Singapore: Plastic use in G20 countries is on course to nearly double by the middle of the century unless a comprehensive and legally binding global treaty to curb consumption is drawn up, according to research published on Monday. Existing programmes to boost recycling or cut single-use

Geneva: The United Nations said it needed $4.3 billion this year to help millions of people in war-ravaged Yemen, ahead of a donors’ conference on Monday. Aid agencies need the money to help more than 17 million people in the country, which has been devastated by

Kyiv: The United States warned China of serious consequences if it provided arms to support Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as Kyiv's top general visited the frontline town of Bakhmut where Ukrainian defenders were holding out against constant attacks. Air raid sirens blared in the capital Kyiv

Islamabad: As the nation marks the fourth anniversary of the successful "Operation Swift Retort" against the Indian intrusion, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Major General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said on Monday that Pakistan is all prepared to take the fight to the adversary's

Islamabad: Four years after the downing of two Indian Air Force aircraft and capture of one pilot, the IAF is yet to recover from the humiliation at the hands of a far smaller adversary – the PAF which exposed to the world the inherent military

New Delhi: After a video of a shop owner in India's Goa supporting the Pakistan cricket team went viral on social media, he was forced to publicly apologise and shout the phrase "Bharat Mata ki jai", Indian media reported. A group of men coerced the shop