SOUL: South Korea has conveyed its preliminary proposal to Turkiye for constructing a major nuclear power plant in Turkiye, local Turkish media reports. According to the report, Korea Electric Power…

NEW YORK: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, has warned that Israel’s decision to expand the licensing of firearms for Israelis would lead to further violence…

A powerful earthquake has hit Gaziantep in south-eastern Turkey, near the border with Syria, killing at least 17 people. The US Geological Survey said the 7.8 magnitude tremor struck at…

NEW DELHI: Indian refiners are now using Emirati dirhams instead of US dollars to pay for most of the Russian oil they purchase via traders based in the United Arab…

NEW YORK: A large curvaceous, reflective sculpture by Anish Kapoor that was commissioned for a prominent street corner in Lower Manhattan back in 2008 has finally been completed. The yet-to-be-titled…

Vienna: Tourists from New Zealand, China, and Germany were among the dead at a number of different ski resorts. Austrian authorities put in place a level four avalanche alert –…

CARACAS: Venezuela’s Paraguana refinery complex is soon to begin a 100-day overhaul to reclaim its crude distillation capacity, anonymous Reuters sources suggested on Friday, with work set to be completed…

WASHINGTON: An undisclosed number of V-22 Ospreys across three services will halt operations until a component tied to the engine is replaced, a defense official said Saturday, as part of…

New Delhi: Indo-Russian Rifles Private Limited (IRRPL) – a joint venture between Russia and India to manufacture AK-203 assault rifles for the Indian Armed Forces – has completed the production…

COLUMBIA: The US has shot down what it termed a “Chinese surveillance balloon” off the coast of South Carolina. After the object traversed the country unimpeded for several days, President…

A Russian battalion offered a bounty on Friday for every operational Western-made tank seized by Moscow’s forces. The announcement was made by the Pavel Sudoplatov Battalion, an international volunteer unit…

ISLAMABAD: Former president retired General Pervez Musharraf passed away on Sunday after a prolonged battle with the rare disease amyloidosis. He was 79. In a statement issued immediately after his…

NORWAY, Feb 3 (AA/APP): Norway plans to purchase at least 54 next-generation Leopard 2 tanks from Germany, Oslo announced on Friday.The country “primarily wants to buy 54 tanks, but is…

Brussels, Feb 3 (AFP/APP): Belgium plans to prolong the life of three nuclear reactors that had been due to close in 2025 for at least one more winter, an official…

Paris, Feb 3 (AFP/APP): Experts have warned that the recent detection of bird flu in mammals including foxes, otters, minks, seals, and even grizzly bears is concerning but emphasised that…

SaintÉtienne, France, Feb 2 (AFP/APP): A convicted Italian killer, believed to belong to one of the country’s most powerful mafia organisations, was arrested on Thursday in France after 16 years…

NEW DELHI – India set aside 1.62 trillion rupees ($19.87 billion) for the procurement of new weapons and platforms to be sourced mainly through domestic defense contractors in fiscal year…

ANKARA: Norway canceled its permission to burn the Quran, Islam’s holy book after Ankara warned against it, Turkiye’s Foreign Minister said on Thursday, Anadolu News Agency reports. Speaking at an…

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched an electronic four-day transit visa on Monday for those arriving in the kingdom by air. The visa will be issued free of…

MANILA: The Philippines has granted the US expanded access to its military bases, their defense chiefs announced on Thursday, providing American forces with a strategic footing at a time of…

Brussels: Hollywood action movie star Steven Seagal should be sanctioned for allegedly supporting Russia’s military offensive in Ukraine, a group of politicians with the US-Europe Sanctions Coalition demanded on Thursday,…

ANKARA , Feb 2 (AA/APP): The Australian central bank on Thursday announced that the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II would be removed from the 5-dollar currency note after her death…

STOCKHOLM, Feb 2 (AA/APP): Members of religious groups in Sweden have spoken out in support of Muslims after Rasmus Paludan, leader of the Danish far-right Stram Kurs (Hard Line) burned…

PARIS: An Iranian court has handed jail sentences of over 10 years each to a young couple who danced in front of one of Tehran’s main landmarks in a video…

Washington, Feb 1 (AFP/APP): US law enforcement began a search Wednesday of President Joe Biden’s beach house in Delaware, his lawyer said, in the latest stage of an operation to…

London, Feb 1 (AFP/APP): Half a million people stopped work over pay in Britain on Wednesday leaving transport networks paralysed and thousands of classrooms empty in the largest walkout in…

Frankfurt, Germany, Feb 1 (AFP/APP): US chipmaker Wolfspeed said Wednesday it will open a plant in Germany to support the car industry’s shift to electric vehicles, as Europe seeks to…

BEIRUT: Lebanon will adopt a new official exchange rate of 15,000 pounds per US dollar on Feb. 1, Riad Salameh, the central bank governor, said. The new rate marks a…

