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Naypyidaw: A court in Myanmar's capital, Naypyidaw, on Friday sentenced the country's ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and former President Win Myint to seven years in prison each on five corruption charges, Myanmar's Mizzima News portal reported, citing...

Jakarta: Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Friday announced the ending of all restrictions on public activities previously introduced in the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic."The COVID-19 pandemic has been under control in the past few months and as...

Tehran: The Iranian government appointed Mohammad Reza Farzin as the new governor of the Central Bank of Iran to replace Ali Salehabadi, whose resignation was accepted by the cabinet.The move was widely seen as Iran's latest effort to contain...

Tel Aviv: The Israeli parliament swore in Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister of a new government on Thursday following a debate that saw the opposition accuse his far-right cabinet of threatening democracy and ignoring the Arab minority.The Knesset met...

Sao Paulo: Former Brazilian football star Pele, three-time World Cup champion, died on Thursday at the age of 82 in a hospital in Sao Paulo, victim of colon cancer, his doctors officially reported.The Athlete of the Century had been...

Yerenvan: Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Thursday called on Russia to initiate a discussion in the United Nations Security Council on the blockade of the Lachin corridor, the only road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia.Since December 12, the road,...

Washington: US entrepreneur and Twitter owner Elon Musk on Thursday announced the implementation of changes to the social network’s database server to speed up its work."Significant backend server architecture changes rolled out. Twitter should feel faster," Elon Musk tweeted.In...

Phnom Penh: At least ten people have died, and 30 others have been injured in a massive fire at the Grand Diamond City casino-hotel in the town of Poipet on the Cambodian-Thai border, Poipet Town Hall Administration chief Nhem...

Moscow: The European Union and 12 other countries have urged the Taliban to reverse their decision to prohibit Afghan women from working in non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the US State Department said on Wednesday.On Saturday, Afghan media reported that the...

Manila:The death toll from heavy rain and floods triggered by shear line in the Philippines has climbed to 32, according to the government data released on Thursday.The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council tallied 23 deaths in southern...