China, US plans to extradite Huawaei from Canada
Beijing: China said the U.S. plan to extradite Meng Wanzhou, Huawei chief financial officer, from Canada. The remarks came as...
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Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet intercepts US reconnaissance plane
Moscow: A Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet intercepted a US P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance plane over the Baltic Sea, Russia’s Defense...
Canada’s ambassador to China fired
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has fired Canada's ambassador to China, John McCallum. It follows controversial comments Mr McCallum made about...
Turkish President promises to create buffer zone in north Syria
Ankara: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan promised to create a buffer zone in the north of neighboring Syria in the coming...
US requests UNSC session on Venezuela
Moscow: The US has sent an official request to hold a session of the UN Security Council on Venezuela on...
Seven space crews to undergo winter survival course in woods near Moscow
Moscow: Seven space crews will undergo a winter survival course in the woods near Moscow, the Russian space corporation Roscosmos...
Asteroid impacts on Moon and Earth increased 290 million years ago
Islamabad: An international team of scientists is challenging our understanding of a part of Earth's history by looking at the...
Russian Baltic Fleet’s corvettes escort US destroyers in Baltic Sea
Moscow: The Baltic Fleet’s corvettes escorted the US Gravely and Porters destroyers, which have entered the Baltic Sea, the Russian...
Russia interested in peace treaty with Japan
Moscow: Russia has confirmed interest in signing a peace treaty with Japan on the basis of the 1956 Declaration, President...
Kremlin has never held talks on supporting Trump’s company
Moscow: The Kremlin has never held any talks on supporting a project by a company belonging to incumbent US President...
Trump puts forward new proposal to overcome govt shutdown
Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he had put forward a new proposal to overcome the ongoing government shutdown,...
China, Cameroon agree to boost ties
Yaounde: Chinese President Xi Jinping's special representative Yang Jiechi and Cameroonian President Paul Biya have agreed to further boost bilateral...
Russia working to prevent deterioration of international situation: DFM
Athens: Russia is working with all interested parties to prevent the deterioration of the international situation because of the steps...
Putin takes a dip in icy waters to celebrate Orthodox Epiphany
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin took a dip in the icy waters to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany, which commemorates the...
Xi Jinping urges more efforts to achieve greater progress
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged more efforts to achieve new, greater progress in the coordinated development of the...
Russian Aerospace Forces to receive four MiG-35 4++ generation multirole jet fighters
Moscow: Russian Aerospace Forces will receive four MiG-35 4++ generation multirole jet fighters later this year, a source in the...
Xi Jinping orders efforts to promote modern social governance
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered efforts to promote modern social governance, push forward reforms and develop a better...
Italy’s first ever Mormon temple open
Rome: Italy's first ever Mormon temple has opened, just a few miles up the road from the Vatican, in the...
FO says India has no role in Afghanistan
Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday said India had no role to play in Afghanistan. During his weekly media briefing, Foreign Office spokesperson...
Russian, German FMs to hold talks on Friday
Moscow: The Russian and German foreign ministers, Sergey Lavrov and Heiko Maas, are scheduled to hold talks in Moscow on...
Russia ready to cooperate with Brussels, UK
Moscow: Moscow is ready to cooperate with Brussels and London, regardless of how the UK’s exit from the EU is...
Xi Jinping, Kim hold talks, reach important consensus
Beijing: Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chinese president, held...
The biggest defeat for a sitting government in history of UK: May’s Brexit deal rejected
The British House of Commons has rejected the Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal by 230 votes. May lost after...
Nairobi DusitD2 hotel attacked
Suspected militants have attacked a luxury hotel complex in Nairobi, killing a number of people. Gunfire and blasts were heard...
Pakistani diplomats visit Xinjiang
Beijing: Diplomats from Pakistan and other regional countries visited Xinjiang region last week, and got highly impressed by the recent...
Turkey to fight US-backed Kurdish militia
Ankara: Turkey on Monday vowed to continue fighting a US-backed Kurdish militia which it views as a terrorist group after...
WH asked military to draft plans for strikes on Iran last year
Washington: The White House demanded that the military draft plans for strikes on Iran after attacks in Iraq last year,...
Pakistan, Saudi Arabia to sign MoU on mega oil city next month
Islamabad: A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is likely to be signed between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia in February for the...
Zalmay Khalilzad to visit Pakistan to meet civil, military leaders
Islamabad: United States special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad is arriving on a five-day visit to Pakistan beginning Tuesday...
