United Nations, February 23 (AP): The United Nations chief says the world is facing the biggest global peace and security crisis in recent years and is calling Russia's declaration of the so-called `indepen
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Jerusalem, February 23 (AP): While the world's attention has been focused on Ukraine, the Biden administration also has been racing with world powers toward restoring the 2015 international nuclear deal wit
Kyiv, February 23 (AP): One by one, embassies and international offices in Kyiv closed. Flight after flight was cancelled when insurance companies balked at covering planes arriving in Ukraine. Hundreds of mill
Vatican City, February 23 (AP): Pope Francis is urging all sides in the Russia-Ukraine dispute to examine their consciences before God and pull back from threats of war. In an appeal at the end of his weekly
Taipei, February 23 (AP): Chinese authorities have detained six people and fired eight lower-level Communist Party officials in a provincial-level investigation of the case of a trafficked woman that caused nat-
Lahore, February 23 (PTI): A Pakistani man from the minority Shia community has been sentenced to death by a court in Punjab province for defaming Islam, officials said on Wednesday. Additional Sessions Judg
Moscow, February 22 (AP): Russian lawmakers gave President Vladimir Putin permission to use military force outside the country on Tuesday a move that could presage a broader attack on Ukraine after the U.S. sai
Moscow, February 22 (AP): Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Tuesday for international recognition of Crimea as part of Russia, an end to Ukraine's NATO membership bid and a halt to weapons shipment
MOSCOW (AP) — The White House on Tuesday began referring to Russian troop deployments in eastern Ukraine as an “invasion” after initially hesitating to use the term — a red line that Pre-
Colombo, February 22 (PTI): Sri Lanka has taken "substantial steps" with a view to "accountability, restorative justice and meaningful reconciliation" related to human rights and reconciliat
Beijing, February 22 (PTI): China has promised to India to work for the "early return" of over 23,000 Indian students stranded at home for over two years due to Beijing's rigid COVID-19 visa ban a
Brussels, February 22 (AP): With the smell of war in the air over Europe, world leaders got over the shock of Russian President Vladimir Putin's order to deploy troops to separatist regions of eastern Ukrai
The Hague, February 22 (AP): World leaders condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin and prepared Tuesday to hit his administration with sanctions as he heightened fears of war with legislation that would allo
Berlin, February 22 (AP): Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Germany has taken steps to halt the process of certifying the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia. Scholz told reporters in Berlin on Tuesday that his
Moscow, February 22 (AP): Russia announced Tuesday that its recognition of independence for areas in eastern Ukraine extends to territory currently held by Ukrainian forces further raising the stakes amid Weste
Moscow, February 21 (AP): Russian President Vladimir Putin convened top officials Monday to consider recognising the independence of Russia-backed separatist regions in eastern Ukraine. The meeting of the pr
Beijing, February 21 (AP): Russia's military buildup along its border with Ukraine is testing the possibility of a Moscow-Beijing axis lining up against the US and its allies. Russian leader Vladimir Put
The Hague, February 21 (AP): Myanmar's shadow civilian administration called on the United Nations' top court Monday not to allow the country's military rulers to represent the Southeast Asian natio
Washington, February 21 (PTI): President Joe Biden has accepted "in principle" a meeting with President Vladimir Putin provided Russia does not invade Ukraine, the White House has said, in a last-ditc-
Colombo, February 21 (PTI): Sri Lanka's Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has written to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, seeking India's intervention in ensuring a lasting political solution to the lo
