Gas pipeline shutdown starts amid German suspicion of Russia
BERLIN , 11 Jul (AP) — A major gas pipeline from Russia to western Europe shut down for annual maintenance on Monday as Germany...
Suspected militants bomb a girl’s school overnight in northwest Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, 17 May (AP) — Suspected militants bombed a girl’s school in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold, destroying the structure, police said Friday,...
Vietnamese authorities say Typhoon Yagi has killed at least 4 and injured 78 others
HANOI, 7 Sep: Vietnamese authorities say Typhoon Yagi has killed at least four people and injured 78 others after making landfall Saturday afternoon in...
China to donate two million additional COVID-19 vaccines to Nepal: Chinese Foreign Minister
Kathmandu, Oct 19 (PTI) Nepal Foreign Minister Narayan Khadka on Tuesday held a telephonic conversation with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi with a focus...
Japan’s Kishida says he will attend NATO leaders’ summit, stresses need for dialogue with...
TOKYO, 21 Jun: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday announced plans to visit Lithuania next month to attend a NATO leaders’ summit as...
India will ‘benefit’ from price cap on Russian oil: US Treasury Secretary Yellen
Washington, Nov 8 (PTI) India will "benefit" from the proposed price cap on oil, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said, arguing that the United...
China lashes out at US, British intelligence services
Beijing, Jul 7 (AP) The United States is "the biggest threat to world peace, stability and development," China said on Thursday, continuing its sharp...
Sri Lanka’s Parliament condemns lynching of Lankan national in Pak; PM Rajapaksa seeks justice
Colombo, Dec 4 (PTI) Sri Lanka's Parliament and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday condemned the brutal lynching of a Sri Lankan national in...
Ukrainians hid orphaned children from Russian deportation
KHERSON, Ukraine, 6 Dec (AP) — Hours after Russia invaded Ukraine in February, health staff at a children’s hospital in the south started secretly...
Israel suspends military exports to Colombia over its president’s criticism of Gaza siege
BOGOTA, Colombia, 17 Oct: (AP) — Israel has suspended security exports to Colombia in an escalating diplomatic spat over online messages by Colombia’s president...
Cyprus president says a buffer zone splitting the island won’t become another migrant route
NICOSIA, Cyprus, 4 Jun (AP) — The president of Cyprus said Tuesday that he won’t “open another route” for irregular migration by letting through...
China calls Covid ‘lab leak’ theory a lie after WHO report
BEIJING, 10 Jun: China on Friday attacked the theory that the coronavirus pandemic may have originated as a leak from a Chinese laboratory as...
Some COVID-19 patients may be infectious even after ten days: Study
London, Jan 18 (PTI) One in ten people may still be infectious for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, after the 10 day quarantine...
China, Japan ground ferries, flights as typhoon approaches
BEIJING, 4 Sep: Cities in eastern China suspended ferry services and classes and flights were canceled in Japan on Sunday as Typhoon Hinnamnor, the...
Paris police open fire on a woman who allegedly made death threats in the...
PARIS, 31 Oct (AP) — Paris police opened fire Tuesday on a woman who threatened to blow herself up after allegedly making death threats...
China sets this year’s economic growth target at ‘around 5%’
BEIJING, 5 Feb: China’s government announced plans for a consumer-led revival of the struggling economy as its legislature opened a session Sunday that will...
Man kills 3 daughters, 1 other, himself at California church
Sacramento (US), Mar 1 (AP) A man shot and killed his three daughters, their chaperone and himself during a supervised visit with the girls...
Israeli airstrikes hit several sites in southern Syria, soldier wounded
Beirut, 17 Mar: Israeli airstrikes hit several sites in southern Syria early Sunday wounding a soldier, Syrian state media reported.
State news agency SANA, citing...
Iran welcomes US sanctions relief but says it’s too little
Tehran, 5 Feb: Iran's foreign minister on Saturday welcomed US sanctions relief intended to entice Iran back to the 2015 nuclear deal, but called...
Pakistani police storm home of former PM Khan, arrest 61
LAHORE, 18 Mar: Pakistani police stormed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s residence in the eastern city of Lahore on Saturday and arrested 61 people...