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Belgrade/Tel Aviv: The partially-recognized Republic of Kosovo chose to open its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem, the Kosovar Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.The two states established diplomatic relations on February 1 through the mediation of the United States."The Kosovo...

Moscow: More New Yorkers have died from COVID-19 than during World War II, the Vietnam War, Hurricane Sandy and 9/11 combined, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said.On Sunday, New Yorkers marked a year since the first COVID-19 fatalities...

Moscow: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to publish a new foreign policy review this coming week in which Russia will be described as a "hostile state" and the "biggest state-based threat," The Times reported on Sunday.The UK...

Naypyitaw: Security forces killed at least 14 protesters in a poor, industrial suburb of Myanmar's main city on Sunday and at least three people in other parts of the country, according to local media.State television said a policeman had...

Dibrugarh: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, who is in Assam on a three-day visit to canvas for Congress candidates, criticised the ruling BJP on Sunday for its alleged failure to fulfill promises, and asserted that his party will bag...

Mumbai: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested Mumbai Police officer Sachin Waze Saturday night after questioning him for 12 hours over the recovery of an explosive-laden vehicle near the residence of industrialist Mukesh Ambani, an agency spokesperson said.Waze was...

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s government says it will ban the wearing of the burqa and close more than 1,000 Islamic schools, the latest actions affecting the country’s minority Muslim population.Separately, the government on Saturday announced using a controversial anti-terror law...

Washington: The Biden administration has designated Myanmar citizens living in the United States as being eligible for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in the United States, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a statement on Friday."Secretary of Homeland...

Kolkata: Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha, a bitter critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi regime, on Saturday joined Trinamool Congress days ahead of the high- octane West Bengal assembly polls.Sinha, who served in the cabinet of former Prime Minister...

New Delhi: Election commissioners in any state must be independent persons and not appointed by the state government, the Supreme Court said Friday in a case involving civic body elections in Goa, NDTV reported.The Supreme Court also rebuked the...