conservative Party chairman Nadhim...
Yemen rebels allow UN flights temporarily into Sanaa airport
Cairo, Dec 28 (AP) The Iran-backed rebels in Yemen said Tuesday they are temporarily allowing UN humanitarian flights to land at the airport in...
Vietnamese real estate tycoon sentenced to life for billions in fraud in government graft...
HANOI, Vietnam, 17 Oct (AP) — A Vietnamese real estate tycoon was convicted Thursday of fraudulently obtaining property worth billions of dollars and sentenced...
Nepal PM Deuba faces stiff challenge from Thapa for Nepali Congress parliamentary party leader...
Kathmandu, Dec 20 (PTI) Nepal Prime Minister and the ruling Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba will face-off against General Secretary Gagan Kumar Thapa...
China launches its first USD 6 billion cross-border BRI train with Laos
Beijing/Vientiane, Dec 3 (PTI) China on Friday launched the first USD 6 billion cross-border train of its multi-billion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) from...
Russian President Putin insists Ukraine’s new US-supplied weapon won’t change the war’s outcome
KYIV, Ukraine, 18 Oct (AP) — A Russian missile attack killed two civilians in an apartment building in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, local authorities...
Widespread condemnation of Myanmar’s execution of prisoners
BANGKOK, 26 Jul: International outrage over Myanmar’s execution of four political prisoners intensified Tuesday with grassroots protests and strong condemnation from world governments, as...
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...
Belarus’ top diplomat, ally to president, dies at 64
TALLINN, Estonia , 26 Nov (AP) — Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei, a close ally of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, has died at age...
French writer Annie Ernaux awarded Nobel Prize in literature
STOCKHOLM, 6 Oct: French author Annie Ernaux was awarded this year's Nobel Prize in literature for "the courage and clinical acuity with which she...
Islamic State group claims killing Sikh man in Pakistan’s northwest
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, 25 Jun: Gunmen shot and killed a member of Pakistan’s minority Sikh community in an overnight attack in the northwestern city of...