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Taipei: Taiwan's Navy S-70 anti-submarine helicopter crashed off the island's coast during a training session, with four crew members sustaining some injuries, Taiwanese media reported on Wednesday.According to Taiwan's state-controlled Central News Agency, the helicopter was taking part in...

Damascus:  Eleven soldiers and two civilians were killed in a bus attack in northern Syria on Monday, according to a Syrian military statement.The bus was ambushed at 6:30 am local time while en route from the northern province of...

Tokyo:  Dozens of demonstrators rallied in Hiroshima on Saturday to protest the Japanese government’s decision to skip a global debate on nuclear weapons next week, media said.An estimated 80 people, according to the Kyodo news agency, gathered in the...

Washington: The dollar’s international standing could be impacted by the swift evolution in global finance, especially in cryptocurrencies, despite the US currency’s reign as a store of value, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Friday.“Looking forward, rapid changes are...

Moscow: Kyiv will end visa-free entry to Ukraine for Russian citizens starting July 1, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday."Ukraine introduces a visa regime with Russia... Following a planned decision of the Cabinet of Ministers, Ukraine will introduce...

Washington:  The FBI and the Department of Commerce have launched an investigation into how Russia obtained US-made computer chips that have been found in military equipment captured in Ukraine, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.Federal agents from both agencies...

Washington: The world's major banks - US JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs - have suspended operations on servicing Russia's debt obligations, Bloomberg reported, citing sources.The US Department of the Treasury earlier refused to renew a general license that allowed...

Tokyo: Japan will almost double its defense spending to $74.5 billion, Chairperson of the Policy Research Council of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party Sanae Takaichi said on Monday."As for defense spending, the 2 per cent of GDP bar is...

Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday he has tested positive for Covid-19."I’ve tested positive for Covid-19. I’ll be following public health guidelines and isolating. I feel okay, but that’s because I got my shots. So, if...

Brussels: NATO aims to resolve difficulties in Turkey's relations with Finland and Sweden to accept the two Nordic states in the alliance as soon as possible, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday"The aim is to solve those...