Seoul, May 7 (AP) North Korea flight-tested a ballistic missile that was likely fired from a submarine on Saturday, South Korea's military said, continuing a provocative streak in weapons demonstrations tha
Colombo, May 7 (AP) Diplomats and rights groups expressed concern on Saturday after Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a state of emergency and police used force against peaceful protesters amid t
Moscow, May 7 (AP) Russia held a dress rehearsal on Saturday for the military parade to commemorate Victory Day on May 9, when the country marks the defeat of Nazi Germany during World War II.
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Kabul, May 7 (AP) Afghanistan's Taliban rulers on Saturday ordered all Afghan women to wear the all-covering burqa in public, a sharp hard-line pivot that confirmed the worst fears of rights activists and w
BEIJING (AP) — A building collapse one week ago in central China killed 53 people, state media reported Friday as the search of the large pile of debris ended after rescuers found 10 survivors.
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United Nations, May 6 (AP) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the world to unite and end the war in Ukraine, calling it senseless, ruthless and "limitless in its potential for global harm." The
Kyiv, May 6 (AP) Amnesty International says it has documented extensive war crimes by Russian forces in communities around the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, including arbitrary executions, bombardments of residences
Washington, May 5 (PTI): People are 1,000 times more likely to get COVID-19 from the airborne viral particles they breathe than from the surfaces they touch, according to a study.
The researchers from the Un
Vatican City, May 5 (AP) Pope Francis has arrived at an audience in a wheelchair as his knee pain continues to limit his mobility.
Francis was wheeled into the meeting Thursday with nuns and religious superi
Lviv (Ukraine), May 5 (AP) Ukraine's military on Thursday said it recaptured some areas in the south and repelled Russian attacks in the east, as a bloody battle raged at a steel mill in Mariupol where Ukra
New Delhi, May 4 (PTI): China's capital Beijing on Wednesday shut down several metro stations besides schools, restaurants and businesses and ordered daily COVID-19 testing of its 21 million people as it ra
SEOUL, South Korea, May 4 (AP) — North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters on Wednesday, South Korean and Japanese officials said, days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed
Lviv (Ukraine), May 4 (AP) The British military believes Russia will make a push to try to seize the cities of Kramatorsk and Severodonetsk in eastern Ukraine.
The British made the comment Wednesday in a dai
Lviv (Ukraine), May 4 (AP) She stood in just her bathrobe in the freezing basement of the Mariupol theatre, coated in white plaster dust shaken loose by the explosion. Her husband tugged at her to leave and beg
Seoul, May 4 (AP): North Korea has launched a suspected ballistic missile toward its eastern waters on Wednesday, South Korean and Japanese officials said, days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to bo
Berlin, May 3 (AP) The leaders of Finland and Sweden have indicated that their governments haven't yet decided whether to join NATO, but stressed close security cooperation with other European countries in
Vatican City, May 3 (AP) Pope Francis has told an Italian newspaper that he has offered to travel to Moscow to meet with President Vladimir Putin to try to end Russia's war in Ukraine, but that he hasn'
Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine), May 3 (AP) A senior US official warned that Russia plans to annex large portions of eastern Ukraine later this month, and the Mariupol steel mill that has become the city's last stro
Berlin, May 3 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for Denmark on Tuesday on the second leg of his three-nation Europe trip after concluding his "productive" Germany visit.
"The first leg
Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine), May 2 (AP): People fleeing besieged Mariupol described weeks of bombardments and deprivation as they arrived Monday in Ukrainian-held territory, where officials and relief workers anxiou