Islamabad, Dec. 22, (dpa/GNA) – Pakistan’s top court on Friday granted bail to former premier Imran Khan and his close aide ahead of the general elections due…
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Death toll in northern China earthquake rises to 144
Beijing, Dec. 22, (dpa/GNA) - At least 144 people have been confirmed dead in an earthquake that struck northern China late on Monday, state news agency Xinhua…
Pakistan’s top court grants bail to former PM Khan
Islamabad, Dec. 22, (dpa/GNA) – Pakistan’s top court on Friday granted bail to former premier Imran Khan and his close aide ahead of the general elections due…
Pakistan police arrests hundreds in women’s protest at disappearances
Islamabad, Dec. 21, (dpa/GNA) – Police in Islamabad have arrested hundreds of women and children and fired tear gas to disperse a female-led protest at enforced disappearances…
At least 131 people reported dead in northern China earthquake
Beijing, Dec. 20, (dpa/GNA) – At least 131 people have been confirmed dead in an earthquake that struck northern China late on Monday, state news agency Xinhua…
Activist Jimmy Lai’s security law trial starts in Hong Kong
Shenzhen, Dec. 18, (dpa/GNA) – The trial of prominent publisher and democracy activist Jimmy Lai for alleged violations of Hong Kong’s controversial security law begun on Monday.…
More than 100 people seriously injured in train accident in Beijing
Beijing, Dec. 15, (dpa/GNA) – More than 100 people suffered bone fractures in a train accident in the Chinese capital Beijing, local authorities said. More than 500…
Eleven police officers dead in attack in southern Iran
Tehran, Dec. 15, (dpa/GNA) – Attackers have killed 11 police officers in an assault on a police headquarters in the southern Iranian city of Rask, Tasnim news…
Qatar sets up field hospital in Gaza
Cairo, Dec. 13, (dpa/GNA) – Qatar is setting up a field hospital in the Gaza Strip where Israel is pursuing a military campaign. With support from the government Qatar…
Death toll from attack on Pakistani soldiers rises to 24
Islamabad, Dec. 12, (dpa/GNA) – The death toll from the attack on security forces in north-western Pakistan has risen to 24, officials said on Tuesday. The attack…
Israeli army says spread of pictures of stripped prisoners must stop
Tel Aviv/Gaza, Dec. 11, (dpa/GNA) - Following outrage over images of Palestinian prisoners in the Gaza Strip stripped to their underwear, in some cases blindfolded and tied…
West Bank strike to call for ceasefire, renewed fire from Lebanon
Ramallah, Dec. 11, (dpa/GNA) – Business, schools and government offices remained closed across the West Bank in response to a strike called in protest at the war…
Fresh outbreak of hostilities on Israel-Lebanon border
Tel Aviv, Dec. 11, (dpa/GNA) – Israeli forces responded to rockets fired from Lebanon with attacks on targets across the border, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported,…
Snowstorms cause widespread road closures and flight delays in China
Beijing, Dec. 11, (dpa/GNA) – Snowfall led to road closures, public transport cancellations and flight delays in the Chinese capital Beijing and other parts of the country…
World’s 1st 4th-generation nuclear power plant goes into commercial operation in China
BEIJING, Dec. 6 (Xinhua/GNA) – The world’s first fourth-generation nuclear power plant, China’s Shidaowan high temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) nuclear power plant, has officially…
India expects ‘clear roadmap’ on climate finance at COP28
New Delhi, Nov. 30, (dpa/GNA) – India expects agreement on a clear roadmap on climate finance at the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai,…
Lavrov calls OSCE ‘appendage’ of West as Russian veto stifles body
Skopje, Nov. 30, (dpa/GNA) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that the deep crisis in the Organization for Security and Co-operation in…
King Charles begins series of meeting during Dubai tour before COP28
Dubai, Nov. 30, (PA Media/dpa/GNA) – Britain’s King Charles said he has been “recovering” from having a “rather ancient birthday” as he began a…
All 41 trapped tunnel workers in Indian Himalayas rescued
New Delhi, Nov. 28, (dpa/GNA) – More than two weeks following the partial collapse of a tunnel in the Himalayas, rescue workers extricated on…
Drill seeking to free 41 Indian tunnel workers breaking down
New Delhi, Nov 24, (dpa/GNA) – A powerful drilling machine being used to rescue 41 workers, trapped in a tunnel under construction in northern…