London, July 9 (PTI): Rishi Sunak, the British Indian former minister who has now formally launched his campaign to be elected the new Conservative Party leader and UK Prime Minister, emerged as an early frontr
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Tokyo, July 9 (AP): The body of Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was returned to Tokyo on Saturday after he was fatally shot during a campaign speech in western Japan a day earlier. Abe was attac
Colombo, July 9 (PTI): Hundreds of Sri Lankan protesters, demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, on Saturday stormed into his official residence in the central Colombo's high-security Fo
Vatican City, July 9 (AP): Pope Francis prays that Japan will strengthen its commitment to peace and nonviolence despite the senseless assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Vatican said on Satu
San Francisco, July 9 (AP): Elon Musk's tumultuous 44 billion bid to buy Twitter is on the verge of collapse after the Tesla CEO sent a letter to Twitter's board Friday saying he is terminating the acqu
Washington, July 9 (AP): Two weeks after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, Kremlin-backed rebels assaulted a nursing home in the eastern region of Luhansk. Dozens of elderly and disabled patients, man
BEIJING , July 8 (AP) — China has demanded the U.S. cease military “collusion” with Taiwan during a virtual meeting between the joint chiefs of staff from the two countries whose relationship
WASHINGTON, July 8 (AP) — President Joe Biden will take executive action Friday to protect access to abortion, according to three people familiar with the matter, as he faces mounting pressure from f
Tokyo, July 8 (PTI) Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio on Friday ordered enhanced security for Cabinet ministers and other politicians following the fatal shooting of former prime minister Shinzo Abe during
Kuala Lumpur, July 8 (AP) Friday's shocking assassination of Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in one of the world's safest countries stunned leaders and drew condemnation, with Iran calling
Kharkiv, July 8 (AP) She had gone out to feed the cats when the shelling began. It was afternoon, a residential neighbourhood, a time to get errands done. But there is nothing routine about life near the front
NARA, Japan, July 8 (AP) — Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his nation’s most powerful and influential figures, has died after being shot during a c
TOKYO, July 8 (AP) — Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan and was airlifted to a hospital but he was not breathing and his heart had sto
London, July 7 (PTI): Even before Boris Johnson stepped out of 10 Downing Street on Thursday to deliver his resignation speech as Conservative Party leader and triggering a leadership race for a new British pri
London, July 7 (PTI) British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Thursday announced his resignation as Conservative Party leader after he was abandoned by his close allies in the wake of a series of scandals that rock
Beijing, July 7 (PTI) As External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Bali on Thursday, China said the situation at the border is "stable" and both the cou
Kyiv, July 7 (AP) Foreign analysts say Russia may be temporarily easing its offensive in Ukraine as the Russian military attempts to reassemble its forces for a renewed assault. On Wednesday, Russian forces
London, July 7 (PTI) Moments after the news broke on Thursday of Boris Johnson's decision to step down as Conservative Party leader and therefore as the British Prime Minister after days of high political d
United Nations, July 6 (AP): World hunger rose in 2021, with around 2.3 billion people facing moderate or severe difficulty obtaining enough to eat -- and that was before the Ukraine war, which has sparked incr
MOSCOW, July 6 (AP) — A top Kremlin official warned the U.S. Wednesday that it could face the “wrath of God” if it pursues efforts to help establish an international tribunal to investigate Ru