Pak, Qatar agree to boost bilateral trade
Doha: Pakistan and Qatar Sunday agreed to boost bilateral trade between the two countries. This understanding came after a meeting between...
Italy: Matera doesn’t want tourists
Matera: Basilicata is a misshapen, mountainous piece of land formed on the instep of Italy’s boot. The city of Matera...
China vows to work with Russia
Beijing: China will continue to work with Russia to prepare for a series of high-level contact next year, centered on...
Italy to end arms sale to Saudi Arabia
Rome: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has said that his government wants to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia, and...
West failed to contain Russia’s development: Konstantin Kosachev
Moscow: The West’s failed attempt to contain Russia’s development is the major outcome of 2018, when the sanctions pressure against...
Russia, Turkey to hold talks on Syria
Moscow: Russia and Turkey will hold high-level talks on Syria in Moscow in the near future, the Russian Foreign Ministry...
Putin says Siberia visit will strengthen ties
Moscow: President Vladimir Putin said in New Year’s greetings to Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic that his upcoming visit to Serbia...
Pakistan, China support Afghan-led peace process
Beijing: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi met Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on Tuesday and...
Limited influence over Afghan Taliban: Pak
Islamabad: The Foreign Office said Thursday that Pakistan only exercised limited influence over the Afghan Taliban. Foreign Office spokesperson Dr...
Xi Jinping for adhering to path of socialism with Chinese characteristics
Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed staying on the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics and upholding and developing...
Russia says Butina case an ‘act of political blackmail’
Moscow: Moscow considers the arrest of Russian gun rights activist Maria Butina in the United States on suspicion of acting...
Kosovo Parliament passes law to build army
Kosovo has passed laws to build an army, asserting its statehood in a US-backed move that prompted outrage in Serbia,...
Israeli forces demolish home of Palestinian in occupied West Bank
In Israel, government forces demolished the family home of a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank on Saturday. The Israeli...
Clashes between ethnic groups leave 21 dead in Ethiopia
In Ethiopia, at least twenty-one people have been killed while sixty-one others were injured in heavy fighting between ethnic groups...
Kim Jong Un moisturising face masks prove big hit in South Korea
Pyongyang: South Koreans are buying tens of thousands of Kim Jong Un moisturising face masks ahead of a promised visit to...
UN approves sweeping deal on migration, but Without US support
Geneva: More than 160 countries adopted a sweeping international accord on migration on Tuesday, after the United Nations secretary general...
Three astronauts launch into space since failure by Soyuz rocket
Soyuz rocket: First astronauts launch into space since failure The team will spend six-and-a-half months on the International Space Station...
Two Ukrainian gunboats and a tug were captured by Russian forces
Russia has fired on and seized three Ukrainian naval vessels off the Crimean Peninsula in a major escalation of tensions...
At least 40 killed in Kabul, 60 injured
At least 40 people have been killed in an explosion at a hall in the Afghan capital, Kabul, the health...
New naval base in Papua New Guinea (PNG)
US says it will join Australia in developing a naval base in Papua New Guinea (PNG), in an apparent move...
Faizul Hasan Qadri, builder of ‘mini-Taj Mahal’ has been killed in a road accident
LUCKNOW: Faizul Hasan Qadri, who hit headlines for building a 'mini-Taj Mahal' in memory of his late wife in Bulandshahr...
Boeing jetliner carrying 126 people crash-landed , injuring six people
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA: A Boeing jetliner carrying 126 people crash-landed at the airport in Guyana's capital Georgetown on Friday, injuring six...
“horrific” “blood everywhere”.12 people killed”It’s the second time in about a year and a month that this has happened,” Nicholas Champion
At least 12 people have been killed, including a police officer, at a country music bar in Thousand Oaks, California....
Helge Ingstad: Warship collides with tanker in fjord
The KNM Helge Ingstad takes in water amid fears that it might sink Norway has evacuated the entire crew of...
Trump fires Attorney General Jeff Sessions
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been fired by President Donald Trump. Mr Trump had criticised his top law official...
Eight people might have died in the southern French city of Marseille
MARSEILLE: As many as eight people might have died in the southern French city of Marseille in two building collapses,...
More than a dozen people have been killed in north-west China.
More than a dozen people have been killed after a lorry lost control at a toll station in north-west China....
