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Washington: The United States struggles to supply the Ukrainian troops with effective counterdrone systems to address the modern aerial threat, the Wall Street Journal said in a report, citing Western officials and analysts.The US Defense Department promised the delivery...

Washington: Digital technologies can help boost productivity in Asian countries following the economic scars induced by COVID-19 pandemic measures and luckluster productivity growth, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a blog."Deep economic scars from the pandemic and the...

Damascus: The Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group (banned in Russia) has not shelled Syria's Idlib de-escalation zone over the past 24 hours, Maj. Gen. Oleg Yegorov, deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in...

Kiev: Air raid warnings have been issued in Ukraine's Kharkiv Region and the Kiev-controlled part of Russia's Zaporizhzhia Region, according to the online air raid alert map of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.Russia began striking Ukrainian infrastructure on...

Washington: US Vice President Harris will swear in Ambassador Elizabeth Bagley to serve as next envoy to Brazil on Monday, a White House Official said on Monday.“Today, Vice President Harris will ceremonially swear in Ambassador Elizabeth Bagley as Ambassador...

Tokyo/Rome: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will pay an official visit to Italy on Tuesday to discuss bilateral relations and international issues, including Ukraine.The visit to Italy’s capital of Rome will take place as part of the prime minister's...

Mexico City: Peruvian Prime Minister Alberto Otarola called the attack on the airport in the city of Juliaca in the Puno Region, where, according to the latest reports, 17 anti-government protesters died, a planned action and called on the...

Brussels: The European Union and NATO should "cooperate more closely" amid the Ukrainian conflict, with European defense complementing NATO's collective defense, the two organizations said in a draft declaration, as quoted by Belgian newspaper L'Echo.On Tuesday, NATO Secretary General...

Lagos: Thirty-one passengers were taken hostage after gunmen attacked a train station in south Nigeria's Edo state, a spokesperson for the state government said.A group of gunmen broke into the Igueben train station on Saturday evening, firing shots sporadically...

Brasilia:Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva condemned the invasion of supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro into the country's Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court on Sunday.They would be punished "with the full force of law", Lula...