Sri Lankan clergy offers support to priest who questioned role of intel agencies in...
Colombo, Nov 8 (PTI) A group of Catholic priests staged a rare protest in front of the Supreme Court complex here on Monday in...
World Bank prez congratulates India on successful COVID-19 vaccination campaign
Washington, Oct 16 (PTI) World Bank President David Malpass on Saturday congratulated India on a successful vaccination campaign against the COVID-19 pandemic as he...
US military leaders favoured keeping troops in Afghanistan
Washington, Sep 28 (AP) In their first congressional testimony on the tumultuous final months of America's longest war, top US military officers on Tuesday...
Iran begins annual war games ahead of nuke talks with West
Tehran, Nov 7 (AP) Iran's military began its annual war games in a coastal area of the Gulf of Oman, state TV reported Sunday,...
Myanmar seeks to have Rohingya case thrown out of UN court
The Hague, Feb 21 (AP) Lawyers for Myanmar's military rulers on Monday sought to have a case at the United Nations' top court that...
High winds drive major wildfire in Spain; 35 aircraft sent
MADRID , Aug 19 (AP) — A wildfire burning out of control in Spain’s eastern province of Valencia has become one of the country’s...
Czech Cyber Watchdog Calls TikTok A “Security Threat”
Prague, 8 Mar (AFP): The Czech cyber watchdog issued a warning about using TikTok on Wednesday, joining other Western authorities in deeming the Chinese-owned...
Johnson prepared to race at Long Beach with broken hand
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Jimmie Johnson pulled one glove over the carbon fiber splint built specifically for his broken right hand. A piece...
US renews warning it’s obligated to defend the Philippines after its new clash with...
MANILA, Philippines, 18 Jun: The United States renewed a warning Tuesday that it’s obligated to defend its close treaty ally a day after Filipino...
Torrential rains kill 17, destroy homes in northern Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan , Sep 12 (AP) — Torrential monsoon rains and mudslides hit areas in northwestern Pakistan early on Sunday, destroying homes and killing...
China locks down third city, raising affected to 20 million
Beijing, Jan 11 (AP) A third Chinese city has locked down its residents because of a COVID-19 outbreak, raising the number confined to their...
Blinken in Ukraine as tensions with Russia soar
Kyiv (Ukraine), Jan 19 (AP) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with his Russian counterpart in Switzerland this week as tensions between...
China to subsidise refiners if global oil prices surpass USD 130
Beijing, Jun 29 (PTI) China, the world's largest importer of oil, announced on Wednesday that it will subsidise its oil refiners and suspend the...
Nepal’s President Bhandari confers honorary title to Indian Army chief Gen. Manoj Pande
Kathmandu, Sep 5 (PTI) Nepal's President Bidya Devi Bhandari conferred the title of Honorary General of the Nepali Army to Indian Army chief General...
WHO chief urges halt to booster shots for rest of the year
Geneva, Sep 8 (AP) The head of the World Health Organization is calling on rich countries with large supplies of coronavirus vaccines to refrain...
Gold worth Rs20 million stolen from Pakistani jeweller’s cabin bag during flight
Karachi, Sep 5 (PTI) In an unusual theft, gold worth Rs20 million was stolen from a Pakistani jeweller's cabin baggage during a flight from...
Japanese billionaire donates $8.7mn to Ukraine, calls Russian invasion ‘challenge to democracy’
Tokyo, Feb 27 (AFP): Japanese billionaire Hiroshi "Mickey" Mikitani said Sunday he will donate $8.7 million to the government of Ukraine, calling Russia's invasion...
Blinken seeks G7 unity on Israel-Hamas war among items on crisis-heavy global agenda
TOKYO, 7 Nov: Fresh from a whirlwind tour of the Middle East, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shifted his intense diplomacy on the...
Lanka to hold talks with Indian Oil to tide over energy crisis
Colombo, Jan 17 (PTI) Sri Lanka will hold talks with the Indian Oil Corporation on Tuesday as part of a desperate measure to tide...
Market blast in north Syria kills at least 9, wounds dozens
BEIRUT , Aug 19 (AP) — A rocket attack on a crowded market in a town held by Turkey-backed opposition fighters in northern Syria...