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Beijing: The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) remains on high alert and stands ready to take firm countermeasures against all threats and provocations, its spokesperson said Wednesday.Shi Yi, the spokesperson with the Command, made...

Moscow: The partial mobilisation of military reservists ordered by Russian President is a sign of "weakness", the US Ambassador in Ukraine Bridget Brink said amid a clear threat issued by Vladimir Putin to the West."Sham referenda and mobilisation are...

Tehran: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said Washington has not yet taken any practical and serious action to prove that it seeks to compensate for its past behavior and remove the cruel sanctions against Iran, the Iranian presidency's website reported...

Colombo: India said on Tuesday that it remains supportive of Sri Lanka as it battles its worst economic crisis since independence i 1948.Commenting on media reports that India would offer no further financial support, the Indian High Commission here...

Sydney: Offenders in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) who refuse to provide information on the location of their victims' remains will be ineligible for parole under new laws.NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet said Tuesday that the...

Cairo: India and Egypt have signed an Agreement on cooperation in the field of defence that will pave the way for enhancing defence cooperation across all sectors of mutual interest.The MoU was signed during Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's bilateral...

London: Violent clashes between warring Hindu and Muslim mobs in Leicester in Britain left 16 policemen and a police dog injured over the weekend. Nearly 50 people have been arrested.Rob Nixon, Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police, called the riots...

Colombo: A mass revolt will become inevitable in Sri Lanka if a general election is not held within six months after the formation of an all-party government, a Buddhist monk warned in comments published on Tuesday.Mihintale Rajamaha Viharaya head...

Washington: The United States released a powerful Afghan drug lord after two decades of imprisonment at Guantanamo Bay detention camp in return for an American held prisoner by the Taliban, Afghan officials said."Honorable Haji Bashir was released after two...

London: A previously unseen portrait of the Queen smiling brightly has been released by Buckingham Palace on the eve of her funeral.Taken by photographer Ranald Mackechnie in May before the Platinum Jubilee celebrations, the picture shows the late monarch...