MAKKAH: A group of 25 Pakistani bikers arrived on their motorcycles in Makkah, after riding for 22 days and 14,000 km from Pakistan, via Iran and the UAE. The group…

Washington:: President Joe Biden’s administration has reportedly decided to send longer-range rockets to Ukraine, giving Kiev’s forces the capability to hit targets farther behind the frontlines, just as a top…

US defence company Northrop Grumman will begin integrating Military Code (M-Code) global positioning system (GPS) capability into the company’s precision guidance systems for medium- and long-range artillery systems. CAES, a…

TEHRAN: Iran and Russia have connected their inter-bank communication and transfer systems to help boost trade and financial transactions, a senior Iranian official said on Monday, as both Tehran and…

Brussels: One person is in critical condition and two more were injured during a knife attack inside a metro station in Brussels, located right below the headquarters of the European…

MOSCOW: Russia’s Rostec defense consortium has finalized an upgrade of the Kalashnikov AK-12 assault rifle and will begin production of the latest model this year. It is the fifth generation…

PESHAWAR, Jan 30 (APP): An apparently powerful suicide blast here at the mosque of Malik Saad Shaheed Police Lines on Monday martyred at least 59 worshipers, mostly policemen, and injured…

KABUL: When Russia launched the invasion of Ukraine, it was planned to be a blitzkrieg-like operation that would sweep the capital Kyiv. However, the fierce resistance by the Armed Forces…

ROME: Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is expected to travel to Libya on Saturday to discuss more oil and natural gas supply from the North African country, Italian media report.…

NEW DELHI: Two Indian Air Force fighter jets crashed Saturday in an apparent mid-air collision while on exercises around 300 kilometers (185 miles) south of the capital New Delhi, police…

Jerusalem: Two people were severely wounded and hospitalized after a gunman opened fire in Jerusalem on Saturday, Israeli police said. They stated that the suspect, who is just 13 years…

A senior US Air Force commander warned his subordinates that they should brace for war with China over Taiwan in just two years, NBC reported on Saturday, citing internal documents.…

The Marine Corps has formally opened its first new base in 70 years: Guam’s Camp Blaz, which is to become a “strategic hub” as the U.S. military expands its Pacific…

KARACHI: The Pakistan Navy has received its second modernised Khalid (Agosta 90B)-class diesel-electric submarine (SSK) from Turkish company STM. The vessel, PNS Khalid, was handed over to the service with…

London/Coventry, Jan 26 (AFP/APP): At an east London church on a bitterly cold winter’s day, Beautine Wester-Okiya picks her way through boxes of donated baby clothes, toys, and other assorted…

Republicans in the House and Senate have introduced legislation seeking to ban TikTok on all devices in the United States and prohibit transactions with its Chinese parent company, ByteDance –…

Partially defatted and powdered house crickets will officially be able to find their way to EU citizens’ tables starting on January 24. This comes thanks to a European Commission ruling…

Bamako: The Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) formally inducted another consignment of Russian jets and helicopters in a ceremony on 19 January, including a Su-25 ground-attack aircraft to replace the one…

MOSCOW: A Russian warship armed with hypersonic cruise weapons will take part in exercises with the Chinese and South African navies in February, according to Russia’s state-owned TASS news agency.…

Los Angeles: US astronaut Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin, who was part of the legendary Apollo 11 mission that landed on the Moon in 1969, walked down the aisle on his 93rd…

Ouagadougou, Jan 23 (AFP/APP): Burkina Faso has asked France to move its troops out of the country within a month, according to a letter from the authorities there to Paris…

Monterey Park, United States, Jan 23 (AFP/APP): The gunman believed to have killed 10 people during Lunar New Year celebrations in California shot himself dead as police moved in to…

Wuhan, China, Jan 23 (AFP/APP): Residents of China’s Wuhan said Monday they were hopeful for the future and no longer afraid of Covid-19, three years after the city was locked…

Paris, Jan 23 (AFP/APP): Women are increasingly making their mark in men’s fashion, breaking through the “fabric ceiling” that has seen the industry dominated by men, and attracted by a…

Dubai: The emirate of Dubai is planning to build the world’s first 3D-printed mosque which will be ready by early 2025. According to a report by The National last week,…

Alongside a match card filled with enticing encounters, the icons of WWE will be out in force with WWE Legends including The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair, Kurt Angle, and…

LONDON: Britain’s Afghan relocation scheme has a backlog of 71,149 applications from vulnerable people still stuck in the Taliban-led country, The Independent reported. The Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy aims…

JEDDAH: Iran’s troubled currency rial fell to a record low against the US dollar on Saturday amid discussions in the European to impose new sanctions on 37 Iranian officials and…

