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Paris:France's helicopter carrier Dixmude will take part in military drills in the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean alongside ships of the Japanese maritime self-defense forces and the Australian, Indian and US navies, media reported on Friday.The Dixmude...

Pyongyang: North Korea adopted a new law on the protection of "state secret" at a plenary meeting oft the country's parliament to ensure national security and develop the socialist system in the country, the state-run Korean Central News Agency...

Stockholm: Finland remains determined to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) together with Sweden, visiting Prime Minister Sanna Marin said when she met her Swedish counterpart here on Thursday.They also discussed Sweden's current Presidency of the Council of...

Naypyidaw:Myanmar’s military government has announced a six-month extension of the state of emergency which was imposed when it seized power in the country in 2021, in order to prepare for general elections, media reported Wednesday.The junta's announcement reportedly took...

Tokyo: The number of crimes recorded in Japan in 2022 rose for the first time in the last 20 years, following the easing of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions in the Asian nation, the Kyodo news agency reported on Thursday,...

Beijing: The Taiwanese Defense Ministry said on Thursday that the island’s armed forces registered 23 military aircraft and four ships of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) approaching the island in the last 24 hours."23 PLA aircraft and 4...

Washington: The US imposed new visa restrictions targeting the Taliban over banning women from attending university and working with NGOs, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement."I am taking action today to impose additional visa restrictions on...

Jerusalem:The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has confirmed it is striking the Gaza Strip."Initial report: The IDF is currently striking in Gaza. Details to follow," the IDF said on Twitter.Earlier, Reuters reported citing eyewitnesses that Israeli air strikes hit Gaza...

Donetsk: Ukrainian troops have fired ten 155-millimeter projectiles on the city of Donetsk, the Donetsk People's Republic's (DPR) representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC) of issues related to Ukraine's war crimes said in a...

Washington:President Joe Biden has announced a series of steps his administration plans to undertake to encourage and pressure businesses such as banks, hotels and airlines to stop charging the public "junk fees," the White House said in a statement...