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Tokyo: Tokyo on Friday froze the assets of 22 Russian individuals and 3 companies against the background of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine, according to a statement on the Japanese Foreign Ministry's website."Asset Freeze measures: Measures (i) and...

Tokyo: Tokyo on Friday banned exports of vaccines, medical equipment, medicines, nuclear materials and devices, and explosives detection equipment to Russia, the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry said."In connection with the international situation surrounding Ukraine and as...

Washington: Former US President Donald Trump has said that he could negotiate a cessation of the Ukraine conflict within 24 hours if he were still in office now and argued that the crisis would have never happened had he...

Dhaka:The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced an additional $75 million in humanitarian assistance to help Rohingyas in Cox’s Bazar and members of the Bangladeshi host community meet ongoing needs that have been exacerbated by the increasing...

Geneva: The Emergency Committee for COVID-19 of the World Health Organization (WHO) will hold a meeting on Friday to discuss whether the COVID-19 pandemic still constitutes a global emergency.The meeting will be convened by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus...

Geneva:The International Olympic Committee (IOC), accompanied with International Federations (IFs) and National Olympic Committees (NOCs), are seeking for ways to bring athletes of Russia and Belarus back to the international competitions, according to a statement released by the IOC...

Islamabad: Pakistan strongly condemned the ripping of a copy of the Quran in the Netherlands, calling it a "despicable act of desecration" and a blatant provocative Islamophobic hate crime committed under the guise of freedom of expression.Such offensive acts...

Tokyo: Japan on Thursday successfully launched a rocket carrying an intelligence-gathering radar satellite from the Tanegashima Space Center in the southern part of the country.The No. 46 H2A rocket, carrying the IGS (Intelligence Gathering Satellite) 7 spacecraft, lifted off...

Washington: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will travel to South Africa from January 25-27 to participate in bilateral trade talks with senior officials, the Treasury Department said."From January 25-27, Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen will participate in...

Wellington:Chris Hipkins was sworn in as New Zealand's prime minister on Wednesday succeeding Jacinda Ardern, who resigned less than one week ago.Local media reported that in 1997 Hipkins was arrested during a student protest outside parliament in Wellington but...