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Iranian diplomats leave embassy in Albania after expulsion

TIRANA, Albania: The last staff of the Iranian Embassy in Tirana left the building Thursday after they were given 24 hours to leave Albania...

US approves USD 450 million F-16 fleet sustainment programme to Pakistan to meet counterterrorism threats

WASHINGTON: The Biden administration has approved a USD 450 million F-16 fighter jet fleet sustainment programme to Pakistan to help it meet current and...

US, India will work to advance free and open Indo-Pacific: WH

Washington: The US will join hands with India to advance a free and open Indo-Pacific and continue to work together to deliver opportunity, security,...

Putin, Xi Jinping to meet in Uzbekistan next week, official says

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet next week at a summit in Uzbekistan, a Russian official said Wednesday. The...

Biden administration announces USD 50 billion investment plan in chips to avoid dependency on China

WASHINGTON: The Biden administration has announced it will invest USD 50 billion in building up the domestic semiconductor industry to counter dependency on China,...

India now aspiring to take international trade to USD 2 trillion by 2030: Goyal

SAN FRANCISCO: India's goods and services exports have already crossed USD 675 billion in last fiscal year and the country is now aspiring to...

UN gives Gaza children tablets to connect with world

GAZA CITY: The United Nations said on Wednesday it was helping connect Palestinian children in the blockaded Gaza Strip to the outside world by...

Pakistan’s devastating floods endanger Mohenjo-daro’s world heritage tag

ISLAMABAD : In flood-stricken Pakistan where an unprecedented monsoon season has killed hundreds of people, the rains now threaten a famed archeological site dating...

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh meets Mongolia’s top leadership to boost bilateral ties

ULAANBAATAR: Rajnath Singh, the first Indian Defence Minister to visit Mongolia, met the top leadership of the country here on Tuesday, including President Ukhnaagiin...

Russia sends more energy to Asia as Europe cuts back

Berlin: Russia sent significantly more oil and coal to India and China over the summer compared with the start of the year, while European...

Putin attends joint military drills with China, others

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday attended sweeping war games in his country's far east involving troops from China and other nations, in...

Queen Elizabeth II appoints Liz Truss as Britain’s new Prime Minister

London: Conservative Party leader Liz Truss was on Tuesday formally appointed as Britain’s new Prime Minister by Queen Elizabeth II, becoming the third female...

UNHCR rushes aid to Pakistan amid raging floods in south

ISLAMABAD: The UN refugee agency rushed in more desperately needed aid Monday to flood-stricken Pakistan as the nation's prime minister travelled to the south...

China accuses Washington of cyber-spying on university

BEIJING: China on Monday accused Washington of breaking into computers at a university that US officials say does military research, adding to complaints by...

Two Russian embassy staff dead, 11 injured after suicide bomb blast near Russian Embassy in Kabul

KABUL: Two Russian embassy staff in Kabul were killed when a suicide bomber detonated explosives near the entrance of the embassy, in a blast...

Low testosterone levels may increase the risk of COVID-19 hospitalisation for men: Study

Washington: Men diagnosed with COVID-19 and having low testosterone levels are more likely to be hospitalised with the viral disease than those with normal...

Biden picks White House veteran to run revived climate drive

Washington: President Joe Biden on Friday brought back John Podesta, a behind-the-scenes veteran at getting things done on climate in past Democratic administrations, to...

Ukrainian port city, Kharkiv come under Russian shelling

Kyiv: Russian shelling hit the southern Ukraine port city of Mykolaiv during the night, damaging a medical treatment facility, the city's mayor said Sunday. Mykolaiv...

Indian Army chief Gen Pande arrives in Nepal on 5-day visit to bolster defence ties

Kathmandu: Indian Army chief Gen Manoj Pande arrived here on Sunday on a five-day official visit during which he will hold extensive talks with...

US, India 2+2 Intersessional Meeting and Maritime Security Dialogue in Delhi next week

WASHINGTON: A group of senior US officials will travel to India next week to attend the US-India 2+2 Intersessional Meeting and Maritime Security Dialogue,...

California wildfire destroys 100 homes, other buildings

Weed (US): A wind-swept wildfire in rural Northern California tore through a neighbourhood and destroyed about 100 homes and other buildings, fire officials said...

PM Modi writes to UAE President Sheikh Mohamed to further cement bilateral strategic ties

DUBAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written a letter to UAE President Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan to further strengthen the strategic relations...

US senators condemn bulldozer display at India Day Parade in New Jersey

WASHINGTON: Two top American senators have condemned the display of a bulldozer at the India Day Parade in Edison, New Jersey, last month. Offices of...

‘We’ve gone back 50 years’: Pakistan farmers count flood damage

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's farmers are still counting their losses from the devastating floods that have put a third of the country under water, but the...

US angers China with potential $1.1 billion arms sale to Taiwan

Washington: The US State Department has approved a potential $1.1 billion sale of military equipment to Taiwan, including 60 anti-ship missiles and 100 air-to-air...

Turkey can mediate Ukraine nuclear plant standoff: Erdogan to Putin

ISTANBUL: Turkey can mediate in a standoff over Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station which is occupied by Moscow's troops, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told...

Russia says it foiled Ukrainian attempt to seize nuclear plant

KYIV: Ukrainian forces attempted to capture the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in an attack on the facility on Friday night, Russia’s defence ministry said...

Trump and his die-hard followers trying to undermine American democracy: President Biden

Washington: President Joe Biden has warned Americans that his predecessor Donald Trump and his die-hard followers are trying to “undermine” democracy and asked them...

High food, petrol prices can trigger protests in Pakistan: IMF

WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD: Rising inflation in Pakistan, accelerating to 27.3 per cent in August -- a 47-year high -- can trigger "social protest and instability" in...

China dismisses damning UN rights report on Xinjiang as ‘patchwork of disinformation’

Beijing: China on Friday brushed aside calls, including from UN chief Antonio Guterres, to implement the UN report accusing Beijing of "serious human rights...

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