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North Korea holds key meeting as Kim Jong-un marks 10 years in power
Seoul: North Korea opened a key political conference Monday to review past projects and discuss new policies amid the pandemic and a diplomatic deadlock with the United States. The official Korean Central News Agency said Tuesday that leader Kim Jong-un...
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Ghislaine Maxwell guilty on 5 of 6 charges in sex trafficking trial: Maxwell faces up to 65 years in prison as a result of her conviction!!
NEW YORK: Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite charged with recruiting and grooming teenage girls to be sexually abused by the financier Jeffrey Epstein, was convicted on five of six charges Wednesday. She was found guilty of sex trafficking of a minor,...
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US Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, has visited President Zelensky in Kyiv
KYIV: Early Sunday by President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office showed Pelosi in Kyiv with a Congressional delegation. Those with Pelosi included Reps. Jason Crow, Jim McGovern and Adam Schiff U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has met with Ukraine’s...
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US plans to give Ukraine access to latest intelligence on Russian activities: Reports
Ukraine Army also move forces within its Border territory Washington: The US Department of Defence is working on a plan to provide real-time intelligence information to Ukraine so it could rapidly respond to potential actions by Russia , The New York...
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India: PM Modi Kanpur Visit LIVE: PM begins address at IIT Kanpur, to inaugurate Kanpur Metro Rail Project shortly
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (December 28) will inaugurate the completed section of the Kanpur Metro Rail Project. The inauguration will take place at around 1.30 pm. PM Modi will also address the IIT Kanpur students. He will also...
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European Union sanctions Russian private military entity
BERLIN: The European Union (EU) has imposed sanctions against the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, amid concerns of the alleged Russian military build-up along the eastern Ukraine borders. The sanctions will cover the Wagner group itself, three companies...
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US Prez Joe Biden signs bills on forced labor in China, ALS research
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden signed a bill into law Thursday to block imports from China's Xinjiang region unless businesses can prove the items were made without forced labour, the latest in a series of intensifying US penalties against the Asian...
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New Covid cases more than triple in LA - Los Angeles
Los Angeles. The spike in single-day Covid-19 cases in Los Angeles County, the most populous in the US, more than tripled that the past few days, according to data released by local public health authorities. The Los Angeles County Public Health Department...
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Sweden, Finland to apply for NATO membership together in May: Reports
MOSCOW: Swedish newspaper Expressen on Monday confirmed the information of the Finnish media that Sweden and Finland are preparing to jointly apply to NATO on May 16-20. On Monday, the Finnish Iltalehti newspaper reported that the applications of Finland...
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Press review: Trump’s Kosovo plan and a SWIFT embargo for Russia, China in the cards
MOSCOW: Kommersant: Russia, Serbia deliberate US plan on Kosovo ahead of talks in Washington. :Top stories in the Russian press on Thursday, June 25 The Trump administration plans to put forward its deal on Kosovo to Belgrade and Pristina at a meeting...
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Houston: Travis Scott Astroworld Music Festival victims included 9th-grader
Texas: As young as a high school freshman and from as far away as Washington state. Authorities on Monday released the identifies of the eight people who died after fans at the Astroworld music festival in Houston suddenly pushed forward when rapper Travis...
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US reveals plans to develop powerful laser weapon after China's hypersonic missile test
Washington: The United States is developing a powerful laser weapon capable of blasting missiles and drones after China 's latest "nuclear-capable hypersonic missile" test. Last month, Boeing and General Atomics Electromagnetics Systems (GA-DMS) was awarded...
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Afghan baby handed to US soldiers amid chaos at Kabul airport still missing!
KABUL: It was a split second decision. Mirza Ali Ahmadi and his wife Suraya found themselves and their five children on Aug. 19 in a chaotic crowd outside the gates of the Kabul airport in Afghanistan when a U.S. soldier, from over the tall fence, asked...
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US: House passes $1 trillion infrastructure bill, sending it to Biden's desk
WASHINGTON: House Democrats late Friday night clinched a long-sought victory on President Biden’s domestic agenda, passing a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill — while preparing to advance an even larger social spending package — after months...
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Ukraine, US to sign new charter of Strategic Partnership Commission: Foreign Ministry
Kyiv: Ukraine and the United States will hold the Strategic Partnership Commission meeting in Washington on November 10, in the course of which a new charter of strategic partnership will be signed, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told a briefing...
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Taliban leader warns against infiltrators in ranks!
New Delhi: The supreme leader of the Taliban warned Thursday against the danger of turncoats and infiltrators in the movement that has taken charge of Afghanistan. Reflecting the seriousness of the threat, the reclusive Haibatullah Akhundzada issued a...
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Afghanistan' Kabul ISIS insurgents attacked hospital: 19 dead, 50 injured in blasts, gunfire near Kabul military hospital!
KABUL: At least 19 people died and over 50 have been wounded in two explosions heard on Tuesday near the Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan military hospital in Afghanistan's capital city Kabul, followed by the sound of gunfire, media reports stated. The casualties...
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UK: Insulate Britain mob marched off roads by police
London: A MOB of Insulate Britain eco-zealots have been FOILED by cops as their bid to wreak rush-hour havoc on roads across UK failed this morning. Around 60 demonstrators brazenly stormed onto the M25 near London, the M56 in Manchester and the A4400...
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COP26: World Leaders Back Deal To End Deforestation By 2030
Glasgow: More than 100 world leaders, including Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro, are supporting the agreement at the COP26 climate summit. Activists say it greenlights 'another decade of deforestation'. Leaders of more than 100 countries pledged late Monday to...
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Mass shooting at Halloween party in Texas; 1 dead, 9 injured!
Austin: A suspect was arrested Sunday in a shooting that left one person dead and nine more wounded at a Halloween party in eastern Texas, police said. Police in Texarkana, Texas, said the suspected shooter, Keuntae McElroy, 21, of Texarkana, Arkansas,...
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Australia to Reopen Embassy in Switzerland: Australian Embassy in Switzerland to Resume Work After 30-year Break in 2022
BERN: "I am so pleased to announce that Australia will open our embassy in Bern, Switzerland, in 2022, strengthening the political, economic, strategic, cultural and scientific ties that unite our two countries. Importantly, our new embassy will enhance...
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Russian Rostov nuclear plant’s unit 2 shut down for scheduled maintenance
ROSTOV-ON-DON: Unit 2 of the Rostov nuclear power plant (NPP) in Russia has been shut down for scheduled maintenance, without any violations that jeopardize its safe function registered, a source in the NPP’s information and public relations department...
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanks world leaders for wishes on India crossing 100 crore COVID-19 vaccinations!
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has thanked world leaders for their wishes on India crossing the 100 crore COVID-19 vaccinations mark. India attained the milestone of administering 100 crore COVID-19 vaccines on Thursday morning. Several world...
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Biennial WC to stop super clubs hogging money, says FIFA's Infantino!
FIFA President Gianni Infantino explained that his biennial World Cup plan in fact envisages a global showpiece every year, alternating between men's and women's competitions. FIFA President Gianni Infantino not only wants more World Cup tournaments,...
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US missionaries kidnapped in Haiti: As many as 17 Christian missionaries from the US and their family members, including children, were kidnapped
Washington: As many as 17 Christian missionaries from the US and their family members, including children, were kidnapped on Saturday by a gang in Port-au-Prince as they were leaving an orphanage, The New York Times reported citing Haiti an security officials....