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Beijing: Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian on Tuesday said that Beijing is insisting the US to cancel House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.He said, "If Speaker Pelosi visits Taiwan, it would seriously violate the one-China...

Jakarta: The Indonesian authorities are set to block social media applications and online sites including Google, Facebook, and WhatsApp in several days if they fail to register with the country's Ministry of Communications and Informatics.The digital giants are given...

Tehran: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Tehran, on his second visit outside Russia since the start of the Ukraine war.The Russian President met with Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi here and will meet Iran's supreme leader and Turkish President...

London: Lawmakers in the House of Commons, the lower house of the British Parliament, backed outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government in a confidence vote.Johnson's government called for the confidence vote itself to see off a rival move by...

Islamabad: Around 23 people have died and 26 others are still missing after a boat carrying members of the wedding party capsized in the Indus River, The News reported on Tuesday.Locals were able to rescue 45 people while rescue...

Islamabad: Despite the heavy loss in the Punjab provincial election and the renewed demand by the opposition Pakis­tan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) fresh demand for early general elections, the two main components of the ruling coalition — the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz...

Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan once again renewed his threat to “freeze” the bid of Sweden and Finland's bid to join NATO unless the military alliance complies with Ankara’s conditions, Khaleej Times reported.Erdogan had earlier called on the...

Islamabad: A day after PTI’s resounding victory in the by-elections held in 20 constituencies of Punjab, the party has nominated Chaudhry Parvez Elahi as their candidate for the office of chief minister of Punjab, Dawn reported on Tuesday.In...

Warsaw: Poland has acquired the first Abrams tanks from the United States for the training of military personnel, the Polish Ministry of National Defence said on Monday.Last week, the Polish military announced that it was purchasing 116 used...

Madrid: Wildfires have so far burnt more than 22,000 hectares of woodland and scrub in Spain since the start of the heatwave over a week ago, emergency services calculated.Temperatures above 44 degrees centigrade in southern and southwestern Spain and...