ADANA, Turkey, February 7 (AP) — Rescuers raced Tuesday to find survivors in the rubble of thousands of buildings brought down by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake and multiple aftershocks that struck eastern Tu
ADANA, Turkey, February 7 (AP) — Rescuers in Turkey and war-ravaged Syria searched through the frigid night into Tuesday, hoping to pull more survivors from the rubble after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake kil
BRISBANE, FEBRUAY 6 (IANS): The world is producing a record amount of single-use plastic waste, mostly made from polymers created from fossil fuels, despite global efforts to reduce plastic pollution and carbon
Peshawar, February 6 (IANS) Thousands of people poured onto the roads for the third day in different towns of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, condemning the brutal attack on a mosque in Peshawar lat
AZMARIN, Syria, February 6 (AP) — A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked wide swaths of Turkey and Syria early Monday, toppling hundreds of buildings and killing more than 2,300 people. Hundreds
ANKARA, Turkey, February 6 (AP) — A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday, toppling buildings and killing at least 360 people. With hundreds injured, the to
Jerusalem, February 5 (IANS) Russia and Ukraine might have come to a peaceful settlement in April 2022, just over a month after their conflict broke out, but the Western powers blocked it, as per former Israeli
Islamabad, February 5 (IANS) Former Pakistan President and army chief Pervez Musharraf passed away on the early hours of Sunday after losing out to an extended battle with a rare health disease. The 79-year-old
Islamabad, February 5 (IANS) Former Pakistan President and military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, who had been living in Dubai since 2016, breathed his last on Sunday, local media reported.
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New Delhi, February 4 (IANS) On World Cancer Day, World Health Organization (WHO) has called for intensified action across the Southeast Asian region to strengthen health systems to prevent and detect cancers e
Brussels, February 4 (IANS) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has called on Russia to respect its treaty with the US on nuclear weapons, which contributes to international stability.
NATO ambassa
Islamabad, February 4 (IANS) Pakistan's oil companies have warned that the industry is on the "brink of collapse" as the dollar liquidity crisis persists and their cost of doing business balloons
Islamabad, February 4 (IANS) The Pakistani government is contemplating releasing energy-saving certificates and energy conservation bonds to encourage technological up-gradation in industry, a Pakistani officia
Colombo, February 3 (IANS) In a counter-attack to a recent comment made by a US government official on Sri Lankas debt restructuring process to obtain the $2.9 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout,
Karachi, February 3 (IANS) The Pakistani rupee on Friday plunged to a historic low against the US dollar after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is giving Pakist
Seoul, February 2 (IANS): North Korea said on Thursday it will take the "toughest reaction" to the US' move to expand joint military exercises with South Korea.
The North's warning came US
Karachi, February 2 (IANS): The Pakistani rupee resumed its downwards slide on Thursday after two modest sessions as the "optimism surrounding the government and IMF talks scaled back", local media re
Moscow, February 2 (IANS) More than 146.4 million people permanently resided in Russia as of January 1, down 555,332 from the past year, data published by the country's Federal Statistics Service revealed.
Tokyo, February 2 (IANS) Japan's crime rate increased for the first time in 20 years in 2022, as relaxed Covid-19 regulations may have led to a rise in instances of street crime, a police said on Thursday.
Gaza, February 2 (IANS) Israeli fighter jets on Thursday carried out a series of airstrikes on facilities belonging to militant groups in the Gaza Strip in response to rockets fired from the coastal enclave.