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UN rights body agrees to appoint expert to scrutinize Russia

GENEVA: The U.N.’s top human rights body voted Friday to appoint an independent expert to step up scrutiny of Russia’s rights record at home...

US carrier, S Korea warships start new drills amid tensions

Seoul: The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan launched a new round of naval drills with South Korean warships on Friday, a day after...

Reconsider travel to Pakistan due to terrorism and sectarian violence: US in travel advisory

WASHINGTON: The US has urged its citizens to reconsider travel to Pakistan, especially its restive provinces, due to terrorism and sectarian violence. In a travel...

Gunman kills 35 in attack starting at Thai child care centre

Bangkok: A gunman who attacked a child care centre in Thailand and then fired from his car as he fled killed more than 30...

India, US, UK, France strongly condemn North Korea’s ballistic missile launch

United Nations: India, joining the US, UK and France, has strongly condemned North Korea's ballistic missile launch which overflew Japan, with New Delhi underlining...

Russian rockets slam into Ukrainian city near nuclear plant

Kyiv: Seven Russian rockets slammed into residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia before dawn Thursday, killing two people and trapping at least five in the city...

Putin wouldn’t survive nuclear attack: Zelenskyy

Canberra: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday it was “hard to say” whether the risk of nuclear war had increased with his military’s...

India is willing to do whatever it can to facilitate solution to Ukraine crisis:EAM Jaishankar

Auckland: India is willing to do whatever it can to facilitate a solution to the Ukraine crisis, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on...

US experts call for ‘pragmatic engagement’ with Pakistan

Washington: A group of experts in the United States has called for "pragmatic engagement" with Pakistan, saying the US administration had pinned great hopes...

Putin facing further isolation from international community: White House

Washington: Russian President Vladimir Putin is facing isolation from the international community, the White House said as it took note of Indian Prime Minister...

2 killed, 18 injured as blast hits Kabul mosque in vicinity of interior ministry

Interior ministry compound is in a secure area next to Kabul international airport Kabul: A blast hit a mosque in Afghanistan's capital in the vicinity...

Taiwan vows to respond to China’s military flight incursions

TAIPEI: Taiwan's defence minister on Wednesday said the island will respond to incursions into its airspace by Chinese warplanes and drones, but gave no...

US military aid to Ukraine boosts risk of clash: Russian envoy

Washington: Washington's decision to send more military aid to Ukraine poses a threat to Moscow's interests and increases the risk of a military clash...

Majestic Hindu temple opens in Dubai

Dubai: A majestic new Hindu temple that blends Indian and Arabic architecture designs has been inaugurated here in Jebel Ali Village, with a powerful...

World is in `life-or-death struggle’ for survival: UN chief

Guterres said the COP27 meeting in Egypt “must be the place for action on loss and damage.” UNITED NATIONS: U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Monday...

US to impose costs on Iran for crackdown against protesters: Biden

Washington: US President Joe Biden has said they will impose costs on perpetrators of violence against peaceful protesters in Iran, the country witnessing protests...

Trump files $475 million defamation lawsuit against CNN

NEW YORK: Former President Donald Trump on Monday sued CNN, seeking $475 million in damages, saying the network had defamed him in an effort...

China keen on importing donkeys, dogs from Pakistan: Officials

Pakistan, which has the world's third largest population of donkeys, currently having 5.7 million animals, has earlier also exported the animals to China ISLAMABAD: China...

Iran says it launched test ‘tug’ into suborbital space

Tehran: Iranian state media said Tuesday the government has launched a space tug capable of shifting satellites between orbits. State TV said the Saman test...

N Korea fires ballistic missile that flew over Japan

SEOUL, South Korea: North Korea on Tuesday fired a ballistic missile over Japan, its neighbors said, escalating tests of weapons designed to strike key...

Russian parliament backs Putin’s annexation bill

MOSCOW: Russian lawmakers on Monday voted unanimously in favour of legislation to annex four regions of Ukraine, rubber stamping a move that escalates the...

EU summons Russian diplomats over ‘illegal annexation’ of Ukraine

BRUSSELS: The EU on Monday summoned Russia's top diplomat in Brussels as part of a coordinated move with member states to condemn President Vladimir...

Israel army kills two Palestinians in West Bank raid

RAMALLAH: Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Monday during what the army called an attempted car-ramming attack on soldiers...

Iran’s supreme leader breaks silence on protests, blames US

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei responded publicly on Monday to the biggest protests in Iran in years, breaking weeks of silence to condemn...

Ukraine presses on with counteroffensive; Russia uses drones

Kyiv: Russia attacked the Ukrainian president's hometown and other targets on Sunday with suicide drones, and Ukraine took back full control of a strategic...

Women protesters demand more security after Afghan bombing

KABUL: A group of Afghan women Saturday protested a suicide bombing that killed or wounded dozens of students in a Shiite education center in...

Pak Cabinet approves legal action against Imran Khan over leaked ‘foreign conspiracy’ cypher audio tapes

Islamabad: Pakistan's Cabinet on Sunday decided to launch legal action against former prime minister Imran Khan and his party's top leaders over audio leaks...

Mahatma Gandhi makes special appearance at UN, shares message on education

United Nations: In a first, Mahatma Gandhi made a special appearance at the United Nations, sharing his message on education at the world organisation...

India abstains, Russia vetoes UNSC resolution on Moscow’s illegal referenda’ in 4 Ukraine regions

United Nations: India, citing the "totality of the evolving situation," has abstained on a UN Security Council resolution, vetoed by Russia, that would have...

Putin slams West and US for ‘double standards’; cites plundering of India, Africa

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has reminded the world of the West's colonial policy, plundering of India and Africa, slave trade, and the use...

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