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Ukrainian servicemen walk among debris of damaged buildings after a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Russia strikes Ukraine's big cities, bears down on Mariupol

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine needs more heavy weapons from the West immediately to have any chance of...

17 April 2022 7:14 AM GMT

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (AP)

Russia bans UK PM, top Indian-origin ministers Sunak and Patel

The Russian Foreign Ministry said the list will be expanded in the near future to include more British politicians and...

16 April 2022 9:32 PM GMT

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev. (AP)

Russia 'would deploy nuclear arms' near Finland, Sweden if join NATO

Finland said this week it will decide whether to apply for NATO membership within weeks and Sweden is also discussing...

14 April 2022 5:27 PM GMT

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. (AP)

UN says Ukraine war threatens to devastate many poor nations

The war is supercharging a crisis in food, energy and finance in poor countries that were already struggling to deal...

14 April 2022 5:40 AM GMT

Joe Biden (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Russia war a 'genocide,' trying to 'wipe out' Ukraine: Biden

Biden said it would be up to lawyers to decide if Russia's conduct met the international standard for genocide, as...

13 April 2022 5:05 AM GMT

Sri Lankans demanding president Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign over the debt-ridden countrys worst economic crisis protest in the rain outside the presidents office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, April 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lanka announces default on all external debt

The finance ministry said creditors were free to capitalise any interest payments due to them from Tuesday afternoon

12 April 2022 7:15 AM GMT

Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin during the fourth U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue at the State Department, in Washington, DC. (PTI Photo)

U.S. monitoring rise in human rights abuses in India: Antony Blinken

Ministers Rajnath Singh and Jaishankar, who spoke after Blinken at the briefing, did not comment on the human rights...

12 April 2022 6:42 AM GMT

A policeman examinares the corpse of a man killed during the war with Russia in Bucha, in the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Mayor: More than 10,000 civilians dead in Ukraine port city

Mariupol has been the site of some of the heaviest attacks and civilian suffering in the 6-week-old war

12 April 2022 6:28 AM GMT

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president, Shehbaz Sharif. (AFP)

Shehbaz Sharif sworn-in as new Prime Minister of Pakistan

Shehbaz will now form a new government that can remain in place until elections are due in August 2023

11 April 2022 10:24 PM GMT

Supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party of dismissed Pakistans Prime Minister Imran Khan, take part in a rally in his support in Peshawar on April 10, 2022. (Abdul MAJEED / AFP)

Imran Khan thanks supporters for protesting against 'US-backed' regime...

In an attempt to galvanise his supporters, Imran said, 'it is always the people who protect their own sovereignty and...

11 April 2022 6:29 AM GMT

In this image provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson walk in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 9, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

Civilians flee east Ukraine as Kyiv readies for 'big battles'

Hailing the country's response to the Russian invasion, Boris Johnson offered Ukraine armoured vehicles and anti-ship...

10 April 2022 6:01 AM GMT

In this file photo taken on July 25, 2018, Pakistans cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan speaks to the media after casting his vote at a polling station during the general election in Islamabad. (AAMIR QURESHI / AFP)

Imran Khan becomes first Pak PM to be ousted by no-confidence vote

No prime minister in Pakistan's history was ever ousted through a no-confidence motion

10 April 2022 1:43 AM GMT