Thursday, 4 March, 2021
Confucius Institutes, which receive significant funding from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), are educational partnership programs for students outside of China
Man held over \'US army base plot\'
A 20-year-old US citizen has been charged with attempting to explode a car bomb at Fort Riley in Manhattan,…
Obama says ‘days of meddling’ in Latin America are past
US President Barack Obama has told Latin American leaders that the days when his country could freely…
Egypt Brotherhood chief Mohammed Badie sentenced to death
An Egyptian court has confirmed the death sentence on Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie and 13…
Firefighters spend hours to get 700-pound man to hospital in New York
New York City firefighters used a rope-and-pulley system on Friday in an hours-long struggle to move…
\'Third of fighters in Yemen are children\'
GENEVA: Children make up a third of fighters in the armed groups in conflict-wracked Yemen, a UN official…
Middle East political rivalries stoke dangerous sectarianism
Beirut (AFP) - Across the Middle East, fierce rivalry between Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran is…
Militants gun down 20 labourers in Balochistan of Pakistan
QUETTA: Militants killed 20 labourers and injured three others in Turbat's Gogdan area on Saturday…
India, China to hold joint military exercise in 2015, decision ahead of Modi visit
BEIJING: India and China will hold their first joint military exercise in China during this year. The…
Astronomer names asteroid after Malala Yousafzai: Report
Islamabad: The youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner and girls' education campaigner Malala Yousafzai…
Seven injured in explosion in Thailand
Seven people, including an Italian girl, were injured when a car exploded in a shopping mall car park…
Morocco bus crash: Children among 33 dead in collision
Schoolchildren returning from a sports competition were among at least 33 people killed in a head-on…
Nigeria to vote for state governors and assemblies
Nigerians are to vote for state governors in the final round of the country's election process.…
Could North Korea ever give up the bomb?
There are crucial differences which make defusing Kim Jong-un's nuclear ambitions much harder than…
California sheriff deputies suspended over beating video
Ten California deputies have been placed on administrative leave after they were filmed beating a suspect…
Man held over \'US army base plot\'
A 20-year-old US citizen has been charged with attempting to explode a car bomb at Fort Riley in Manhattan,…
India protest at Pakistan bail for Mumbai attack suspect
India has formally protested to Pakistan over its decision to release on bail the suspected mastermind…
Obama says ‘days of meddling’ in Latin America are past
US President Barack Obama has told Latin American leaders that the days when his country could freely…
16 killed in separate bombings in Afghanistan
Bomb attacks in Afghanistan have killed 16 people in two separate attacks in the country's eastern…
One killed as huge tornado tears through Illinois
A severe tornado has killed one person and injured seven more in a small town in northern Illinois in…
Saudi border guards face Yemen \'Red Line\'
The Saudi border guard points past a crumbling, abandoned village towards a road barely visible against…
Hillary Clinton \'to announce 2016 presidential campaign\'
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is to announce she is running for president on Sunday, various…
Myanmar leaders in rare talks with Aung San Suu Kyi
NAY PYI TAW: Myanmar President Thein Sein and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi are holding rare talks…
Young athletes among 31 dead in Morocco road collision
A head-on collision between a bus and lorry in Morocco has killed 31 people, many of them young athletes,…
Yemen conflict: Pakistan vote rebuffs Saudi call
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's parliament has decided against military involvement in the Saudi-led coalition…
Mumbai attack suspect Lakhvi released on bail in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: The suspected mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, has been…
Experts blast U.S. for blocking supercomputer tech exports to China
WASHINGTON: The U.S. government has been blocking technology exports to facilities in China associated…
Godzilla appointed Tokyo resident and tourism ambassador
TOKYO: Godzilla has stomped so many buildings in Japan the irradiated monster is getting appointed special…
At least 3 civilians killed in Afghan attack on NATO convoy
Jalalabad: A suicide car bomb targeted a NATO convoy in eastern Afghanistan today, killing at…
Tornadoes hit 3 US states, more expected: Reports
Washington: Tornadoes hit parts of three midwestern US states of Iowa, Illinois and Ohio, in what…
Hillary Clinton expected to announce presidential run as soon as this weekend
WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton is expected to announce her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination…
US and Cuba hold highest-level meeting in over 50 years
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez have held talks, in the…
21 dead, dozen missing in Haiti shipwreck
Twenty-one migrants died and around a dozen more were missing after their boat sank off the north coast…
China plans to build rail link with Nepal through Mt Everest
BEIJING: China is planning to build a tunnel under Mount Everest, called Qomolangma in Tibetan, as part…
Crash of band\'s tour bus in Mexico kills 4, injures 10
Mexican authorities say a tour bus carrying the Tropa Chicana band has crashed in the western state…
Bodies washed ashore in Haiti amid shipwreck fears
At least 17 people are believed to have drowned in a shipwreck off the northern coast of Haiti. The…
Iran nuclear: No guarantee of final deal, Khamenei says
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has cautioned against seeing a preliminary agreement…
US State Dept \'advises lifting Cuba from terror list\'
The US State Department has recommended that Cuba be removed from its list of states said to sponsor…
Yemen crisis: Kerry warns Iran over Houthi rebel \'support\'
US Secretary of State John Kerry has warned Iran over its alleged support for Houthi rebels in Yemen.…
India Satyam Computers: B Ramalinga Raju jailed for fraud
An Indian court has sentenced the former head of Satyam Computers and nine others to seven years in…