International

AFP/APP Washington: Greenhouse gas emissions in the United States rose last year, snapping a two-year streak of declines, as cold winter temperatures drove demand for heating fuel and the artificial intelligence (AI) boom led to a surge…

News Desk  Tashken: A joint team of archaeologists from Uzbekistan and China has uncovered a section of the remaining walls of the ancient Kuva settlement in Uzbekistan, dating from between the 3rd century BC and the 10th century AD.…

AFP/APP Paris, France: Iranians took to the streets in new protests against the clerical authorities overnight despite an internet shutdown, as rights groups warned on Sunday that authorities were committing a "massacre" to quell the…

News Desk  New York: US President Donald Trump has been briefed on military options for a potential strike on Iran amid continuing protests in several Iranian cities, but has not yet made a final decision, according to reports by The New…

AFP/APP Lyon, Jan: Two separate avalanches claimed the lives of three off-piste skiers in the French Alps, local officials said on Saturday. In one incident, two French off-piste skiers died after being buried by an avalanche at…

AFP/APP Paris: Fresh mass rallies swept across major Iranian cities overnight as protesters denounced the Islamic republic, with the son of the ousted shah calling on demonstrators to move beyond street protests and seize and hold city…

AFP/APP Nuuk: Greenland’s political parties on Friday firmly rejected suggestions by US President Donald Trump that Washington could use force to seize the mineral-rich Danish autonomous territory, declaring that Greenland’s future must…

News Desk Washington: In an unusual display of bipartisan dissent, the US Senate on Thursday advanced a resolution that would prevent President Donald Trump from conducting further military operations in Venezuela without explicit…

News Desk  Dhaka: Bangladesh’s interim government has ordered its key diplomatic missions in India, including the High Commission in New Delhi, to suspend visa services citing security concerns, highlighting continuing strains in…

AFP/APP Manila: Rescue workers on Friday searched for dozens of people feared buried under a mountain of garbage that collapsed at a landfill in the central Philippines, killing at least one person. Dozens of sanitation workers were…