CAIRO: The mummy of Egypt’s King Ramses II will go on show in Saudi Arabia next week as part of a global tour of ancient Egyptian artifacts.The traveling exhibition, titled…

Los Angeles: At least 10 people have been killed and 10 injured in a mass shooting east of Los Angeles following a Lunar New Year celebration that attracted thousands, police…

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday there was “no alternative” but for the West to give Ukraine heavy tanks, as Germany failed to commit its sought-after…

Stockholm: Police in Sweden have said they will allow the leader of a hard-right political party to burn a copy of the Koran near the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm, reportedly…

ISLAMABAD: Moscow and Islamabad have reached “conceptual” agreements on supplies of Russian oil and petroleum products to Pakistan, Russian Deputy Energy Minister Sergey Mochalnikov said at a meeting of the…

BEIRUT: Lebanon has been stripped of its voting rights at the UN General Assembly for failing to pay its annual dues. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the government in Beirut must…

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 21 (APP): A high-level United Nations delegation, led by Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, Friday wrapped up its 4-day visit to Afghanistan during which it conveyed directly to…

Cultivated meat, grown from animal cells in a lab or manufacturing plant, has been getting a lot of attention as a way to side-step the environmental toll of the meat…

WASHINGTON: The Biden administration said Thursday it’s time for Turkiye to ratify Finland and Sweden’s applications to join NATO, bluntly saying that holdout members of the alliance should quickly approve…

ABU DHABI: The UAE has maintained its position as one of the safest places in the world, according to the Global Terrorism Index.The GTI provides a comprehensive summary of global…

PARIS: Train services, schools, flights, and scores of businesses in France were disrupted on Thursday as labor unions organized mass protests against President Emmanuel Macron’s plans to raise the retirement…

New Delhi: The Indian Foreign Ministry has condemned the BBC for broadcasting a “propaganda piece” on Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The documentary focuses on allegations that Modi’s government discriminates against…

Washington: US-based aircraft maintenance provider AAR Corporation could benefit from a provision in the recently enacted fiscal year (FY) 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that requires the US Air…

Washington: US President Joe Biden has instructed Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin to prepare an emergency plan to establish an American military-industrial base in the Kingdom of Morocco, the New York…

Kiev: Ukrainian Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky has been killed, police confirmed on Wednesday, after a helicopter he was traveling in crashed in a residential area in the town of Brovary…

MOSCOW: Belarus said Monday that joint air force drills with Russia began on its territory, amid concerns Minsk was being dragged into the Ukraine conflict to fight alongside Moscow.Minsk’s defense…

BEIJING: China’s population shrank last year for the first time in more than six decades, official data showed Tuesday, as the world’s most populous country faces a looming demographic crisis.The…

Abuja: Catholic priest Reverend Isaac Achi was burned alive on Sunday in a botched home invasion at his house in Kaffin Koro parish in Nigeria’s Niger state, a police spokesman…

ROME: Italian police have apprehended the country’s most-wanted mafia boss, Matteo Messina Denaro. The authorities believe the leader of Sicily’s Cosa Nostra was involved in a series of high-profile murders…

Ukraine’s defeat may lead to a Third World War, meaning Germany and other NATO countries must step up and send Kiev more weapons, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki claimed on…

China’s new foreign minister, Qin Gang, has wrapped up his first overseas trip by calling for Israel to avoid further provocations that could escalate heightened tensions with Palestinians. “Israel should…

Phuket: The first drone delivery service in Thailand was launched in Phuket to support the ‘Smart City’ project by using technology in international tourism cities. The Grand Opening – 1st…

OKAYAMA — A public high school in this west Japan city will introduce new “gender-neutral” school rules in the 2023 academic year starting in April, with restrictions on hairstyles —…

LONDON: British Airways has unveiled a collection of new uniforms. The collection features a tailored three-piece suit for men with regular and slim fit style trousers, while women are offered…

WASHINGTON: Half of the Earth’s glaciers, notably smaller ones, are destined to disappear by the end of the century because of climate change, but limiting global warming could save others,…

Berlin: Germany will end the requirement to wear face masks on long-distance trains and buses from February 2nd as the coronavirus pandemic loosened its grip on the country, authorities announced…

Buenos Aires: China is allegedly making behind-the-scenes moves in Argentina to secure permission to establish a new naval base in the city of Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego province, which would…

Ukrainian forces have been precisely targeting Russian troops, wreaking havoc on their command and control centers throughout the ongoing war. However, it appears that the unapproved use of smartphones by…

Tokyo: Japan says it will release more than a million tonnes of water into the sea from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant this year. After treatment the levels of…

Tel Aviv: More than 80,000 Israeli protesters have rallied in Tel Aviv against plans by the new right-wing coalition government to overhaul the judiciary. The reforms would make it easier…

