UN experts decry possible crimes against humanity in Libya
Geneva, Oct 4 (AP) Investigators commissioned by the United Nations' top human rights body said Monday they turned up evidence of possible war crimes...
Sri Lanka closes schools, limits work amid fuel shortage
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, 21 May (AP) — Sri Lankan authorities closed schools and asked public officials not to come to work in a desperate...
Qatar Energy to cut emissions as methane movement grows
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates , Jun 27 (AP) — The state-owned oil and gas company Qatar Energy said Monday it is joining a new...
Australia looks for new ways to lift Indigenous living standards after referendum loss
CANBERRA, Australia, 15 Oct (AP) — Australia will look for new ways to lift Indigenous living standards after voters soundly rejected a proposal to...
Greek transport minister resigns over train crash; 36 dead
TEMPE, Greece, 1 Mar (AP) — Rescuers searched Wednesday through the burned-out wreckage of two trains that slammed into each other in northern Greece,...
China plans to train 3,000 foreign security officials as it seeks to expand its...
Beijing, Sep 11 (PTI) China plans to train 3,000 foreign law enforcement officials to tackle global security issues besides protecting Chinese interests beyond its...
Air pollution and genes may elevate risk of depression: Study
Washington, Nov 9 (PTI) Exposure to high-particulate-matter air pollution may significantly increase the risk of depression in healthy people who have a genetic predisposition...
Coal power, traffic, waste burning a toxic smog cocktail in Indonesia’s Jakarta
JAKARTA, Indonesia, 29 Nov (AP) — Against the backdrop of smokestacks from a nearby coal power plant, the sky above Edy Suryana’s village stays...
Pension protests raise tension between police, demonstrators
PARIS, 3 Apr: French authorities see the police as protectors who are ensuring that citizens can peacefully protest President Emmanuel Macron’s contentious retirement age...
3 hostages mistakenly killed by troops had been holding a white flag, Israeli military...
JERUSALEM, 16 Dec: Three Israeli hostages who were mistakenly shot by Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip had been waving a white flag and...
Manhunt on for suspects as 100 die in Nigeria refinery blast
ABUJA, Nigeria, Apr 24 (AP) — At least 100 people may have died in an explosion at an illegal oil refinery in southeast Nigeria,...
Ukrainian officials: Russian strikes kill at least 7 in Lviv
LVIV, Ukraine, Apr 18 (AP) — Russian forces launched missile attacks on the western city of Lviv and pounded other targets across Ukraine on...
Dozens of Afghans who were illegally in Pakistan are detained and deported in nationwide...
ISLAMABAD, 1 Nov: Pakistani security forces on Wednesday rounded up, detained and deported dozens of Afghans who were living in the country illegally, after...
Queen Elizabeth II dead at 96 after 70 years on the throne
LONDON, 8 Sep: Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a rock of stability across much of a turbulent century, died Thursday after 70...
China unveils plan to bring algorithms of its internet industry under state control to...
Beijing, Sep 29 (PTI) China on Wednesday unveiled a three-year plan to bring the algorithms related to internet information services of its fast-growing web...
Fiona wallops Turks and Caicos, Puerto Rico still stunned
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico , Sep 20 (AP) — Hurricane Fiona blasted the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday as a Category 3 storm...
UN: Wildfires getting worse globally, governments unprepared
Billings (Montana), Feb 23 (AP) A warming planet and changes to land use patterns mean more wildfires will scorch large parts of the globe...
ISI chief appointment issue to be resolved in a week: Pak interior minister
Islamabad, Oct 16 (PTI) Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said the issue of appointment of the new chief of spy agency ISI...
Russian court sets date for new trial of jailed Kremlin foe Navalny
Moscow, Jun 6 (AP) A Moscow court on Tuesday set the date for a new trial of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny that...
Israeli strikes on southern Gaza city of Rafah kill 22, mostly children, as US...
RAFAH, Gaza Strip, 21 Apr (AP) — Israeli strikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight killed 22 people, including 18 children, health...