China vows to deepen BRI cooperation with Mongolia
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang on Monday called to deepen the Belt and Road Initiative with Mongolia during his meet...
China’s internet courts revolutionising online dispute resolution mechanism
ISLAMABAD: Dispute resolution through arbitration, mediation and cost-effective and timely measures has been a cherished dream for the com...
Germany hopes to help climate with discount travel card
BERLIN: Germany launches on Monday a new flat-rate public transport ticket valid across the country, but the 49-euro ($54) price point has...
‘Zombie’ misinformation: ‘Rape Day’ hoax resurfaces on TikTok
WASHINGTON: The hoax that rape was legal for a day was knocked down by fact-checkers two years ago. But it went viral again this year on T...
UN chief sending envoy over ‘unprecedented’ Sudan crisis
NEW YORK: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is sending an envoy to the Sudan region amid the “unprecedented” situation there, as deadl...
Five dead in Texas shooting, armed suspect on the loose, ABC News reports
A gunman shot dead five neighbours including an 8-year old child after neighbours asked the man to stop shooting an AR-15-style weapon in h...
UN chief, envoys in key talks on Afghanistan crisis
UN chief Antonio Guterres will gather international envoys at a secret location in Doha on Monday in an increasingly desperate bid to find ...
Sudan rocked by fighting as ex-PM warns of ‘nightmare’ risk of civil war
KHARTOUM: Heavy fighting again rocked Sudan’s capital Sunday as tens of thousands have fled the bloody turmoil and a former prime minister...
Turkey nears referendum on Erdogan’s two-decade rule
ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dives Sunday into the final two-week stretch before a momentous election that has turned ...
UN chief, envoys in key talks on Afghanistan crisis
KABUL: UN chief Antonio Guterres will gather international envoys at a secret location in Doha on Monday in an increasingly desperate bid ...
Gunman on the run after five people shot dead in Texas
HOUSTON: Police in Texas, the second-largest state in the United States by both area and population, said they were searching for a man be...
Airstrikes, artillery fire continue as Sudan fighting enters third week
KHARTOUM: The sounds of airstrikes, anti-aircraft weaponry and artillery could be heard in Khartoum early on Saturday and dark smoke rose...
US Republicans divided over abortion rights as states balk at bans
WASHINGTON: The failure of bills curbing abortion rights in two deeply conservative US states this week underscored the growing disquiet f...
India arms Hindu village militias to combat Kashmir freedom fighters
SRINAGAR: Brandishing a bolt-action rifle, civil servant Sanjeet Kumar is one of 5,000 villagers in occupied Kashmir who have joined all-H...
Clouds carry drug-resistant bacteria across distances: study
MONTREAL: For a team of Canadian and French researchers, dark clouds on the horizon are potentially ominous not because they signal an app...
BBC chairman resigns after row over loan to Boris Johnson
The chairman of Britain’s BBC on Friday resigned following a report that found he breached the government’s code for public appointments ov...
China’s defence minister for cooperating with SCO countries on security architecture
Chinese State Councilor and Minister of National Defense Li Shangfu said on Friday that China is ready to cooperate with other members of t...
Heavy battles despite latest truce dampen hope for peace in Sudan
KHARTOUM: Fighting raged in Sudan on Friday, despite rival forces agreeing to extend a truce aimed to stem nearly two weeks of warfare tha...
Sound of air strikes echoes in Khartoum as US pushes for longer truce
KHARTOUM: The United States and African nations were racing to secure an extension of a ceasefire in Sudan on Thursday, with the Sudanese ...
‘Donald Trump raped me,’ says writer E Jean Carroll in New York trial
NEW YORK: A writer explained in graphic detail on Wednesday how Donald Trump allegedly raped her nearly 30 years ago, at a civil trial to ...
‘I had no damn idea you could sing’: Yoon’s ‘American Pie’ stuns Biden
SEOUL: From discussing nuclear war to belting out a beloved hit: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s White House visit ended on a high ...
UK blocks Microsoft’s $69-bn Activision takeover
LONDON: Britain on Wednesday blocked Microsoft’s $69-billion takeover of US video game giant Activision Blizzard, arguing it would harm com...
EU unveils reforms for cheaper drugs and to avoid shortages
BRUSSELS: The EU on Wednesday unveiled a long-awaited proposed reform of legislation governing pharmaceutical drugs to make them cheaper, ...
Afghan Taliban ready to help US in countering IS: report
WASHINGTON: The Afghan Taliban are ready to cooperate with the US in combating the militant group Islamic State (IS) as they see jihadists ...
Turkey arrests 110 people over alleged PKK links ahead of crunch elections
ANKARA: Turkey on Tuesday held 110 people over alleged terror links just three weeks before a knife-edge vote that could extend President ...
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