Beijing: China announced the latest figures of epidemic-related deaths, as the National Health Commission (NHC) revealed on Saturday a total of 59,938 COVID-19-related deaths between December 8, 2022 and January…

TotalEnergies will supply LNG and is contributing a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) to the Deutsche Ostsee LNG import terminal in Lubmin on the German Baltic Sea coast, which…

The Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO), has launched an investigation into its own staff, following allegations of suspected sabotage after a piece of its equipment collided with an Air Peace…

The Philippine Army has received a Sabrah ASCOD II light tank from Israel?s Elbit Systems. In a social media post, the Philippine Army’s Armor Division (AD) said that it has…

Syrians in most areas controlled by the Syrian opposition took to the streets on Friday to protest against the possible reconciliation between Damascus and Ankara, news agencies reported. The protesters…

Iran currently has enough enriched uranium to make four nuclear bombs, Israel’s outgoing military chief informed reporters on Friday. “Iran today has enough enriched material to produce four nuclear bombs,…

Russia has launched a new barrage of missiles at targets across Ukraine, killing at least 14 people in the eastern-central city of Dnipro and disrupting power supplies in the Kyiv…

An aircraft with 72 people on board has crashed in Nepal. The plane crashed on Sunday between the old and new Pokhara airports in central Nepal, according to media reports.…

WASHINGTON: Airlines in the United States resumed departures and a ground stop was lifted on Wednesday after a system outage the previous night had forced a halt to all departing…

Singer-songwriter Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter and only child of Elvis Presley, died at the age of 54 on Thursday. The news came after Presley was rushed to the hospital…

Kyiv: A Silicon Valley company is using artificial intelligence to help Ukraine better predict and prepare for Russian airstrikes like the ones that have knocked out power to thousands of…

NEW DELHI — India’s top arms buyer on Tuesday approved a budget of 42.76 billion rupees (U.S. $522.17 million) to acquire weapons solely from domestic companies. The approved projects are…

RIYADH: Iran must fully respect its obligations to international treaties and end its pursuit of nuclear weapons as part of a regional push for peace, urged a joint statement released…

Joshimath: The Indian town of Joshimath, known as a gateway to the Himalayas, sank by 5.4cm, sometime between late December and early January, the Indian space agency has reported. The…

MNOSCOW: Russian forces have taken full control of the strategic Donbass town of Soledar, Moscow’s Defense Ministry confirmed on Friday. The news comes after Russian private military company Wagner Group…

Kiruna, Sweden, Jan 12 (AFP/APP): Europe’s largest known deposit of rare earth elements, essential for the manufacturing of electric vehicles, has been discovered in Sweden’s far north, boosting Europe’s hopes…

NEW YORK: A trio of Asian passports offers their holders greater global travel freedom than those of any other countries, according to a new quarterly report released by London-based global…

California: A general in the California National Guard has reportedly been fired after internal investigations found that he had exploited troops for personal use, such as driving him to medical…

MANILA: The acting Philippine defense chief has resigned, officials said Monday, in the latest in a series of top-level changes in the country’s security establishment that has sparked speculation of…

Oklahoma: A hundred Ukrainian soldiers are set to begin training on the Patriot missile system at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, “as soon as next week,” Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder…

London, Jan 10 (AFP/APP): After months of anticipation and a blanket publicity blitz, Prince Harry’s autobiography “Spare” went on sale Tuesday as royal insiders hit back at his scorching revelations.The…

ISLAMABAD, Jan 10 (APP): British High Commissioner Dr. Christian Turner on Tuesday said the United Kingdom had deep relations with Pakistan and had a strong desire for its economic growth.…

Mexico City, Jan 10 (AFP/APP): US President Joe Biden will travel to Canada in March for his first visit to the northern neighbor since taking office, the White House announced…

Washington, Jan 10 (AFP/APP): Major hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, drought, and a fierce winter storm caused more than $165 billion in damage in the United States last year with climate change…

New York: Boeing accelerated the pace of commercial plane deliveries in the fourth quarter, but again lagged arch-rival Airbus for all of 2022, according to company data released Tuesday.The US…

Lützerath, Germany, Jan 10 (AFP/APP): German police on Tuesday began removing climate activists perched precariously on high structures as they embarked on a “dangerous” operation to evacuate a protest camp…

ISLAMABAD, Jan 10 (APP): The World Bank in its latest report has forecast Pakistan’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to grow at 2.0% in the fiscal year 2022-23 (FY23) which…

Tel Aviv: Israel yesterday praised the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE)’s decision to include studies on the Holocaust in the secondary school curriculum, describing the move as “historic”. “In a historic decision, the…

Israeli media reported on Friday that the US Department of Defense and intelligence authorities are preventing Israeli pilots from flying F-35 fighter jets, fearing information technology leaks. Israeli newspaper The…

