Russian film crew blasts off to make first movie in space
Moscow, Oct 5 (AP) A Russian actor and a film director rocketed to space Tuesday on a mission to make the world's first movie...
Iraqi premier in Syria for first visit in over a decade to discuss boosting...
DAMASCUS, Syria, 16 Jul: Iraq’s prime minister held talks Sunday with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus during the first trip of its kind...
India’s economic package has given Sri Lanka breathing space, need to seek bailout from...
Colombo, Jan 15 (PTI) India's financial package has prevented Sri Lanka from spiralling into a major economic tailspin for the time being, top economist...
Japanese ministers eat Fukushima fish to show it’s safe after nuclear plant wastewater is...
Tokyo, 30 Aug: Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and three Cabinet ministers ate Fukushima fish sashimi at a lunch meeting Wednesday, in an apparent...
Swiss to unfreeze $430M as Egypt money laundering probe ends
Geneva, Apr 13 (AP) Swiss prosecutors will not file any charges after concluding a decade-long investigation into alleged money laundering and organised crime linked...
Russian diplomat thanks India, China for being ‘brave’ to ‘withstand US hand-twisting’ before UNSC...
United Nations, Feb 1 (PTI) As India, Kenya, Gabon abstained and China voted against a procedural vote in the UN Security Council ahead of...
Virus found in pig heart used in human transplant
New York, May 6 (AP) Researchers trying to learn what killed the first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig have discovered...
UN chief laments ‘leadership gap’ ahead of climate talks
Berlin, Oct 26 (AP) The head of the United Nations says a leadership gap is undermining the world's efforts to curb global warming, days...
Car bomb hits outside Mogadishu airport in Somalia; 8 killed
Mogadishu, Jan 12 (AP) A car bomb exploded on Wednesday outside the international airport in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, killing at least eight people and...
Automaker warns over UK operations and calls for Brexit trade deal renegotiation
LONDON , 17 May (AP) — The world’s fourth-biggest carmaker by sales has warned of a potential existential threat to large parts of the...
9 border pillars along Nepal-India border swept away by rivers
Kathmandu, Feb 2 (PTI) Nine border pillars along the Nepal-India border in Kailali district have been swept away by Karnali and Mohana rivers, officials...
Typhoon deaths in Philippines top 100, mayors plead for food
MANILA, Philippines, Dec 19 (AP) — The governor of an island province in the central Philippines said Sunday at least 72 people died in...
North Korea says leader Kim supervised tests of cruise missiles designed to be...
SEOUL, 29 Jan: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised test-firings of new cruise missiles designed to be launched from submarines and also reviewed...
Princess Anne takes the Staten Island ferry to Manhattan
NEW YORK , Oct 5 (AP) — Princess Anne took a ride on the Staten Island Ferry during a visit to New York City.
The...
Myanmar and China conduct naval drills together as fighting surges in border area
BANGKOK, 29 Nov (AP) — Myanmar and China are conducting naval drills together as the military government in the Southeast Asian nation loses ground...
4 Ukrainian separatist regions plan votes to join Russia
KYIV, Ukraine , Sep 20 (AP) — Russian-controlled regions of eastern and southern Ukraine announced plans Tuesday to start voting this week to become...
UN seeks extension of key Ukraine-Russia wartime grain deal
GENEVA, 13 Mar: Senior U.N. officials hosted Russ-ian envoys in Geneva on Monday in a bid to extend an export agreement amid Moscow’s invasion...
UN labour agency: Ukraine war, other crises take toll on jobs
Geneva, Oct 31 (AP) The U.N. labour agency warned Monday that job vacancies and employment growth are expected to decline worldwide in the fourth...
8 dead as al-Shabab claims blast in Somalia’s capital
Mogadishu (Somalia), Sep 25 (AP) A vehicle laden with explosives rammed into cars and trucks at a checkpoint leading to the entrance of the...
Doctors stay in Ukraine’s war-hit towns: ‘People need us’
ZOLOCHIV, Ukraine, Aug 19 (AP) — Dr. Ilona Butova almost looks out of place in her neatly pressed lavender scrubs as she walks through...