Move seen redrawing geopolitical map of Europe
Brussels: Finland and Sweden formally applied to join the NATO alliance on Wednesday at allied headquarters, a decision...
Beijing: China's ruling Communist Party has barred retired cadres from making negative political speeches ahead of its key Congress that will make a once-in-a-decade...
New York: The US hopes India will reconsider its decision to ban wheat exports, with Washington encouraging" countries not to restrict exports as that...
Kingston: India is on a "transformational path and its quest for "self-reliance" does not mean "isolation" but creating capabilities that can help the entire...
LAHORE: The US has made Pakistan “a slave” without invading it, ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan claimed, asserting that the people will never accept...
WASHINGTON: US State Secretary Antony Blinken spoke with the family of slain Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh after criticising Israel’s use of force at...
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s newly-appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Sunday held discussions with representatives of the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank on...
Johannesburg: South Africa is experiencing a surge of new COVID-19 cases driven by two omicron sub-variants, according to health experts.
For about three weeks the...
KYIV: Russian troops are withdrawing from Ukraine's second-largest city after weeks of heavy bombardment, the Ukrainian military said Saturday, as Kyiv and Moscow's forces...
LAHORE: A Pakistani court here on Saturday extended the pre-arrest bail of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son and Punjab Chief Minister Hamza...
Dubai: Rulers in the United Arab Emirates announced Saturday that they unanimously appointed Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as the president of this...
United Nations/Geneva: India abstained in the UN Human Rights Council on a resolution on the deteriorating human rights situation in Ukraine stemming from the...
Islamabad: Pakistan's President Arif Alvi has written to Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, asking him to form a judicial commission to probe the alleged...
Dubai: UAE's long-ailing President and ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan passed away on Friday, the Ministry of Presidential Affairs...
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Thursday said that the next elections could be "bloody" if all political parties did not agree to...
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin says Western sanctions against Russia are provoking a global economic crisis.
Speaking during a Thursday meeting on economic issues, Putin...
Jerusalem: A veteran journalist working for Al Jazeera was killed on Wednesday during an Israeli operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, prompting...
COLOMBO: A protest began in front of Sri Lanka’s Trincomalee Naval Base on Tuesday after reports emerged that former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and...
Colombo: Sri Lankan authorities on Monday imposed a nationwide curfew and Army troops were deployed in the capital after pro-government groups attacked protesters outside...
SHANGHAI: China’s sea levels reached their highest on record last year, swelled by rising water temperatures and the melting of glaciers and polar icecaps,...
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin has cast Moscow’s military action in Ukraine as a forced response to Western policies.
Speaking at a military parade Monday...