Phnom Penh, June 22 (AP) Myanmar's defense minister, under sanctions from the United States, Britain and other countries for abuses committed by his country's military, was welcomed Wednesday to an annu
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Kyiv, June 22 (AP) A Ukrainian photojournalist and a soldier who was accompanying him when they were killed in the first weeks of Russia's invasion appear to have been coldly executed as they were searching
Kabul, June 22 (AP) A powerful earthquake struck a rural, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, killing 1,000 people and injuring 1,500 more in one of the deadliest quakes in decades, the s
Kyiv, June 21 (AP) As was his habit before each flight, the veteran Ukrainian army pilot ran a hand along the fuselage of his Mi-8 helicopter, caressing the heavy transporter's metal skin to bring luck to h
Paris, June 21 (AP) French President Emmanuel Macron was holding talks Tuesday with France's main party leaders after his centrist alliance failed to win an absolute majority in parliamentary elections.
Kyiv, June 20 (AP) Russia's military machine persevered in its ferocious effort to grind down Ukraine's defences Monday, as the war's consequences for food and fuel supplies increasingly weighed on
Colombo, June 20 (PTI) Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday expressed his appreciation for China for its "continued friendship, particularly during these trying times", as he thanked his
Beijing, June 20 (PTI) China has said that it successfully carried out a land-based mid-course anti-ballistic missile (ABM) technical test on Sunday with Chinese experts claiming that the tests, stated to be th
Kyiv (Ukraine), June19 (AP) Four months of brutal fighting in Ukraine appear to be straining the morale of troops on both sides, prompting desertions and rebellion against officers' orders, British defense
Manila, June 19 (AP) Sara Duterte, the daughter of the outgoing populist president of the Philippines, took her oath Sunday as vice president following a landslide electoral victory she clinched despite her fat
Beijing, June 18 (PTI) A large number of Chinese yoga enthusiasts in Beijing took part in a yoga event organised by the Indian Embassy on Saturday, ahead of the International Yoga Day (IYD) celebrations on June
Kyiv, June 17 (AP) The executive arm of the European Union recommended on Friday that Ukraine be granted candidate status to one day join the 27-nation bloc. The promise of membership in a union created to s
Kyiv, June 17 (AP) The Ukrainian navy claimed on Friday that it struck a Russian boat carrying air defence systems to a strategic island in the Black Sea. In a statement on social media, the navy said the Va
London, June 17 (PTI) The UK government on Friday gave the go-ahead for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be extradited to the US to face charges over the alleged leak of classified documents related to the w
Washington, June 16 (PTI) US President Joe Biden has nominated security expert Radha Iyengar Plumb to the post of Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment, the latest Indian-American to
Kyiv, June 16 (AP) French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that there are signs of war crimes in a Kyiv suburb following massacres by Russian forces. He spoke in the town of Irpin while on a visit wit
Beijing, June 15 (PTI): Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday expressed his readiness to play a "constructive role" to help settle the Ukraine crisis, according to Chinese state-TV. In a teleph
Brussels, June 15 (AP): The European Union is launching legal action against the UK in response to unilateral moves to rewrite parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol in the post-Brexit deal between both sides,
London, June 15 (AP): The World Health Organisation said it's creating a new vaccine-sharing mechanism to stop the outbreak of monkeypox in more than 30 countries beyond Africa. The move could result in the
Kyiv, June 15 (AP): The Russian military said Wednesday that it used long-range missiles to destroy a depot in the western Lviv region of Ukraine where ammunition for NATO-supplied weapons was being stored.
