Kerry warns against letting Ukraine war thwart climate efforts DAVOS: US climate envoy John Kerry warned Tuesday against using the energy crisis stemming from Russia’s invasion of... Published 24 May, 2022 06:46pm
World US says China and Russia bomber drill shows depth of their alignment WASHINGTON: A joint strategic bomber exercise by Russia and China in East Asia on Tuesday shows the depth of the two... Published 24 May, 2022 06:07pm
World China and Russia hold first military exercise since Ukraine invasion China and Russia’s air forces conducted a joint aerial patrol on Tuesday over the Sea of Japan, East China Sea and... Published 24 May, 2022 05:35pm
World EU’s von der Leyen says Russia is using food supplies as a weapon DAVOS: Russia is using food supplies as a weapon with global repercussions, acting the same way as it does in the... Published 24 May, 2022 04:46pm
World Russian invasion of Ukraine is a global issue, says Biden LVIV: US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday that the crisis in Ukraine was a global issue which heightened the... Published 24 May, 2022 10:20am
World Lukashenko accuses Poland and NATO of plotting to partition Ukraine Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Monday he was concerned about what he called moves by the West to... Published 23 May, 2022 06:35pm
World Russia declares travel ban on 963 Americans including Biden and Blinken LONDON: Russia said on Saturday it was banning entry to 963 Americans including U.S. President Joe Biden, Secretary... Published 21 May, 2022 05:05pm
World Ukraine army ordered Azovstal troops to stop fighting: commander KYIV: The remaining Ukrainian troops holed up in Mariupol's besieged Azovstal steelworks have been ordered by Kyiv ... Published 20 May, 2022 05:33pm
World G7 finance ministers to thrash out Ukraine aid plan KÖNIGSWINTER: G7 partners meet Thursday hoping to find a solution for Kyiv’s budget troubles as the fallout from... Published 19 May, 2022 11:50am
World Ukrainian troops evacuate from Mariupol, ceding control to Russia KYIV/NOVOAZOVSK: Ukraine’s military said on Tuesday it was working to evacuate all remaining troops from their last... Published 17 May, 2022 10:27am
World Putin says Russia will respond if NATO bolsters Sweden, Finland militarily LONDON: President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Monday that Russia would respond if NATO began to bolster the... Published 16 May, 2022 06:39pm
World Ukraine prepares for new Russian Donbas push, says gains made in north KYIV: Ukraine was preparing Monday for a new Russian push in the eastern Donbas region, as Kyiv said its army’s... Published 16 May, 2022 10:21am
World Frontlines moving in ‘Battle of the Donbas’, Ukraine mounts counter-offensive KYIV: A Ukrainian counteroffensive was underway near the Russian-held town of Izium, but its military reported on... Published 15 May, 2022 12:57pm
World Putin tells Finland that swapping neutrality for NATO is a mistake Russian President Vladimir Putin told his Finnish counterpart Sauli Niinisto on Saturday that ditching neutrality... Published 14 May, 2022 08:10pm
World Lavrov says all will suffer from West’s ‘total hybrid war’ on Russia LONDON: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday that the West had announced a “total hybrid war”... Published 14 May, 2022 07:23pm
World Finland says president spoke with Putin about NATO membership HELSINKI: Finnish President Sauli Niinisto spoke with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Saturday regarding... Published 14 May, 2022 05:10pm
World Moscow says EU becoming ‘aggressive, militant’ MOSCOW: Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday said he doubted the motives of Ukraine’s intention of... Published 13 May, 2022 03:29pm
World NATO membership would deter conflict: Swedish review STOCKHOLM: Swedish membership in NATO would reduce the risk of conflict in northern Europe, a security policy review... Published 13 May, 2022 03:15pm
World Europe development bank raises 1 billion euros for Ukraine LONDON: The European development bank raised one billion euros ($1.04 billion) in aid for Ukraine at its annual... Published 12 May, 2022 06:02pm
World Putin says West is triggering a global economic crisis President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the West had triggered a global economic crisis and a wave of ruinous... Published 12 May, 2022 06:00pm
Markets OPEC cuts 2022 world oil demand forecast again on Ukraine war LONDON: OPEC on Thursday cut its forecast for growth in world oil demand in 2022 for a second straight month, citing... Published 12 May, 2022 05:52pm
World Russia strike kills 3, injures 12 in northern Ukraine KYIV: Three people were killed and 12 others wounded in the early hours of Thursday in a Russian strike on a school... Published 12 May, 2022 05:32pm
World Besieged Ukrainian commander asks Elon Musk for help KYIV: A Ukrainian commander in Mariupol appealed directly to Elon Musk on Wednesday, asking the world’s richest man... Published 12 May, 2022 10:48am
World Morgan Stanley cuts India growth forecasts on inflation, global slowdown Morgan Stanley has lowered its forecasts for India’s economic growth in the next two fiscal years, saying a global... Published 11 May, 2022 04:46pm
World Lavrov says Russia has enough energy buyers apart from West Russia has enough buyers for its energy resources outside of Western countries, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei... Published 11 May, 2022 03:29pm
World Inside a Ukraine hospital where medics work as rockets fall BAKHMUT: The hospital in the small Ukrainian town of Bakhmut was never intended to receive queues of ambulances... Published 11 May, 2022 11:48am
World Ukraine death toll ‘thousands higher’ than reported: UN rights official GENEVA: Thousands more civilians have been killed in Ukraine during nearly 11 weeks of war there than the official... Published 10 May, 2022 05:37pm
World France says EU deal on Russia oil embargo possible this week PARIS: An EU accord on halting oil imports from Russia by the end of the year, the latest response to Moscow’s... Published 10 May, 2022 01:23pm
Markets U.S. retail gasoline prices hit new record, as refiners struggle to meet demand Retail gasoline prices in the United States rose on Tuesday and hit another all-time record, surpassing one set in... Published 10 May, 2022 01:08pm
World Missiles pound Ukraine’s Odesa after Russia marks WW2 victory KYIV/KHARKIV: Buildings in Odesa lay in ruins on Tuesday, a day after Kremlin forces pounded the southern Ukrainian... Published 10 May, 2022 11:00am
Attachment of bank accounts of taxpayers: FBR orders sales tax/FED recovery only after approval by field committees