Agencies

Cairo: The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) air defense systems have intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles launched by the Ansar Allah (Houthi) movement, the Emirates News Agency (WAM) reports citing the UAE Defense Ministry.The remains of the missiles...

Washington: The US State Department has reissued its Russia travel advisory urging American citizens not to take trips to the country amid "tension" along the border with Ukraine."Do not travel to Russia due to ongoing tension along the...

London: The Russian Embassy in the United Kingdom Sunday called on London to stop rhetorical provocations around Ukraine, which is quite dangerous in the current heated situation."We are resolutely calling upon London to stop the stupid rhetorical provocations,...

London: The statement of the UK Foreign Office about Russia's intention to put a pro-Russian leader in power in Kiev is based on the information received from the US intelligence services, not British ones, Sky News reported on Sunday....

Vienna: The European Union is working on a new extensive package of economic and financial sanctions against Russia in case the situation around Ukraine escalates, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said."At the moment, the work is under way behind...

Panaji: As many as 24 legislators in Goa, which is 60 per cent of the total strength of the 40-member state Assembly, have switched parties in the last five years, a report by an organisation has said. The Association of...

Kiev: The United States has delivered around 200,000 pounds (90.7 tonnes) of lethal aid to Ukraine as part of its first shipment of new military assistance directed by President Biden amid tensions at the Ukrainian-Russian border, the US embassy...

Moscow: It is time the United States understands that it cannot contain Russia or China, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday."It is time for our American counterparts to understand that the policy of 'double deterrence' Moscow and Beijing...

London: The United Kingdom has sent a group of around 30 elite troops to Ukraine to train the country's armed forces on anti-tank weapons transferred to Kiev by London amid concerns about the escalation of the Ukrainian crisis, Sky...

New Delhi: In a significant verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday said the daughters of a male Hindu, dying intestate, would be entitled to inherit the self-acquired and other properties obtained in the partition by the father and get...