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Kamala Harris becomes first woman to hold US Presidential power as Biden undergoes health exam

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden got a clean bill of health from the White House doctor on Friday after undergoing an extensive, routine check-up during...

Pak faces threat from within the country due to extremism: Fawad Chaudhry

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan faced no potential threat from India, the US or any other country but from within the country due to religious extremism, Information...

Pakistan Parliament approves chemical castration of habitual rapists

Islamabad: Sex offenders convicted of multiple rapes in Pakistan could face chemical castration after Parliament passed a new legislation that aims to speed up...

Pakistan’s Parliament enacts law to give Kulbhushan Jadhav right to file review

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Parliament in its joint sitting on Wednesday enacted a law to give Indian death-row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav the right to file a...

Son of slain Libyan dictator Gaddafi in the running for president: Report

TRIPOLI: The son of Libya’s late dictator Muammar Gaddafi appeared for nearly the first time in a decade on Sunday to register as a...

US expresses ‘concern’ over delivery of Russia’s S-400 missile system to India

WASHINGTON: The US has expressed its "concern" over the delivery of S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile defence systems from Russia to India but it remains...

US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention issues ‘Level One’ Covid travel health notice for India

Washington: The US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a 'Level One' Covid notice for Americans travelling to India, saying the...

Xi talks tough at summit with Biden; warns of ‘playing with fire’ over Taiwan

Beijing/Washington: Striking a tough posture at the much-awaited virtual summit with his US counterpart Joe Biden on Tuesday, President Xi Jinping said that China...

Cholesterol-lowering drug linked to reduced death risk from COVID-19: Study

London: Statins, which are used to lower the cholesterol levels in the body, may be associated with a slightly reduced risk of death from...

Why having bad oral health could raise the risk of Covid

Not brushing your teeth will get you in trouble with the dentist – but since the arrival of the pandemic, it could lead to...

China defends joining with India on coal ‘phase down’ instead of ‘phase out’ at COP26

BEIJING: China on Monday asked developed countries to stop using the coal first and provide financial aid to developing countries to adopt green technologies...

UN chief warns climate catastrophe close, Thunberg trashes deal at COP26

PARIS: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned of an impending “climate catastrophe”, while environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg dismissed Saturday’s COP26 climate conference deal as...

Climate deal emerges at COP26 summit, India intervenes on phasing out of fossil fuel

LONDON: Negotiators from nearly 200 countries have accepted a new climate agreement after the COP26 summit in Glasgow concluded its extra time plenary on...

Russia sees US, NATO Black Sea drills as ‘serious challenge’: Putin

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview aired Saturday that Moscow considered recent Black Sea exercises by the United States and other...

20 Indian fishermen released from Pakistan jail; to be transported till Wagah border: Official

KARACHI: Twenty Indian fishermen, who were released recently after languishing in Pakistan's Landhi jail, will be transported to the Wagah border on Sunday to...

Bomb hits mosque in Afghanistan, wounds at least 15: Taliban

KABUL (Afghanistan): A Taliban provincial spokesman says a bomb exploded in a mosque during Friday prayers, wounding 15 people in eastern Afghanistan, where Islamic...

Biden, Jinping expected to hold virtual summit on Monday as tensions mount over Taiwan

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden is expected to hold a hotly awaited virtual summit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Monday, US media...

China’s Xi warns against return to Cold War tensions at APEC meeting

WELLINGTON: The Asia-Pacific region must not return to the tensions of the Cold War era, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday, ahead of...

India, US are natural allies, especially in field of education: Dharmendra Pradhan

Washington: India and the United States are natural allies, especially in the field of education, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said and stressed that...

China’s Communist Party’s key conclave passes ‘landmark resolution’ cementing Xi’s power

Beijing: A high-profile conclave of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) has adopted a “landmark resolution” of the party’s major achievements in the...

China’s leaders ‘don’t understand’ diversity: Dalai Lama

Tokyo: Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama says China’s leaders don’t understand the variety of different cultures and that the ruling Communist Party’s...

India, US resolve to expand defence technology cooperation

NEW DELHI: In sync with their fast-expanding strategic ties, India and the US have resolved to strengthen defence technology cooperation by pursuing detailed planning...

With an eye on Indian Ocean, China delivers largest, most advanced warship to Pakistan

BEIJING: China has delivered its largest and most advanced warship to Pakistan as it seeks to beef up the navy of its all-weather ally...

US backs India and UK-led solar Green Grids Initiative at COP26

LONDON: The US has partnered with the UK and India-led Green Grids Initiative of a global energy grid launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

IMF welcomes India’s announcement at COP26 on renewables, net-zero target by 2070

WASHINGTON: The IMF has welcomed India's announcement at the COP26 summit on new targets to increase reliance on renewables and reduce the carbon intensity...

Covid-19 transmission rates in Europe ‘grave concern’: WHO

COPENHAGEN: A 53-country region in Europe and Central Asia faces the “real threat” of a resurgence of the coronavirus pandemic in the coming weeks...

Pentagon sharply raises its estimate of Chinese nuclear warheads

Says Beijing could have 700 warheads by 2027 and possibly 1,000 by 2030 Washington: The Pentagon has sharply increased its estimate of China's projected nuclear...

COVID-19: Singapore warns unvaccinated officials with unpaid leave as country reports 3,635 new cases

Singapore, concerned with a high level of daily COVID-19 cases and deaths, has warned that unvaccinated public officers will be placed on unpaid leave...

Unemployment claims drop to 269,000 in US, another pandemic low

WASHINGTON: The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to a fresh pandemic low last week, another sign the job market is healing...

China continues to be vague on permitting stranded Indians return

Beijing: China continues to be ambivalent about permitting stranded Indians working in the Chinese mainland but stuck back home since last year due to...

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