Hong Kong, April 4 (AP): Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Monday she wouldn't seek a second term after a rocky five years marked by huge protests calling for her resignation, a security crackdown that has q
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Valletta, Apr 3 (AP) Pope Francis prayed on Sunday for an end to the sacrilegious" war in Ukraine and for the world to show kindness and compassion to refugees as he concluded a two-day visit to Malta that
Kabul, April 3 (AP): Afghanistan's ruling Taliban announced a ban on Sunday on poppy production, even as farmers across the country began harvesting the bright red flower that produces the opium used to mak
Bucha (Ukraine), April 3 (AP): Ukrainian troops are finding brutalised bodies and widespread destruction in suburbs of the capital as Russian soldiers withdraw and Moscow focuses its attacks elsewhere, includin
Islamabad, April 3 (PTI): Cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan, known for surprising his opponents with inswinging yorkers in the field, startled Pakistan's Opposition political leaders in Parliament by r
London, April 3 (PTI): British Prime Minister Boris Johnson congratulated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for successfully pushing back Russian forces from key regions in the country, including the capi
Lviv, April 3 (AP): The Russian military on Sunday said it had struck an oil processing plant and fuel depots around the strategic Black Sea port of Odesa. Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Maj.-Gen. Igor K
Moscow, April 3 (AP): First came the warnings, in messages among friends and families and on social media, to stock up on vital drugs in Russia before supplies were affected by crippling Western sanctions over
Beijing, April 3 (AP): COVID-19 cases in China's largest city of Shanghai are still rising as millions remain isolated at home under a sweeping lockdown. Health officials on Sunday reported 438 confirmed
Colombo, April 2 (PTI): A consignment of 40,000 metric tonnes of diesel from India reached Sri Lanka on Saturday, the fourth such assistance from New Delhi, to mitigate the spike in power cuts in the island nat
London, April 2 (PTI): Parents and carers of children aged between five and 11 years will be able to book a COVID-19 vaccine for them in England from Saturday. The country's National Health Service (NHS)
Beijing, April 2 (AP): Hong Kong authorities on Saturday asked the entire population of more than 7.4 million people to voluntarily test themselves for COVID-19 at home for three days in a row starting next wee
Beijing, April 2 (AP): China says it will back neighbour Myanmar no matter how the situation changes , in the latest show of unequivocal support for the ruling military that seized power last year. China has
Vatican City, April 2 (AP): Pope Francis headed to the Mediterranean island nation of Malta on Saturday for a pandemic-delayed weekend visit, aiming to draw attention to Europe's migration challenge that ha
Kyiv, April 2 (AP): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned his people early Saturday that retreating Russian forces were creating a complete disaster outside the capital as they leave mines across the w
Beijing, April 1 (AP): China is accusing the United States of instigating the war in Ukraine and says NATO should have been disbanded following the break-up of the Soviet Union. As the culprit and leading in
Bangkok, April 1 (AP): A report by the World Wildlife Fund shows illegal purchases of wildlife online are growing in Myanmar in a threat both to public health and to endangered species. The report released o
Seoul, April 1 (AP): Two South Korean air force planes collided in mid-air during training and crashed near their base on Friday, killing all four people aboard the aircraft, officials said. Both planes were
Vatican City, April 1 (AP): Pope Francis on Friday made a historic apology to Indigenous Peoples for the deplorable abuses they suffered in Canada's Catholic-run residential schools and said he hoped to vis
Brussels, April 1 (AP): China on Friday renewed its criticism of Western sanctions against Russia, as top European Union officials sought assurances from Beijing that it would not help Moscow circumvent the eco
