Warsaw, Aug 23 Polish President Andrzej Duda has travelled to Kiev to meet his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss military and humanitarian assistance, the Warsaw government announced on Tuesday. Cabinet office head Pawel Szrot said that Duda would then join Zelensky in online discussions in the context of the ...

Toronto, Aug 23 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will attend an economic conference in Toronto on Tuesday, the second day of the German leader's inaugural trip to Canada.The two heads of government will then travel to Newfoundland, where an agreement on stronger cooperation between the ...

Helsinki, Aug 23 A drug test taken by Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin in the wake of criticism of videos of her dancing at a party has come back negative, the government said. Marin said she had undergone a drugs test on August 19, amid mounting criticism after videos emerged ...

Brussels, Aug 23 Nearly half of Europe is at risk of drought, according to a report by the European Commission's science and knowledge service (JRC). The report, published on Monday, said that, as of August 10, 47 per cent of Europe's territory has reached a warning level for drought while ...

Moscow, Aug 22 Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said that it has detained an Islamic State (IS) suicide bomber who was plotting a terror attack in India, the media reported. In a statement, the FSB said that the IS terrorist was plotting the "attack against a member of India's elite ...

Tokyo, Aug 21 Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday tested positive for Covid, local media reported. The Japanese Prime Minister, who was having slight fever and cough since Saturday night, has tested positive for Covid, Kyodo news reported quoting his office as saying. The 65-year-old leader is resting at ...

Tokyo, Aug 21 The Japanese government wants to extend the range of its Type 12 surface-to-ship missiles to at least 1,000km -- and modify them to be launched from vessels and aircraft and to strike ground targets -- in order to close the "missile gap" with China, local media reported. ...

Berlin, Aug 21 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck are travelling to Canada on Sunday for energy talks. Their main goal during their three-day visit is to deepen cooperation between the two countries in the climate and energy sectors, dpa news agency reported. However, their talks with ...

Islamabad, Aug 21 The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has imposed a ban with immediate effect on the live telecast of speeches of former Pak Prime Minister Imran Khan after he threatened state institutions and government officials with serious consequences, Geo News reported Sunday. Imran Khan's addresses are in ...

Nicosia, Aug 21 Cyprus will oppose a proposal which is expected to be made by some member states of the European Union (EU) to impose a ban on visas for Russian citizens, a senior official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The Ministry's Permanent Secretary Kornelios Korneliou told the ...