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Moscow: When Vladimir Kara-Murza announced he was returning to Moscow earlier this year, his wife Evgenia knew the risk but did not try to stop him. Amid the Ukraine war and mass protests, the opposition activist insisted on being...

Colombo: A Sri Lankan judge has asked the police to question former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa about the source of Rs 17.8 million found in the Presidential Palace when anti-government protesters raided it in July, it was reported on Monday.Colombo...

Los Angeles: Country music star and philanthropist Dolly Parton has been awarded a $100m prize by Jeff Bezos, the multi-billionaire founder of Amazon.Bezos announced the award alongside his partner, Lauren Sanchez, reports BBC.Sanchez described Parton as "a woman who...

Istanbul: The blast in Istanbul's popular pedestrian avenue that killed six and wounded 81 was confirmed to be a terror attack, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said."We evaluate this to be an act of terror, carried out seemingly by...

Paris: Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande will hold discussions with senior military leadership of France to further enhance the existing defence relations between the two countries.General Manoj Pande has come to France on a four day visit, from November...

Washington: The United States will "vigorously" compete with China and speak out against human rights abuses in the country, but Washington will make sure that the competition does not turn into a conflict, President Joe Biden said on Sunday...

Ankara: The Sunday explosion in central Istanbul left four people dead and 38 injured, the governor of the Turkish capital, Ali Yerlikaya, said.The blast occurred on the pedestrian tourist street Istiklal on Sunday afternoon."According to preliminary data, as a...

Canberra: Tens of thousands of people in the Australian state of South Australia (SA) have been left without electricity after a severe thunderstorm hit the state.SA recorded more than 423,000 lightning strikes on Saturday as a storm system brought...

Houston: Two vintage planes collided in mid-air during an air show in Dallas, south central US state Texas, said the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).Videos on Twitter showed that following the collision on Saturday, the two aircraft rapidly descended, causing...

London: A UK High Court judge has ordered Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and his son-in-law Imran Ali Yousaf to file a reply in a defamation suit they brought against the publisher of the Mail On Sunday and also...