LONDON: A hidden “Chinese tracking device” and other “disturbing things” were found in a recent security inspection of UK government vehicles, iNews reported on Friday, citing intelligence sources. The check…

Washington: Kevin McCarthy has been elected Speaker of the US House of Representatives after heated exchanges that almost saw fellow Republicans come to blows. It took 15 rounds of voting…

Culiacán, Mexico, Jan 7 (AFP/APP): Ten soldiers and 19 suspected criminals were killed in an operation to arrest the son of jailed drug trafficker Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, Mexico’s government…

Washington, Jan 6 (AFP/APP): The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a highly anticipated new drug designed to slow cognitive decline in patients in mild and early stages…

Newport News: A six-year-old student shot and wounded a teacher in Virginia during an altercation inside a first-grade classroom, police and school officials in the city of Newport News said.…

KABUL: The Taliban government of Afghanistan has signed an oil extraction deal with a Chinese company, Bloomberg reported on Friday. The contract with Xinjiang Central Asia Petroleum and Gas Company…

CULIACAN: Mexican security forces on Thursday captured the son of jailed drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, scoring a high-profile win in the fight against powerful cartels days before US…

Vienna, Jan 6 (AFP/APP): An Austrian officer shot dead a fellow soldier in a scuffle Friday at an army barracks just outside Vienna, the defence ministry said.A soldier on guard…

TEHRAN: Russia’s Space Corporation, on Thursday, said it signed memorandums with two Iranian companies on launch services, Anadolu News Agency reports. “As a result of international events, conferences and exhibitions…

Washington, Jan 5 (AFP/APP): US President Joe Biden declared the US immigration system “broken” Thursday as he unveiled what he said would be a “safe and humane” new plan to…

Habitually checking social media as a young teenager is linked to hypersensitivity to peer feedback and may potentially lead to permanent changes in the brain’s reward and motivation centers, neuroscientists…

Amman: Jordan’s King Abdullah II has told CNN that his country is “quite prepared” for a conflict with the new Israeli government if it wants a conflict with Amman. “If…

WASHINGTON: Barbara Walters, one of the most visible women on US television as the first female anchor on an American network evening news broadcast and one of TV’s most prominent…

LONDON: Britain will officially declare Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, which has arrested seven people with links to the United Kingdom over anti-government protests, as a terrorist group, the Telegraph reported on…

MOSCOW: Russian forces have destroyed several US-supplied HIMARS rocket launchers and eliminated scores of Ukrainian troops along with dozens of foreign fighters in the latest series of strikes, Moscow’s Defense…

DUBAI: The emirati city of Dubai has ended a 30% tax on alcoholic drinks while making obligatory liquor licenses free to obtain, two major local retailers announced on Sunday. The…

Taipei: Former NATO secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday, where he will meet with the island’s president, Tsai Ing-wen. The trip takes place amid a row…

ANKARA, Jan 3 (AA/APP): American rally driver and YouTube sensation Ken Block died in a snowmobile accident on Monday. He was 55.“It’s with our deepest regrets that we can confirm…

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 29 (APP): The United Nations has announced that some “time-critical” programmes in Afghanistan have temporarily stopped and warned many other activities will also likely be paused following…

Sao Paulo, Dec 29 (AFP/APP): Brazilian football icon Pele, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time and a three-time World Cup winner who masterminded the “beautiful game,” has…

ZHENGZHOU: Archaeologists have found more than 300 tombs dating back around 4,500 years in central China’s Henan Province, which are of great significance to studying the burial system and social…

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s second international airport in the southern town of Mattala resumed international flight operation on Thursday after a lapse of two years. A passenger plane from Russia’s Red…

BERLIN: Germany is facing shortages of many common medications, putting the squeeze on pharmacies and leaving parents across the country in a desperate state. Anadolu Agency spoke to a pharmacist…

NEW DEHLI: At least 18 children have died after consuming a syrup manufactured by Indian drugmaker Marion Biotech Pvt Ltd, Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Health says. The ministry said 18 of…

BEIJING, Dec 29 (XINHUA/APP): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday exchanged congratulations with President of Benin Patrice Talon on the 50th anniversary of the resumption of the two countries diplomatic…

MOSCOW, Dec 28 (AA/APP): Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a decree prohibiting supplies of oil and petroleum products to countries that imposed a price cap on Russian fuel.…

Vatican City, Dec 28 (AFP/APP): Pope Francis said Wednesday that former pontiff Benedict XVI, 95, is “very ill”, and urged people to pray for him before going to be by…

DUBAI: Islam does not prohibit Muslims from exchanging Christmas greetings with Christians, the head of the Muslim World League has said in an earlier interview. Sheikh Dr. Mohammed Al-Issa particularly…

Buffalo, Dec 27 (AFP/APP): Emergency crews in New York were scrambling Monday to rescue marooned residents from what authorities called the “blizzard of the century,” a relentless storm that has…

