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Workers inspect a store damaged during an earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022. An earthquake shook Indonesias main island of Java on Monday damaging dozens of buildings and sending residents into the capitals streets for safety. (Photo: AP)

At least 44 dead in Indonesia quake: local official

CIANJUR: At least 44 people have been killed in an earthquake that rattled Indonesia's main island Java on Monday, a...

21 Nov 2022 3:41 PM IST

Activists from the group Just Stop Oil block a road in London, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022 demanding to stop future gas and oil projects from going ahead. British climate activists who have blocked roads and splattered artworks with soup said Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, that they are suspending a days-long protest that has clogged a major highway around London. (Photo: AFP)

Historic compensation fund approved at UN climate talks

Pakistan, Bangladesh to benefit among other poor countries at risk of being submerged

20 Nov 2022 9:29 AM IST

Smoke and flames rise after war planes belonging to the Israeli army carried out airstrikes over the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. (AFP)

Turkey launches airstrikes over northern Syria

Beirut: Turkey launched airstrikes over several towns in northern Syria on Saturday, US-backed Kurdish-led forces...

20 Nov 2022 9:18 AM IST

Much of Kims private life is still unknown. But South Korean media reported Kim married Ri, a former singer, in 2009, and that the couple have three children who were born in 2010, 2013 and 2017. It wasnt known which child Kim took to the launch site. But in 2013, after a trip to Pyongyang, retired NBA star Dennis Rodman told the British newspaper the Guardian that he and Kim had a relaxing time by the sea with the leaders family and that he held Kims baby daughter, named Ju Ae. Twitter

North Korea unveils Kim-'s daughter at missile launch site

It-'s the first time for North Korea-'s state media to mention the daughter or publicize her photos

19 Nov 2022 4:19 PM IST

Kim said his country is compelled to further bolster its overwhelming nuclear deterrence because U.S.-led military threats have been getting more transparent. AP

Kim says ICBM test proves capacity to contain US threats

Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the test of a newly developed intercontinental ballistic missile confirmed...

19 Nov 2022 3:16 PM IST

Even the European Union (EU), with its over-pious climate attitude, is forced to import coal and fire its coal plants in the wake of the Russia-Ukraine war, and the EUs economic sanctions against Russia and the Russian retaliation by closing gas supplies to Europe. (Representational Image/AFP)

Developed world tries to avoid responsiblity for climate change

No proposal on loss and damage funding in draft COP 27 climate deal document

18 Nov 2022 5:06 PM IST

Indian wheat has become competitive for the first time in years after Russias invasion of Ukraine upended the global grains trade, sparking a scramble for alternatives.

Russia-Ukraine grain deal extended in win for food prices

Russia had voiced dissatisfaction with the deal facilitating exports of Russian grain and fertiliser

18 Nov 2022 3:38 PM IST

US and South Korean officials say North Korea has finished preparations to conduct a nuclear test explosion in its remote testing facility in the northeast. AP

Seoul: North Korea fires ballistic missile toward sea

Annual military training between Seoul and Washington had been scaled back or cancelled to support now-dormant diplomacy...

17 Nov 2022 1:08 PM IST

Britains Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, left, and Indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi hold a bilateral meeting in Nusa Dua, Indonesia, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. (

PM Modi holds talks with British counterpart Sunak

BALI: The UK on Wednesday unveiled a new scheme offering 3,000 places annually to 18 to 30 year-old degree-educated...

16 Nov 2022 6:30 PM IST

Panamanian-registered crude oil tanker New Diamond after a fire aboard was extinguished, some 60 km off Sri Lankas eastern coast where a fire was reported inside the engine room. - A massive fire on a stricken oil tanker off Sri Lankas coast has been extinguished, the island nations navy said on September 6, as international salvage experts began to assess the damage over fears of an environmental disaster if there is a leak. (Photo by Handout / Sri Lankas Air Force / AFP)

Official says oil tanker hit by bomb-carrying drone off Oman

Dubai: An oil tanker associated with an Israeli billionaire has been struck by a bomb-carrying drone off the coast of...

16 Nov 2022 4:20 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaches Bali to attend the G20 Summit, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Indonesia hands over G20 presidency to India as Bali Summit ends

Bali: Indonesia on Wednesday handed over the G20 presidency to India for the coming year as the Bali summit of the...

16 Nov 2022 1:37 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Welcoming Dinner during G20 Leaders Summit, at the Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park, in Badung, Bali, Indonesia, on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. (PTI Photo)

First time after Galwan clash, Modi, China Prez Xi shake hands at G20...

Modi and Xi seen to have a brief conversation towards the end of dinner

16 Nov 2022 7:24 AM IST