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Washington: NATO air forces have good coordination with partners in Sweden and Finland and are ready to integrate them as soon as the two countries join the alliance, Deputy Chief of Staff Operations at NATO's Headquarters Allied Air Command...

Colombo: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday ordered to impose curfew in the Western Province and also emergency law across the country with immediate effect.The order was issued after the police used tear gas and water cannons...

Kyiv: Ukraine has become an associate member of the Multilateral Interoperability Program (MIP), which takes care of the technical cooperation of the armies of NATO member states, according to Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov."Ukraine has strong IT (Information Technology)...

Washington: Former US national security advisor John Bolton has admitted that he helped plan coups in several countries while arguing that the January 6, 2021 riot in Washington fell short of such efforts, Khaleej Times reported on Wednesday.The attack...

Washington: More than 60 pc of Americans believe neither former President Donald Trump nor incumbent Joe Biden should run for re-election in 2024, according to a Politico-Morning Consult poll out Tuesday.The survey, which was conducted online from July 8-10...

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who is set to resign on Wednesday, and his equally embattled brother Basil Rajapaksa remained in the country on Tuesday after being stopped by immigration officials from flying out, news reports said.The President,...

Moscow: The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Monday that its officers arrested 11 members of an underground cell of the Islamic State (IS, banned in Russia) in the region of Karachayevo-Circassia in North Caucasus."The Federal Security Service...

Tokyo: The Japanese government on Monday announced it would be honoring former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with the Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum, the nation's highest decoration.Kyodo News quoted the Cabinet Office as stating that Abe...

Washington: Former strategist of Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, has informed the House select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Riots that he would testify.Last year, Bannon had refused to comply with the panel's subpoena and was also indicted...

Canberra: After a five-year campaign, the Aboriginal flag will now fly permanently on one of Australia's most iconic landmarks.According to The Sydney Morning Herald, the New South Wales (NSW) state government on Sunday abandoned plans to install a third...