China's Kuaizhou-11 rocket launches commercial experimental spacecraft

6 months ago

China on Saturday launched the Kuaizhou-11 Y8 carrier rocket with one space experimental spacecraft and a satellite onboard.The rocket blasted off at 9:08 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite...

UN chief condemns drone attacks on peacekeeping base in Sudan

6 months ago

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday strongly condemned the drone attacks that targeted the UN peacekeeping logistics base in Kadugli, Sudan, earlier in the day.The attacks resulted in...

6 Bangladeshi peacekeepers killed, 8 wounded in Sudan UN base attack

6 months ago

Six peacekeepers from the Bangladesh Army were killed and eight others were injured after attackers targeted a United Nations base in Abyei, Sudan, the Inter Service Public Relations of the...

Islamabad puts drivers on notice as smog crisis worsens

6 months ago

Truck driver Muhammad Afzal was not expecting to be stopped by police, let alone fined, as he drove into Islamabad this week because of the thick diesel fumes emanating from...

Gunman kills two, wounds nine at US university

6 months ago

A gunman killed two people and wounded nine others on Saturday at Brown University, plunging the eastern US campus into lockdown as hundreds of police hunted the suspect late into...

Sri Lanka to revive tourism after Cyclone Ditwah

6 months ago

Sri Lankan authorities will reopen most tourist destinations and roll out a series of recovery measures to revive its tourism industry affected by Cyclone Ditwah, as the peak tourism season...

Indian Ambassador taken ill during hiking receiving treatment in Grande Hospital

6 months ago

Kathmandu, Dec 13: Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Naveen Srivastava, who was taken ill during a hiking on Saturday afternoon, was rescued by the Nepali Army.The Indian Ambassador was rescued in...

Salah on Liverpool bench for Brighton match

6 months ago

Mohamed Salah has been named on the bench for Liverpool's match against Brighton at Anfield on Saturday after talks with manager Arne Slot.The Dutchman insisted he would have the final...

US, Syrian soldiers wounded as shots fired at delegation: state media

6 months ago

Several Syrian and American soldiers were wounded when shots were fired at a joint military delegation in Palmyra in central Syria on Saturday, state media said.The incident is the first...

Belarus frees protest leader Kolesnikova, Nobel winner Bialiatski

6 months ago

Belarus has freed protest leader Maria Kolesnikova and Nobel Prize Winner Ales Bialiatski in a major US-brokered deal to release more than 100 of the country's political prisoners.Belarusian President Alexander...

Belarus opposition leader Viktor Babariko freed: rights group

6 months ago

Belarus on Saturday freed jailed opposition leader Viktor Babariko in a major release of political prisoners, the Viasna rights group said."Viktor Babariko is free," the group said in a post...

Google to lay undersea cables in Papua New Guinea

6 months ago

Internet giant Google will lay three undersea cables in Papua New Guinea as part of a landmark defence deal the Pacific nation signed with Australia this year.The $120 million project,...

Cambodia suspends all border crossings with Thailand: interior ministry

6 months ago

Cambodia suspended all of its border crossings with Thailand on Saturday, as the two countries remained locked in a deadly military conflict."The Royal Government of Cambodia has decided to fully...

Fans vandalise India stadium after Messi's abrupt exit

6 months ago

Angry spectators broke down barricades and stormed the pitch at a stadium in India after football star Lionel Messi, who is on a three-day tour of the country, abruptly left...

US envoy to meet Zelensky, Europe leaders in Berlin this weekend

6 months ago

US President Donald Trump's special envoy will meet with Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders in Berlin this weekend, the White House said, as Washington presses for a plan to...