Amman, Dec 27 (SPA/APP): An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.9 on the Richter scale early Tuesday hit the South Sinai area, east of Egypt, Petra quoted the Jordan Seismological…

ISTANBUL, Dec 26 (AA/APP): Turkish security forces launched yet another counter-terrorism operation in the country’s southeast, the Interior Ministry said on Monday.The operation, called the Eren Abluka Autumn Winter-19 (Sirnak-Bestler…

ISTANBUL, Dec 26 (AA/APP): Facing a reported surge in infections, China has stopped publishing its daily COVID-19 data.The National Health Commission (NHC) put up the last update on its website…

Montreal, Dec 26 (AFP/APP) :Four people have died and dozens more were injured after a passenger bus rolled over in western Canada, with authorities saying Sunday that icy roads were…

MANILA, Dec. 26 (Xinhua/APP): At least six people have died and 19 others are missing, as heavy rain and flooding triggered by the shear line have been seen in many…

MECCA: Severe flash floods hit Saudi Arabia’s Mecca on Friday, causing serious damages to properties and sweeping parked cars away. Several videos of heavy rains in the holy city have…

A fierce winter storm has knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses across the United States and left at least 18 people dead due to exposure…

SANAA, Yemen, Dec 25 (AA/APP) –: A fuel crisis has forced the largest hospital in Yemen’s central Taiz province to stop operations on Sunday, according to the hospital. In a…

Johannesburg, Dec 25 (AFP/APP): The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in a South African city east of Johannesburg has risen to 15, the health minister said Sunday.“Yesterday (Saturday),…

Madrid, Dec 25 (AFP/APP): Four people died after a bus plunged into a river overnight while crossing a bridge in Spain’s northwestern Galicia region, officials said Sunday. The accident occurred…

Berlin, Dec 25 (AFP/APP): Germany’s foreign minister on Sunday called for a “clear reaction from the international community” as Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban banned women from working in non-governmental organisations after…

WASHINGTON: A senior US military leader said that the US is building innovative military systems in the Middle East designed to counter emerging threats from Iran and other non-state actors…

Tel Aviv: The Israeli army apologized Thursday for mistakenly sending automated call-up messages to tens of thousands of Israeli reservists, Anadolu reports. “In the night hours, a planned maintenance operation…

LONDON: The UK economy would have been much better off if the country had stayed in the European Union, a study by the Centre for European Reform (CER) shows. According…

Chongqing, China, Dec 23 (AFP/APP): “Deceased, deceased,” a staffer in full protective gear shouted as she handed a nurse a death certificate, their hospital in central China overflowing with Covid…

COLOMBO, Dec. 23 (Xinhua/APP): Sri Lanka’s cabinet of ministers have granted the issuance of investment, employment and resident visas to foreigners at the Colombo Port City, cabinet spokesman Bandula Gunawardena…

NEW DELHI: India has begun randomly testing international passengers arriving at its airports for COVID-19, the country’s federal health minister has said, citing an increase in cases in neighbouring China.…

London, Dec 22 (AFP/APP): A bitter cold descends on snow-topped terraced houses in north London, as Samantha Pierre-Joseph warms her living room with a small whirring fan heater.The home, bedecked…

Nassau, Bahamas, Dec 22 (AFP/APP): US law enforcement on Wednesday took custody of Sam Bankman-Fried and were flying him from the Bahamas to New York, where prosecutors said two associates…

ISLAMABAD, Dec 22 (APP): The government of China has released the official logo and mascot as the ‘Year of the Rabbit’ comes just around the corner on January 22, 2023.…

Paris, Dec 22 (AFP/APP): France’s privacy watchdog said Thursday it has fined US tech giant Microsoft 60 million euros ($64 million) for foisting advertising cookies on users.In the largest fine…

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 22 (APP): The United Nations and several countries on Wednesday condemned the Taliban’s decision to close universities to women and called for the de facto authorities to…

Jerusalem, Dec 22 (AFP/APP): Veteran leader Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he had formed a new Israeli government on Wednesday, returning to power as the head of the most right-wing coalition…

Brussels, Dec 22 (AFP/APP): A Belgian court will decide on Thursday whether to keep a Greek MEP in jail pending trial on corruption charges in a graft scandal linked to…

Banjul, Gambia, Dec 22 (AFP/APP): The Gambia’s government on Wednesday said it had thwarted a coup attempt the previous day and arrested four soldiers.There was no immediate confirmation of the…

New York, Dec 22 (AFP/APP): Twitter boss Elon Musk is looking for a new CEO, but the winner will have to live in the shadow of the mercurial billionaire, who…

Washington, Dec 22 (AFP/APP): The United States said Wednesday it would provide Ukraine with the advanced Patriot air defense system to help counter Moscow’s relentless aerial attacks.The system is part…

