NEW DELHI: Two Indian army officers and a senior police official were killed in a gunfight with militants in the Jammu and Kashmir region on
WASHINGTON: The poverty rate in the United States rose to 12.4 per cent in 2022, with child poverty more than doubling from 2021, reported Xinhua
VENICE: Tourists looking to explore the iconic Italian lagoon city of Venice will have to pay a €5 (US$5.40) admission fee on certain days in
TOKYO: The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has confirmed the detection of radioactive material leaks in one of its nuclear fuel research facilities but reported
MOSCOW: North Korea launched an unspecified ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan early Wednesday, reported Sputnik, citing Yonhap news agency that quoted South Korea’s
SHENZHE (China): More than 70 crocodiles escaped from a crocodile farm in southern China after severe flooding, authorities reported. The animals escaped in the city
NEW YORK: About 100,000 children have been affected by the powerful earthquake that struck Morocco last Friday, the UN Children’s Agency (UNICEF) said Monday. ”While
LONDON: British Airways (BA) passengers and crew members taken hostage in Kuwait in 1990 are preparing to take legal action against the UK government and
MOSCOW: The number of suicides among Thai citizens reached a record high of 4,800 cases in 2022, reported Sputnik. In 2018, the suicide rate was
WASHINGTON: A State Department spokesperson confirmed to Sputnik that Secretary of State Antony Blinken last week signed a waiver advancing a prisoner exchange deal with
