Kyiv, July 28 (AP) Russian forces on Thursday launched massive missile strikes on Ukraine's Kyiv and Chernihiv regions, areas that haven't been targeted in weeks, while Ukrainian officials announced an
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Singapore/Colombo, July 27 (PTI): The Singapore government has allowed former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to extend his stay in the country for another 14 days after he fled the crisis-hit island na
Geneva, July 27 (AP): Independent human rights experts backed by the United Nations called on Thursday on authorities in Hong Kong to repeal a national security law that fanned protests and criticism over China
Johannesburg, July 27 (AP): A big pink diamond of 170 carats has been discovered in Angola and is claimed to be the largest such gemstone found in 300 years. Called the Lulo Rose", the diamond was found-
Colombo, July 27 (PTI): Sri Lanka's newly-appointed Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena on Wednesday said the government is ready to listen to the demands of democratic public protesters, but denounced a
Islamabad, July 27 (AP): The lives of Afghan women and girls are being destroyed by a suffocating crackdown by the Taliban since they took power nearly a year ago, Amnesty International said in a report release
New York, July 27 (AP): In 1998, as nations around the world agreed to cut carbon emissions through the Kyoto Protocol, America's fossil fuel companies plotted their response, including an aggressive strate
Manila, July 27 (AP): A strong earthquake set off landslides and damaged buildings in the northern Philippines in Wednesday, killing at least four people and injuring dozens. In the capital, hospital patients w
MASKWACIS, July 26 (AP): Pope Francis’ apology Monday for the Catholic Church’s role in Canada’s residential school system and the abuses that took place within it was a full-throated denuncia
Waterloo (Canada), Jul 26 (The Conversation/PTI) Pope Francis fulfilled the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's (TRC) Call to Action No. 58 by offering an apology, in Canada, to the survivors of Indian Re
Kyiv, July 26 (AP) Russia targeted Ukraine's Black Sea regions of Odesa and Mykolaiv with air strikes on Tuesday, hitting private buildings and port infrastructure along the country's southern coast, th
Bangkok, July 26 (AP) International outrage over Myanmar's execution of four political prisoners intensified Tuesday with grassroots protests and strong condemnation from world governments, as well as fears
Bangkok, July 25 (AP) Myanmar's government confirmed on Monday it had carried out its first executions in nearly 50 years, hanging a former lawmaker, a democracy activist and two other political prisoners w
Alberta (Canada), July 25 (AP) Thousands of Indigenous people converged on Monday on the small Alberta prairie community of Maskwacis to hear a long-awaited apology from Pope Francis for generations of abuse an
London, July 25 (PTI) China represents the "largest threat" to Britain and the world's security and prosperity this century and there is evidence to suggest it has targeted countries from the US t
Beijing, July 25 (AP) Taiwan's capital staged air raid drills Monday and its military mobilised for routine defence exercises, coinciding with concerns over a forceful Chinese response to a possible visit t
Kyiv (Ukraine), July 25 (AP) Russia appears to have reversed itself after the country's top diplomat said Moscow's overarching goal is to topple the government of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Kyiv, July 24 (AP) Russian defence ministry officials on Sunday insisted that an airstrike on the port of Odesa less than a day after Russia and Ukraine signed an agreement on resuming grain shipments from ther
Vatican City, July 24 (AP) Pope Francis began a fraught visit to Canada on Sunday to apologise to Indigenous peoples for abuses by missionaries at residential schools, a key step in the Catholic Church's ef
Jakarta, July 24 (AP) The Chinese military has become significantly more aggressive and dangerous over the past five years, the top US military officer said during a trip to the Indo-Pacific that included a sto
