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Communications satellites launched into orbit to deliver high-speed internet
Tech company, OneWeb launches 36 satellites into space from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan
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Russian diplomats and military to hold security talks with US next month
Moscow earlier said it had received and was considering a NATO proposal to commence talks
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French tourist jailed in Iran goes on hunger strike
Benjamin Briere was held in 2020 after flying a helicam near the Turkmenistan-Iran border
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India bars Mother Teresa charity from receiving foreign funds
Move comes as hardline Hindu outfits affiliated to Modi's party accuse MoC of leading religious conversion programmes
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Russian court extends jail term for Gulag historian to 15 years
The sex abuse case is said to be trumped up to punish the historian for uncovering mass graves of Stalin's Gulags
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Bird flu kills thousands of cranes in Israel's worst wildlife disaster
Media report says children who had visited the reserve may have contributed to the spread of the flu
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China's Covid-19 cases edge higher as Xian steps up curbs
Xian reports 150 new local symptomatic coronavirus cases, a slight drop from the previous day's 155
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UK police probe video after intruder held at Queen’s castle
The intruder identifies himself as an Indian Sikh man 'seeking revenge for Jalianwala Bagh massacre'
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Jamaat-e-Islami hails Putin’s anti-blasphemy stance
JI Amir Sirajul Haq calls Russian president's stand ‘great’ effort to mitigate rising Islamophobia in West
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Chinese citizens slam Musk online after space station near-misses
Satellites from Starlink Internet Services had two 'close encounters' with Chinese space station on July 1 and Oct. 21
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Hindu vigilante groups disrupt Christmas celebrations on Modi territory
Activists vandalised life-size statue of Jesus Christ at Ambala in Haryana, a northern state governed by BJP
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Philippines typhoon death toll rises to 388: govt
Civil defence officials said more than four million people were receiving typhoon aid in 430 cities and towns
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New York sees four-fold increase in children hospitalised with Covid-19
Approximately half of admissions are younger than five, an age group that is vaccine ineligible, the department added
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UN 'horrified' by reports of massacre of civilians in Myanmar
I condemn this grievous incident and all attacks against civilians, says UN official
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Omicron grounds hundreds more US flights over Christmas weekend
Commercial airlines cancelled 656 flights within, into or out of the United States on Sunday
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Western states need united front against 'divisive' China: Trudeau
Beijing has been ‘playing’ Western countries against one another, says Canadian PM
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Moscow considering NATO proposal to hold talks
Russia had demanded NATO to give up military activity in Eastern Europe and Ukraine
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Three Israeli Mossad officers commit suicide in one year
Mossad says it’s working to prevent similar suicides in future
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Pope says Italy's plunging birthrate is a 'tragedy'
Warns that the decline represented a threat to the future of the country
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Swiss to allow simple legal gender transition from Jan. 1
Switzerland joins one of the few countries on the continent that allow a person to legally change gender
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Affidavit saga: ‘New exposé punctures Sharifs’ anti-judiciary campaign’
Analysts appreciate The Express Tribune for digging out the truth behind Rana Shamim’s affidavit
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Israel unveils plan to double settlers in occupied Golan
PM Bennett says this was the 'moment' to boost the number of Jewish Israelis living in the territory
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Saudi Arabia denies importing Christmas trees
Kingdom's customs authority says it is prohibited to import any religious signs other than Islam
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Covid-hit Xi'an tightens measures as China sees 21-month case record
The country reported the highest daily number since March 2020 on Sunday
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South African anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Tutu dies aged 90
He was considered nation's conscience by both Black and white, a testament to his faith, spirit of reconciliation
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Online racist abuse offenders to be banned from games: UK Home Secretary
Says those found guilty of the abuse won't be able to attend games for up to 10 years
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Saudi-led coalition hits Yemen rebel camp in ramped up air war
The coalition says it destroyed weapons storehouses in the rebel-held capital
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No trips for Afghan women unless escorted by male relative: Taliban
Women seeking to travel should not be offered transport unless accompanied by close male relative, says spokesperson
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'Back to me in a coffin' - bodies of migrants drowned in Channel reach Iraq
Ambulances then took the coffins to the home towns of those who died
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Afghan withdrawal, Russia tensions placed on NATO agenda in 2021
Possibility of dialogue in relations with Russia expected to be on NATO agenda next year
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India to give COVID-19 booster shots to healthcare workers from Jan. 10
India has reported a swift rise in Omicron cases, with the number reaching 415 overall across 17 Indian states
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France breaks 100,000 barrier for 24-hour Covid infections
Officials are concerned about the effect of the rapid spread of the Omicron variant
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Trickle-down misery: How Afghanistan's asset freeze hurts everyone
Even if limited funds were released, the bulk could be tied up in the American legal system for years
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France reports more than 100,000 Covid infections for first time
Health authorities say the number of patients in intensive care has gone up by 28 to 3,282
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More than 10,000 Russian troops returning to bases after drills near Ukraine
The country says that it can deploy its troops on its territory as it sees fit
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More than 30 killed, bodies burnt in Myanmar's Kayah state
Karenni Human Rights Group says they found the burnt bodies of internally displaced people
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Taliban govt scraps Afghanistan’s election commission
Senior Afghan politician says Taliban ‘do not believe in democracy and get power through bullets and not ballots’
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Intruder arrested for breaching British queen's castle grounds
The suspect is being held on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon
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Canada tracked mobile devices during Covid-19 lockdown
33 million mobile devices tracked to monitor people's location data during pandemic restrictions
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Saudi-led coalition launches 'large-scale' Yemen operation after deadly strike
Saudi's civil defence says two people were killed and seven others wounded in Houthi's projectile attack on Jazan
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Soldier martyred in North Waziristan checkpost attack
ISPR says army troops initiated a prompt response, area clearance operation underway
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NASA launches revolutionary space telescope to give glimpse of early universe
‘From a tropical rain forest to the edge of time itself, James Webb begins a voyage back to the birth of the universe’
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Taliban govt dismisses hundreds of members over abusive practices
Spokesperson says some offenders taken into custody, others going through interrogation
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US to lift travel curbs on eight African countries
Biden 'will lift the temporary travel restrictions on Southern Africa countries' effective Dec 31
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Philippine typhoon survivors wish for roofs and food at Christmas
Typhoon Rai killed nearly 400 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless
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More than 4,500 flights cancelled, delayed due to Omicron variant
Cancellations added to the pandemic frustration for many Americans who were eager to reunite with their families
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Calls for Muslim genocide at Hindu religious assembly spark outrage in India
Videos of Haridwar gathering in Uttarakhand state that called for violence against Muslims go viral
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At least 16 migrants dead in Greek shipwreck
Circumstances under which the vessel capsized are unclear
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NASA's revolutionary new space telescope due for launch from French Guiana
Webb telescope will take one month to coast to its destination in solar orbit roughly 1 million miles from Earth
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Global airline carriers scrap more than 2,000 flights: FlightAware
Website shows that as of 8:20am Eastern Time, 2,028 flights around the world had been scrapped
















































