Washington, May 19 (AP) President Joe Biden departs on a six-day trip to South Korea and Japan aiming to build rapport with the two nations' leaders while also sending an unmistakable message to China: Russ
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Istanbul, May 19 (AP) Turkey's president emphasized his opposition to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, stating Ankara would say no to their bid. Speaking to a group of Turkish youth, Turkish President Re
Colombo, May 18 (PTI): For the first time, hundreds of anti-government protesters from Sri Lanka's majority Sinhala community in the country's south on Wednesday mourned the Tamil civilians, rebels and
Dhaka, May 18 (PTI): A Bangladeshi couple was sentenced to death by a tribunal on Wednesday for selling a 17-year-old girl to a brothel in India, according to media reports. The incident took place in Khulna
Brussels, May 18 (AP): NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that the military alliance stands ready to seize a historic moment and move quickly on allowing Finland and Sweden to join its ranks
Colombo, May 18 (PTI): Crisis-hit Sri Lanka on Wednesday revealed that it does not have foreign exchange to pay for a vessel of petrol anchored in its waters for nearly two months as it appealed to citizens &qu
Kyiv, May 18 (AP): Russia said Wednesday that nearly 1,000 Ukrainian troops at a giant steelworks in Mariupol have surrendered, abandoning their dogged defense of a site that became a symbol of their country
Beijing, May 18 (AP): China said Wednesday that US investigators haven't released any information about the cause of a China Eastern Airlines jetliner crash in March after The Wall Street Journal reported i
Washington, May 17 (AP) President Joe Biden will host Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson of Sweden and President Sauli Niinist of Finland at the White House for a meeting Thursday amid their push to join NATO i
Stockholm, May 17 (AP) Sweden on Tuesday signed a formal request to join NATO, a day after the country announced it would seek membership in the 30-member military alliance. In neighbouring Finland, lawmakers a
Kyiv, May 17 (AP) Hundreds of Ukrainian fighters defending the last holdout in Mariupol were evacuated to areas controlled by Russian-backed separatists and officials worked Tuesday to get the rest out, signall
Seoul, May 17 (AP) North Korea on Tuesday reported another large jump in illnesses believed to be COVID-19 and encouraged good health habits, as a mass outbreak spreads through its unvaccinated population and m
Stockholm, May 16 (AP) Sweden's prime minister announced Monday that Sweden will join Finland in seeking NATO membership in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a historic shift that comes after mo
Seoul (South Korea), May 16 (AP) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un criticised officials over slow medicine deliveries and mobilized the military to respond to a surge in suspected COVID-19 infections, as his nati
Kyiv, May 16 (AP) Europe pushed on Monday to sharpen and expand its response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with Sweden poised to follow Finland in seeking membership of NATO and European Union officials
Buffalo (US), May 15 (AP): Shoppers out on a weekend afternoon and a retired police officer working as a security guard were among the 10 shot and killed at a Buffalo supermarket by a white teenager who authori-
Beirut, May 15 (AP): Lebanese voted for a new parliament on Sunday against the backdrop of an economic meltdown that is transforming the country and low expectations that the election would significantly alter
BERLIN, May 15 (AP): With Finland and Sweden taking steps to join NATO amid Russia’s war in Ukraine, the list of “neutral” or nonaligned countries in Europe appears poised to shrink. Like t
Kyiv, May 15 (AP) Fresh off his country's Eurovision win, a defiant Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed early Sunday to one day host the song contest in the embattled city of Mariupol, which is al
Seoul, May 15 (AP) North Korea has confirmed 15 more deaths and hundreds of thousands of additional patients with fevers as it mobilises more than a million health and other workers to try to suppress the count