TOKYO, Dec. 20 (Xinhua/APP) –: Record levels of snow hitting Niigata, southern Tohoku Prefecture and other areas north of Tokyo have left vehicles stranded on highways, caused power outages, and…

San Francisco, Dec 20 (AFP/APP): A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of northern California early Tuesday but there was no tsunami threat, seismologists said.The relatively shallow quake hit 25…

Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Dec 20 (AFP/APP): It has become a daily struggle for Ukrainian technicians: mending pipes damaged by Russian airstrikes in a desperate bid to keep the energy grid working…

The Hague, Dec 19 (AFP/APP): Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Monday officially apologized for 250 years of the Netherlands’ involvement in slavery, calling it a “crime against humanity”.The apology…

DOHA: Lionel Messi captained Argentina to FIFA World Cup glory on a night of high drama as his team overcame France on penalties after a thrilling game ended 3-3 at…

Washington: Urgently negotiating an end to hostilities in Ukraine would prevent another world war, former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger argued in an essay published on Friday. The 99-year-old…

MOSCOW: Russian troops have received a fresh batch of ‘Penicillin’ advanced reconnaissance systems, RIA Novosti news agency reported on Saturday, citing a source. The hardware is expected to be deployed…

LONDON: Former UK Prime Minister David Cameron is set to take up a position teaching politics at New York University Abu Dhabi in January. The former leader of the Conservative…

ISLAMABAD, Dec 17 (APP): U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) chief General Michael E. Kurilla has said that Pakistan’s counter-terror operations remain critical to maintaining stability and security in the region. The…

LONDON: Traces of cocaine were reportedly found by staff working at a UK government grace-and-favor home after parties attended by political allies of former Prime Minister and foreign secretary Liz…

Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie has quit as a special envoy for the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) after two decades in the role, the United Nations said on Friday. The star…

LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has requested a “data-driven assessment” of the situation in Ukraine, a Whitehall source told BBC Newsnight on Friday, prompting fears that London might slow…

LOS ANGELES, Dec 17 (XINHUA/APP): The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched the newest Earth science satellite on Friday to track nearly all the water on Earth’s surface.…

Manila, Dec 17 (AFP/APP): Jose Maria Sison, who launched one of the world’s longest-running Maoist insurgencies, has died at 83, the Communist Party of the Philippines announced Saturday.The former university…

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 17 (APP): The resumption of public floggings and executions in Afghanistan must stop immediately, a group of UN human rights experts said in an appeal to the…

NEW DELHI: Indian Air Force (IAF) combat jets have been scrambled several times in the last few weeks in the country’s northeastern borders in response to growing tensions with China,…

ISLAMABAD, Dec 16 (APP): Commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), General Michael E. Kurilla, visited Islamabad on a two-day visit from December 14-16 to hold meetings with Pakistani military leadership…

London, Dec 16 (AFP/APP): Four people were critically injured and four others were hospitalised following a crush outside a south London venue hosting a concert by Nigerian Afrobeats singer Asake,…

Kyiv, Ukraine, Dec 16 (AFP/APP): A fresh barrage of fatal Russian strikes hit cities across Ukraine early Friday, cutting water and electricity in major urban hubs and piling pressure on…

Lyon, Dec 16 (AFP/APP): Five children including a three-year-old were among 10 people killed when a fire broke out in a seven-story apartment building in a suburb of the French…

AL KHOR, Qatar — France is on its way to a second consecutive World Cup final after goals from Theo Hernandez and substitute Randal Kolo Muani gave Les Blues a…

LONDON: China has repatriated six of its envoys who UK police wanted to question over the alleged beating of a pro-Western demonstrator during a riot at the Chinese consulate in…

ISLAMABAD, Dec 10 (APP): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has underscored the need for a recommitment to human rights, which, he said, are central to solving global problems. “Human rights are…

Brussels, Dec 9 (AFP/APP): Belgian police arrested Greek socialist MEP Eva Kaili, one of the vice presidents of the European Parliament, in Brussels on Friday evening, a source close to…

BERLIN: German lawmakers are calling for a review of security arrangements at the Bundestag lower house of parliament after authorities detained members of a far-right group that they say were…

The Pentagon on Wednesday announced the awardees of the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability—or JWCC—contract, with Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft, and Oracle each receiving an award. Through the contract, which…

NEW DELHI: Spanish technology company Indra has signed an agreement with Bangalore-based Centum Electronics to submit a joint proposal to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to manufacture a space…

Dhahran, Dec 9 (SPA/APP): The Saudi Arabian Oil Company “Aramco”, one of the world’s leading integrated energy and chemicals companies, and Shandong Energy Group, are exploring collaboration on integrated refining…

HELSINKI, Dec. 8 (Xinhua/APP): Finland is set to change its method of collecting data on deaths caused by COVID-19 infections from Thursday onwards, to make the information more accurate and…

