Sana’a, Aug 5 (dpa/GNA) – The Houthi militia in Yemen on Wednesday, claimed another attack on a Saudi oil tanker in the Gulf of…
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Bangladesh’s ousted leader Hasina vows return, defying death penalty
Dhaka, Aug 5 (dpa/GNA) – Exiled former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina, has vowed to return home in December, despite facing a death sentence…
Indian court acquits former wrestling body chief in sexual harassment case
NEW DELHI, Aug. 4 (Xinhua/GNA) – An Indian court on Monday acquitted former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, in…
3 missing after car plunges into river in central Nepal
KATHMANDU, Aug. 4 (Xinhua/GNA) – Three people have gone missing after a car was knocked off a highway, and plunged into the Sunkoshi River…
Rubinyan elected speaker of Armenian parliament
YEREVAN, Aug. 4 (Xinhua/GNA) – Armenia’s National Assembly elected Ruben Rubinyan as its speaker, in a secret ballot on Monday. A total of 91…
Turkey warns Black Sea cargo ship escalation threatens food security
Istanbul, Aug 4 (dpa/GNA) – Turkey on Tuesday warned an escalation in the Black Sea could have far-reaching consequences, including for food security, after…
Oil prices fall after Trump calls off Iran attack
Seoul/Tokyo, Aug 3 (dpa/GNA) – Oil prices fell on Monday after US President Donald Trump, called off a planned attack on Iran. A barrel…
Death toll from flash flood in China rises to 25
Shenzhen, Aug 3 (dpa/GNA) – A total of 25 people are confirmed to have died following a flash flood in a tourist area in…
Rescuers find body of renowned mountaineer Purja on Pakistan peak
Islamabad, Aug 3 (dpa/GNA) – Rescuers have found the body of celebrated mountaineer Nirmal Purja, as they sift through a massive avalanche that killed…
Fire on Indonesian ferry kills five, with 41 missing
Jakarta, Aug 3 (dpa/GNA) – At least five people were killed and 41 others were missing, after the passenger ferry caught fire off the…
Suicide bomber kills at least 14 people in Malala’s home town
Islamabad, Aug 3 (dpa/GNA) – A suicide bomber ripped through a public rally in north-western Pakistan, killing at least 14 people, including several police…
Death toll from China landslide rises to 51
Beijing, Aug 2 (dpa/GNA) – The death toll from a massive landslide in south-western China has risen to 51, nearly two weeks after the…
Bodies found on Pakistani peak after avalanche sweeps away 10 climbers
Islamabad, Aug 2 (dpa/GNA) – At least two bodies have been found after an avalanche, swept away at least 10 climbers on a mountain…
Ten climbers missing after avalanche on Pakistan’s Broad Peak
Islamabad, Aug 2 (dpa/GNA) – Search efforts backed by military helicopters are under way, after at least 10 climbers went missing on a mountain…
At least 32 miners killed as coal mine collapses in Pakistan
Islamabad, Aug 2 (dpa/GNA) – At least 32 miners were killed, when a coal mine collapsed in south-western Pakistan, following an explosion triggered by…
Thousands protest arrest of Istanbul opposition mayor
Istanbul, Aug 2 (dpa/GNA) – Several thousand people marched through Istanbul on Thursday, to protest the arrest of Üsküdar district Mayor, Sinem Dedetaş, a…
Authorities confirm a further 30 deaths in Chinese landslide
Beijing, July 28 (dpa/GNA) – The authorities in China have confirmed a further 30 fatalities resulting from the deadly landslide near the south-western city…
Dozens injured after 7.1-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan’s Kumamoto
Tokyo, July 28 (dpa/GNA) – Dozens of people have been injured in a magnitude-7.1 earthquake in south-western Japan, with public broadcaster NHK reporting on…
Gunmen kill high-ranking local official in north-eastern Afghanistan
Islamabad, July 28 (dpa/GNA) – Gunmen assassinated a senior Taliban government official in Afghanistan’s north-eastern province of Badakhshan on Tuesday, the Afghan Ministry of…
SCO Media and Think Tank Summit opens in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
July 29 (Xinhua/GNA) – Themed “The Shanghai Spirit in the New Era: From Shared Values to Practical Cooperation,” the summit opened here on Monday.…