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Amman: Jordan and Egypt on Sunday denounced all violent actions by extremist Israeli groups against the Palestinians in the Old City of Jerusalem, calling on Israel to stop such activities immediately.During a phone call, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi...

Tehran: The Iranian Army on Sunday unveiled new indigenous military hardware in an event held in the capital Tehran, Press TV reported.A radar warning system was put on display in the event, which is capable of detecting and jamming...

Tezpur (Assam): A 53-year-old woman was killed and her body buried in a forest in a suspected case of "witch-hunting" in Sonitpur district of Assam, officials said on Sunday.According to senior officials, the gruesome incident took place at Geruajuli...

Kolkata: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee shredded the Centre Sunday over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, especially in terms of oxygen shortage and vaccine prices.Prime Minister Narendra Modi, she said, only gives "bhashan" (speeches). On her part, she...

New Delhi: As India reported over three lakh cases of coronavirus for the fourth straight day Sunday, Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik announced that the state will vaccinate its residents for free.Adding that the move has been discussed in the...

Yerevan: Armenian President Armen Sarkissian and the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed a statement by US President Joe Biden on Saturday, in which he referred to the 1915 mass killing of ethnic Armenians in Ottoman Turkey as genocide."We...

Buenos Aires: Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine is the most effective one in the world, Venezuelan Health Minister Carlos Alvarado said on Saturday, receiving a new shipment of doses from Moscow at the Caracas airport.In December 2020, Moscow and...

Ankara: The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has summoned US Ambassador David Satterfield to express protest in connection with US President Joe Biden's statement, in which he referred to the 1915 mass killing of ethnic Armenians in Ottoman Turkey...

Beijing: The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 13 new COVID-19 cases, all of which were imported, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Sunday.Of them, nine were reported in Shanghai, three in Fujian, and one in...

Moscow: China plans to launch the Chang'e 6 lunar probe to study the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the far side of the Moon and collect samples around 2024, official media reported on Sunday, citing the chief designer of the...