PM Modi unveils Statue of Unity, world’s tallest at 182m, in tribute to Sardar Patel
Ijndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday unveiled the world’s tallest statue, the Statue of Unity, in Kevadiya in Gujarat’s...
An Indonesian airliner has crashed into the sea with 189 people on board.
The Boeing 737, owned by the low-cost airline Lion Air, went down after taking off from the capital Jakarta. Flight...
Gunman opens fire at US synagogue
Police in the US are responding to reports of a gunman entering a synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and opening fire,...
Typing-Fast Alphabet-typing record broken four times at Texas conference
Austin, Oct 26 :Attendees at a conference in Texas broke the world record for fastest time to type the alphabet...
Leopard-China 60% of world’s snow leopard habitats located in China: report
ISLAMABAD, Oct 24 :Sixty percent of the world's snow leopard habitats are located in China, according to a report released...
10,000 carats of diamonds,500 kg of silver, 100 kg gold, and jewels worth 5,000 carat has been stolen Uttar Pradesh jeweller
Kanpur: A theft of Rs. 140 crore worth of gold and jewels has been reported to a Kanpur police station...
World’s longest sea crossing: Hong Kong-Zhuhai bridge opens spans 55km (34 miles)
Chinese President Xi Jinping has officially opened the world's longest sea crossing bridge, nine years after construction first began. Including...
US warships sail through Taiwan Strait
Two US warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Monday, a military spokesman said, in a move bound to aggravate...
China’s richest woman Zhou Qunfei has lost 66 percent of her fortune, or $6.6 billion, this year
iPhone and Tesla touchscreens once made her China's richest woman. The U.S.-China trade war has made her the biggest loser...
Taiwan train derailment in Yilan County kills at least 22 Rescue operations are continuing into the night
At least 22 people have been killed and 170 injured in a passenger train derailment in north-east Taiwan. Railway authorities...
Air Chief Mujahid Anwar visits headquarters of UAE Air Force
ISLAMABAD, Oct 21 :Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan Sunday visited the headquarters of the...
speeding train then rammed the crowd, crushing at least 50 to death. Over 70 others were rushed to hospital
NEW DELHI: At Joda Phatak in Amritsar this evening, hundreds had gathered close to the railway tracks to celebrate Dussehra....
Afghanistan-unrest Brazen Taliban attack threatens Afghan peace talks, stability
Kabul, Oct 19:A Taliban attack on top US and Afghan security chiefs inside a highly secure compound in Afghanistan is...
Angela Merkel’s sister party suffered massive losses in Bavaria’s state elections
The CSU is set to lose its absolute majority in the state parliament. The Greens surged into second place and...
Ukraine-ammunition depot blast Ukraine’s ammunition depot blast causes no casualties
KIEV, Oct 9 :The blast that ripped through an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian army in the northern Chernigiv region...
US-politics-court-swearing-in Kavanaugh sworn in as US Supreme Court justice
Washington, Oct 7:Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in Saturday to serve as an associate Supreme Court justice, delivering a major victory...
Haiti-quake At least 11 dead in Haiti earthquake: govt spokesman
PortauPrince, Oct 7 :A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck just off the northwest coast of Haiti late Saturday, killing at least 11...
Nauru-Australia-msf-refugee-immigration Nauru orders MSF to stop work among asylum seekers
Wellington, Oct 7 :Nauru's government has ordered Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) to cease its work on the tiny Pacific island...
Burkina-attack-police 7 security forces killed in Burkina Faso blasts: sources
Ouagadougou, Oct 7 :Six police officers were killed in an ambush with an improvised explosive device in northern Burkina Faso,...
IMF-economy-growth-trade-earthquake IMF gathers in quake-battered Indonesia to focus on global economic tremors
Bali, Indonésie, Oct 7 :Rising protectionism, vulnerable emerging markets and record debt levels: The IMF holds its annual meeting this...
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They can be stretched, extruded, or rolled flat; boiled and bunged in soup, fried and tossed with seafood or even...
Indonesia-quake-tsunami Church yields bodies as Indonesia toll expected to rise
Palu, Indonesia, Oct 2:The bodies of dozens of students have been pulled from their landslide-swamped church in Sulawesi, officials said...
US-politics-Africa-Trump-Melania-diplomacy Melania Trump carves solo path in Africa visit
Washington, Oct 2 :Melania Trump left Washington -- and her husband's shadow -- Monday for a four-country tour of Africa...