Paris, Dec 8 (AFP/APP): Projects to develop space centers that can launch satellites into Earth’s orbit are sprouting up around Europe, amid the soaring popularity of small rockets and the…

BEIRUT, Dec. 8 (Xinhua/APP): Lebanese caretaker Health Minister Firas Abiad said on Wednesday that the cholera outbreak in Lebanon is under control given the limited number of confirmed daily cases,…

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 08 (APP): The United Nations General Assembly Wednesday adopted Pakistan’s four annual disarmament-related resolutions that are aimed at strengthening regional as well as international peace and security,…

CANBERRA, Dec. 8 (Xinhua/APP): The Australian government has announced its plan to fix the country’s broken environmental protection laws.Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water, on Thursday, released a…

DHAKA, Dec. 8 (Xinhua/APP): The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will provide 250 million U.S. dollars to help Bangladesh improve the inclusiveness and responsiveness of social development. The loan will…

CANBERRA (Australia), Dec 7 (APP): The largest-ever Australia-Pakistan Parliamentary Friendship Group with 38 members has been established at the 47th Parliament of Australia.The group comprises members from both the Houses…

Wellington, Dec 7 (AFP/APP): A New Zealand court on Wednesday took temporary custody of a sick infant whose parents blocked life-saving heart surgery because potential blood donors may be vaccinated…

ISLAMABAD, Dec 7 (APP): The government of Japan has announced its plan to provide grant assistance of $ 38.9 million to Pakistan as part of Japan’s supplementary budget to deliver…

Washington, Dec 7 (AFP/APP): US President Joe Biden celebrated the strengthening of his party’s majority in the Senate on Tuesday after Democrat Raphael Warnock was declared the winner of a…

Doha, Dec 6 (AFP/APP): Morocco stunned Spain in a penalty shootout to reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup for the first time in their history on Tuesday as Achraf…

Washington: The Palestinian Authority (PA), Egypt, and Hamas have made a breakthrough regarding the Gaza gas field, known as Gaza Marine, news reports revealed last week. The Washington Post reported…

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Corp, a firm specializing in brain implants, is facing a federal probe due to alleged “animal-welfare violations” during product tests, Reuters reported on Monday, just days after…

A Dutch journalist based in Poland has claimed to have found archival documents that incriminate Pope John Paul II in shielding priests allegedly involved in the sexual abuse of children…

WASHINGTON: Former President Donald Trump faced rebuke Sunday (Dec 4) from officials in both parties after calling for the “termination” of parts of the Constitution over his lie that the…

LONDON: The historic St Edward’s Crown, which has been the centerpiece of the coronation of monarchs in England for more than 350 years, has been removed from the Tower of…

ISLAMABAD: Russia has agreed to provide Pakistan with crude oil at a discount. Further, the country is finalizing an agreement to import two million pounds of gas from Iran. This…

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 05 (APP): More than one in five people employed – almost 23 per cent – have experienced violence and harassment in the workplace, whether physical, psychological or…

Kinshasa, Dec 5 (AFP/APP): “Around 300” people died in an attack on villagers in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week blamed on the M23 rebel group, Industry Minister…

Bogotá, Dec 5 (AFP/APP): Heavy rains in northwest Colombia sent a wall of earth crashing onto a winding road, swallowing up a bus and other vehicles and killing 27 people,…

N’Djamena, Dec 5 (AFP/APP): A Chadian court has handed jail terms of between two and three years to 262 people who were arrested after deadly protests in October, the public…

Doha, Dec 5 (AFP/APP): The United Arab Emirates president on Monday made his first visit to Qatar since the end of a nearly four-year regional blockade that put ties in…

Kyiv, Ukraine, Dec 5 (AFP/APP): Ukraine was targeted on Monday by a new wave of fatal Russian missiles, the latest attack to cause massive power disruptions across the country and…

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 04 (APP): Against a backdrop of global conflicts, economic uncertainty, and climate change, the UN General Assembly has recognized the transformative power of sport to achieve peace…

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 03 (APP): The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Friday, issued an alert over the dramatic increase in the number of people attempting to cross the Andaman Sea,…

PALMDALE, Calif.: For the first time in a generation, the Air Force revealed a new stealth bomber — a sleek, highly capable weapon the service hopes will be so deadly…

ISLAMABAD, Dec 3 (APP): An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale jolted several cities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, including Peshawar, in the wee hours of Saturday.People came out of…

KEIV: Russia is likely planning to encircle the Donetsk Oblast town of Bakhmut with tactical advances to the north and south, Britain’s defense ministry said on Saturday.The capture of the…

WASHINGTON: The Group of Seven nations and Australia joined the European Union on Friday in adopting a $60-per-barrel price cap on Russian oil, a key step as Western sanctions aim…