Aga Khan, spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims, philanthropist, dies at 88
Paris, Feb 5: The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world's millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20 as a Harvard...
US, Philippine fighter aircraft jointly patrol disputed shoal region in South China Sea
Manila, Feb 4: US and Philippine fighter aircraft staged a joint patrol and training Tuesday over a disputed South China Sea shoal where Chinese...
5 shot at adult education centre in Sweden
Orebro (Sweden), Feb 4: Five people were shot at an adult education centre in Sweden on Tuesday, police said.
The Swedish news agency TT reported,...
Trump and Netanyahu hold talks as US president warns ‘no guarantees’ fragile peace in Gaza will hold
Washington, Feb 4: President Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are set to meet Tuesday as the Israeli prime minister faces competing pressure from his...
Turkiye will host 15 Palestinian prisoners released as part of ceasefire
Ankara, Feb 4: Turkiye's state-run news agency says the country will host 15 Palestinian prisoners who were released and deported as part of the...
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...
