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Doha: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the head of the delegation of the Taliban movement at the intra-Afghan peace talks in Doha, on Saturday advocated building a society that is underpinned by Islamic values.Earlier in the day, the latest...

Washington: A rare case of a person infected with the monkeypox virus has been detected in the US state of Texas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a press release."The Centers for Disease Control and...

Tokyo: The first case of COVID-19 has been detected in the Olympic village in Tokyo, the NHK broadcaster reported on Saturday, citing the Organizing Committee.The infected person is a member of one of the foreign delegations, there is no...

Guwahati: Assam on Friday reported 24 more COVID-19 deaths, raising the caseload to 5,44,227, according to a bulletin issued by the National Health Mission, Assam.As many as 1,782 more people tested positive for the infection in the last 24...

Washington: A group of US Air Force B-52 bombers have been deployed to the Indo-Pacific region to demonstrate commitment to American allies in the region, Strategic Command said on Thursday.“A group of U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortresses, Airmen and...

Guwahati: Assam recorded 1,992 fresh COVID-19 cases on Thursday, taking the state total tally to 5,42,445, according to a National Health Mission (NHM) bulletin.In the last 24 hours, 27 fatalities were also recorded, pushing the COVID-19 death toll to...

Beijing: The Chinese GDP has increased by 12.7 percent year-on-year within the first six months of 2021, the China Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday."According to preliminary data, the Chinese GDP has reached 53.216 trillion yuan ($8.2 trillion), with...

Washington: The United States government is going to pay $10 million in a bounty to those who are ready to provide information on cyberattacks directed by foreign governments, the US Department of State's Rewards for Justice program said on...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday described the British-era sedition law as "colonial" and asked whether it was "still necessary after 75 years of Independence".The court said it would examine the validity of the sedition law and sought the Centre's...

Moscow: The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil has increased by 57,736 to 19,209,729 within the past 24 hours, the national Ministry of Health said on late Wednesday.According to the ministry, the death toll has risen by 1,556...