Malaysia-UK Malaysia to have trade talks with UK post-Brexit: Dr Mahathir
LONDON Oct 2 :Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said Malaysia will hold trade talks with the United Kingdom separately...
Indonesia-earthquake-Sumba 5.9-magnitude quake hits off Indonesian island of Sumba: USGS
Jakarta, Oct 2 :A shallow 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coast of Indonesia's Sumba island on Tuesday morning, the...
PCJCCI-Election Afridi becomes PCJCCI president
LAHORE, Oct 01 :Renowned business leader Shah Faisal Afridiwas elected unopposed as president of Pak-China Joint Chamber of Commerce and...
Indonesia-quake-tsunami-politics Quake-battered Indonesia accepts foreign aid, reluctantly
Jakarta, Oct 1 :Indonesia's president formally invited foreign donors to contribute to rescue and recovery efforts on the quake-and-tsunami-struck island...
Russia-S. Korea Russia demands release of its ship detained by S. Korea
MOSCOW, Oct 1 :The Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday that it had summoned the South Korean ambassador and demanded an...
Bolivia-Chile-UN-court-ICJ World court rejects Bolivia’s bid for sea access
The Hague, Oct 1 :The UN's top court Monday rejected landlocked Bolivia's bid to force neighbouring Chile to the negotiating...
Nigeria-Libya-migration Nigerian migrants rescued after Libya cell video goes viral
Lagos, Sept 30 :Nigerian migrants held in Libya were rescued after releasing a video from their cell that went viral...
Dubai-Drone Yemeni drone targets Dubai International Airport : IRNA
TEHRAN, Sep 30 :The Yemeni Air Force targeted several times Dubai International Airport, located 1200 kilometers off Yemen, by putting...
Turkey-Storm Tropical storm likely to hit Turkey’s Aegean region
IZMIR, Sep 28 :The tropical storm developing in the Mediterranean is likely to bring heavy rain and gusty winds to...
Indonesia-quake Indonesia rocked by powerful quake, tsunami warning called off
Jakarta, Sept 28 :Indonesia was struck by a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake Friday, the US Geological Survey said, but there...
Employment-Youth-Japan Japan to be main destination for youth by offering maximum job opportunities
ISLAMABAD, Sep 28 :Japan will emerge as the main destination for youth from across the world since it will be...
Romania-US Romania-US military cooperation, discussed by DefMin Fifor with American Congress representatives
Bucharest, Sep 27 Agerpres:Defence Minister Mihai Fifor discussed with members of the American Congress on the military cooperation between Romania...
Korea-Employment South Korea’s senior employment rate constantly rising: data
SEJONG, Sep 27 :The employment rate of senior citizens has been rising steadily, with such individuals actively seeking jobs to...
Belarus-China Belarus reaffirms commitment to China’s Belt and Road project
MINSK, Sep 27 :Belarus confirms its commitment to the joint implementation of China's Belt and Road initiative, Deputy Head of...
Korea-Survey S. Korea the world’s 18th best country to live in: survey
SEOUL, Sep 27 :South Korea has improved its quality of life to become the world's 18th best this year, a...
Yemen-conflict-rights-press-religion-UN Yemen activist once held by rebels slams UN peace drive as ‘naive’
Geneva, Sept 27 :A Yemeni activist who was held and allegedly tortured for months by Huthi rebels this week criticised...
Brazil-politics-vote-Gomes Brazil presidential candidate leaves hospital after prostate surgery
Sao Paulo, Sept 27 :Brazil presidential election candidate Ciro Gomes left hospital in Sao Paulo on Wednesday, a day after...
UN-Pak-Qatar ”’ Pakistan, Qatar pledge to take their brotherly relations to next level
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 26 :Pakistan and Qatar vowed to strengthen their ties by forging partnerships and enhancing economic and trade...
IHK-Polls India to move 400 more companies of troops to IOK
ISLAMABAD, Sep 26 :India is deploying more than 400 companies of paramilitary forces to thrust polls on the Kashmiri people...
IHK-Internet India blocks internet in IOK to prevent online resignation spree
ISLAMABAD, Sep 26 :The Indian authorities in occupied Kashmir have blocked internet service in the territory to prevent special police...
Turkey-Coup Turkey detains 39 over failed coup
ISTANBUL, Sep 26 :Turkish police on Wednesday detained at least 39 people, including soldiers, over their alleged link to a...
