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Washington:The US Congress approved a bill on same-sex marriage and sent it to the White House.The House of Representatives passed the Respect for Marriage Act in a 258-169-1 vote, a week after it went through the Senate on Thursday.US...

Doha: Croatia head coach Zlatko Dalic has described Brazil as the most impressive team at this World Cup ahead of their quarterfinal clash on Friday.Croatia advanced to the last eight by beating Japan on penalties in the round of...

United Nations:In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) last week, M23 rebels killed at least 131 civilians, including 17 women and 12 children, a UN spokesman said."An additional 8 people were shot and wounded, 60 people were...

Moscow: Russian citizen Viktor Bout was exchanged for US basketball player Brittney Griner at the Abu Dhabi airport, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced."Washington categorically refused a dialogue on the inclusion of Bout in the exchange scheme. Nevertheless, Russia continued...

New Delhi: There is a fascination with the number seven as the days of the week, natural wonders, rainbow colours, and wedding vows are all ascribed to the number seven.The same number metaphorically describes India's northeastern states as "Seven...

Dhaka: The outgoing Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Bangladesh Li Jiming paid a farewell call on Foreign Minister Dr. A K Abdul Momen, MP at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dhaka Thursday. During the call,...

Doha:  Saudi and Chinese companies have signed 34 investment agreements as part of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Saudi Arabia, Saudi state media reported on Thursday.The signing ceremony took place on Wednesday. The deals cover green energy, hydrogen production,...

Astana: Up to 10 tankers carrying oil from Kazakhstan remain stranded in the Turkish straits of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles, the head of the KazMunayGas Kazakh oil and gas company, Magzum Mirzagaliev, said on Thursday."As of yesterday, there were...

Moscow: The United States and NATO are not occupying Iraq, but they are interfering in the country's internal affairs, Russian Ambassador to Iraq Elbrus Kutrashev told Sputnik."The situation in the country is very ambiguous. There has been no...

Mexico City:At least seven people were killed in a series of clashes between armed civilians and soldiers in Nuevo Laredo, a city in northeastern Mexico's Tamaulipas state that borders the United States, the state Secretariat of Public Security said.Given...