Rwanda-backed rebels who seized major Congo city declare unilateral ceasefire
Goma, Feb 4: The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized a major city in eastern Congo declared a unilateral ceasefire Monday, citing humanitarian grounds.
The announcement came...
Pope lists tragedies of children in war and trafficking at a rights summit
ROME, February 4: Pope Francis convened a high-level summit Monday to demand that children be protected from war, forced labor, trafficking and exploitation, throwing...
China renews threat to retaliate against US tariffs
Taipei (Taiwan), Feb 3: US President Donald Trump's trade war with Canada, Mexico and China is ramping up over the production and importation of...
19 killed in Syria car bomb explosion
Damascus (Syria), Feb 3: A car bomb exploded on the outskirts of a northern Syrian city on Monday, killing at least 19 people, all...
Blast in upscale residential area in Moscow kills 1, leaves 4 wounded
Moscow, Feb 3: A blast in an upscale residential block in Moscow killed one person and wounded four others on Monday morning, Russian news...
Duke of Edinburgh visits Mumbai, Delhi to celebrate shared India-UK ties
By Aditi Khanna
London, Feb 3: Britain's Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Edward, began a three-day visit to India on Sunday to celebrate the shared ties...
Russia, Ukraine trade blame over attack on boarding school in Russia
Kyiv, Feb 2: Competing claims emerged over a deadly attack on a boarding school in Sudzha, a city in Russia's Kursk region that has...
Pak Army Chief pledges to defeat ‘frenemies’
Islamabad, Feb 2: Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir has vowed to hunt down the “frenemies” acting as terrorist proxies targeting the country.
Munir's comments...
2 Indian students dead in car crash in Ireland
London, Feb 2: Two Indian students in their 20s have been killed and two others remain in hospital with serious injuries after the car...
Syria’s interim president heads to Saudi Arabia on first trip abroad, likely signal to Iran
Dubai, Feb 2: Syria's interim president made his first trip abroad Sunday, travelling to Saudi Arabia in a move likely trying to signal Damascus'...
Israel’s Netanyahu heads to US to discuss ‘victory over Hamas’ with Trump
Tel Aviv, Feb 2: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he will discuss "victory over Hamas,” countering Iran and expanding diplomatic relations with...
Hamas hand over two Israeli hostages in southern Gaza
Khan Younis (Gaza Strip), Feb 1: Hamas handed two hostages over to the Red Cross in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday as part...
