New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday glorified China for "stepping up" to support Pakistan when the cash-strapped nation was left in the lurch by the lender of t
Beijing, June 19 (IANS) After much speculation, visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday -- becoming the highest-ranking American official to meet the
Manila, June 18 (IANS) A ship carrying 120 people caught fire off the Philippine island of Bohol on Sunday and a coast guard vessel was deployed to rescue those onboard and try to extinguish the flames, coast g
Kathmandu, June 18 (IANS) At least one person died and 17 others went missing in floods triggered by heavy rains in Sankhuwasabha district in eastern Nepal, local police said on Sunday.
Three more people wer
Kampala, June 17 (IANS) At least 40 people, mostly students, were killed and eight others critically injured after militants linked to the Islamic State terror group attacked a school in Uganda located near the
Islamabad, June 17 (IANS) Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has said that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan would never be a key player in national politics again, hinting at his disqua
Yangon, June 16 (IANS) A town in southern Myanmar has experienced its lowest temperature in 58 years, according to the Department of Meteorology and Hydrology.
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Beijing, June 16 (IANS) Chinese President Xi Jinping met Microsoft founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates here on Friday, and said the latter was his "first American friend I've met in Beiji
Canberra, June 15 (IANS) Australia is failing to address disadvantages faced by its Indigenous population, with life outcomes continuing to worsen according to government data published on Thursday.
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London, June 15 (IANS) Global temperatures have accelerated to record-setting levels this month, an ominous sign in the climate crisis ahead of a gathering El Nino that could potentially propel 2023 to become t
Islamabad, June 15 (IANS) Amid the growing global rivalry between the US and China, Pakistan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar, has said that her country is not interested in pickin
Islamabad, June 15 (IANS) The social media profiles of PTI Chairman Imran Khan and other prominent leaders in Pakistan have been shared with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) for forensic test for allegedl
Karachi, June 14 (IANS): Moody's Investors Service has warned that Pakistan is at an increased risk of failing to restart its $6.7 billion bailout programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), putti
Colombo, June 14 (IANS): Sri Lanka Army (SLA) doctors have set a Guinness World Record after removing the worlds largest and heaviest kidney stone.
The stone, measuring 13.372 cm in length and 801 grams in w
Khartoum, June 14 (IANS): Sudan's two warring parties have expressed objection to an initiative proposed by the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) for a political settlement to the ongoing c
Manila, June 14 (IANS): An alleged Islamic State (IS) leader in Southeast Asia was killed in a clash with Philippine troops and police on Wednesday, the military said.
Lieutenant General Roy Galido, the comm
Washington, June 13 (IANS) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday preambled Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming "historic" state visit saying central to emerging cooperation in critica
Karachi, June 12 (IANS) The Pakistan authorities on Monday started evacuation efforts to move 80,000 citizens from the low-lying coastal areas in the southern Sindh province as the fast-approaching severe Cyclo
Seoul, June 12 (IANS) North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has voiced his willingness to build closer strategic ties with Russia in his congratulatory message to Russian President Vladimir Putin over Moscow's ke
London, June 12 (IANS) Artificial intelligence (AI) doesn't respect traditional national borders so we urgently need global cooperation between nations and labs, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Monday