Washington, April 4 (AP): President Joe Biden on Monday called for war crimes trial against Russia President Vladimir Putin and said he'd seek more sanctions after reported atrocities in Ukraine.
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Geneva, April 4 (AP): The UN health agency says nearly everybody in the world breathes air that doesn't meet its standards for air quality, calling for more action to reduce fossil-fuel use, which generates
Colombo, April 4 (PTI): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday fired his brother and Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa from his post and invited the Opposition parties to join a unity Cabinet to tackl
Islamabad, April 4 (PTI): Imran Khan will continue to be the Prime Minister of Pakistan until the appointment of a caretaker premier, according to a notification issued by President Arif Alvi on Monday.
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Hong Kong, April 4 (AP): Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Monday she wouldn't seek a second term after a rocky five years marked by huge protests calling for her resignation, a security crackdown that has q
Valletta, Apr 3 (AP) Pope Francis prayed on Sunday for an end to the sacrilegious" war in Ukraine and for the world to show kindness and compassion to refugees as he concluded a two-day visit to Malta that
Kabul, April 3 (AP): Afghanistan's ruling Taliban announced a ban on Sunday on poppy production, even as farmers across the country began harvesting the bright red flower that produces the opium used to mak
Bucha (Ukraine), April 3 (AP): Ukrainian troops are finding brutalised bodies and widespread destruction in suburbs of the capital as Russian soldiers withdraw and Moscow focuses its attacks elsewhere, includin
Islamabad, April 3 (PTI): Cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan, known for surprising his opponents with inswinging yorkers in the field, startled Pakistan's Opposition political leaders in Parliament by r
London, April 3 (PTI): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson congratulated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for successfully pushing back Russian forces from key regions in the country, including the capi
Lviv, April 3 (AP): The Russian military on Sunday said it had struck an oil processing plant and fuel depots around the strategic Black Sea port of Odesa.
Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Maj.-Gen. Igor K
Moscow, April 3 (AP): First came the warnings, in messages among friends and families and on social media, to stock up on vital drugs in Russia before supplies were affected by crippling Western sanctions over
Beijing, April 3 (AP): COVID-19 cases in China's largest city of Shanghai are still rising as millions remain isolated at home under a sweeping lockdown.
Health officials on Sunday reported 438 confirmed
Colombo, April 2 (PTI): A consignment of 40,000 metric tonnes of diesel from India reached Sri Lanka on Saturday, the fourth such assistance from New Delhi, to mitigate the spike in power cuts in the island nat
London, April 2 (PTI): Parents and carers of children aged between five and 11 years will be able to book a COVID-19 vaccine for them in England from Saturday.
The country's National Health Service (NHS)
Beijing, April 2 (AP): Hong Kong authorities on Saturday asked the entire population of more than 7.4 million people to voluntarily test themselves for COVID-19 at home for three days in a row starting next wee
Beijing, April 2 (AP): China says it will back neighbour Myanmar no matter how the situation changes , in the latest show of unequivocal support for the ruling military that seized power last year.
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Vatican City, April 2 (AP): Pope Francis headed to the Mediterranean island nation of Malta on Saturday for a pandemic-delayed weekend visit, aiming to draw attention to Europe's migration challenge that ha
Kyiv, April 2 (AP): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned his people early Saturday that retreating Russian forces were creating a complete disaster outside the capital as they leave mines across the w
Beijing, April 1 (AP): China is accusing the United States of instigating the war in Ukraine and says NATO should have been disbanded following the break-up of the Soviet Union.
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