PARIS (AFP) - Earth has endured 12 months of temperatures 1.5C hotter than the pre-industrial era for the first time on record, Europe's climate monitor said Thursday, in what scientists cal…

[Maldives] (ANI): Amid rising fiscal deficits and public debt, Maldives remains at "high risk" of external and overall debt distress, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its …

TEL AVIV (AFP) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday discussed ways to secure the release of Gaza hostages with moderates in the Israeli war cabinet a day after Prime Minister Benja…

ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Millions of Pakistanis voted Thursday in an election marred by rigging allegations, with authorities suspending mobile phone services throughout the day and the country's m…

BEIJING (Xinhua) -- In 2023, Chinese police investigated 40,000 cases involving the violation of intellectual property rights (IPRs) or the manufacturing and selling of substandard goods, accord…

BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese tech giant Tencent said it last year dismissed more than 120 employees for violating its anti-fraud rules, including for corruption and embezzlement.   &nb…

COLOMBO (AFP) - Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is "gradually" emerging from its worst economic crisis after the austerity of an IMF bailout, the president said Sunday in a speech to mark inde…

Kabul [Afghanistan] (ANI): International organisations have called for lifting the ban on girls' education, as for over two years now, girls have been barred from accessing education in Afgh…

COLOMBO (Xinhua) -- Around 40 inmates escaped from the state-run Kandakadu Treatment and Rehabilitation Center in North Central province in Sri Lanka on Wednesday night, Commissioner General of …