IDUKKI, India -- Indian forest officials have tranquillised and relocated a rice-loving wild tusker elephant that killed at least six people, media reports said. The male elephant -- dubbed Arikomban, or "rice-tusker" -- was infamous for raiding shops for rice and grains in the southern state of...
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Saturday the expansion of cooperation between Iran and Iraq and the implementation of previously signed bilateral agreements serve the common interests of both sides, according to official news agency IRNA. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi...
BUDAPEST, Hungary --Â Pope Francis on Sunday called on Hungarians to be "open" toward migrants, as he wrapped up a three-day visit to the central European country whose nationalist premier has taken a staunch anti-immigration stance. Tens of thousands thronged a central Budapest square to hear the...
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dives Sunday into the final two-week stretch before a momentous election that has turned into a referendum on his two decades of divisive but transformative rule. The 69-year-old leader looked fighting fit as he strutted back on stage after...
DOHA, Qatar -- UN chief Antonio Guterres will gather international envoys at a secret location in Doha on Monday in an increasingly desperate bid to find ways to influence Afghanistan's Taliban rulers. Considered the world's biggest humanitarian crisis by the United Nations, Guterres' quandary has...
WASHINGTON, United States -- US President Joe Biden took it on the chin Saturday at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner as he laughed gamely through sharp jokes about his age, and hit back with a few of his own. US President Joe Biden laughs during the White House Correspondents'...
AMRITSAR, India -- A gas leak killed 11 people in India on Sunday, an official said, in the latest deadly industrial accident in the vast developing economy of 1.4 billion people. The gas leak happened in Giaspura, an industrial area of Ludhiana in the northern state of Punjab. National Disaster...
By Vicson Tan Esteemed guests and basketball personalities gathered Saturday night, April 29, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum to witness the draw ceremonies for the 2023 FIBA World Cup. *Dirk Nowitzki at the 2023 FIBA World Cup Draw. (Vickson Tan)* Among those present were FIBA Central Board members...
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It turned out that Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes was not only keeping tabs with their group in the 2023 FIBA World Cup but also the fixtures of other Asian teams as that could also play a factor in the country's chances of qualifying to the 2024 Paris Olympics. *The 2023 FIBA World Cup...
