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Colombo: Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Saturday informed Russia through the Foreign Ministry Secretary that the issue over the Aeroflot aircraft is a private legal issue and not between the two countries after the Russian flagship carrier,...

Washington: On the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken termed the crackdown as "a brutal assault" and said the victims would not be forgotten.On Saturday, he said, "We commemorate the...

New York: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has renewed his call for "immediate halt to violence" on the 100th day of Russian invasion into Ukraine."I renew my call for an immediate halt to violence, for unfettered humanitarian...

Moscow: Russia is looking into the possibility of extending the ruble payment requirement for certain types of goods other than natural gas, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Friday."As the practice of payments for Russian gas shows,...

London: The UK Defence Ministry on Friday said Russia controls over 90 per cent of Luhansk Oblast of Ukraine and is likely to complete control in the next two weeks. Luhansk Oblast is the easternmost administrative region of Ukraine. The UK...

Colombo: A Russian-operated airplane was seized by Sri Lankan authorities on Thursday shortly before it was due to return to Moscow with nearly 200 people on board, airport officials said, according to Khaleej Times.The Aeroflot Airbus A330, which had...

Nanjing: Two 385-meter-tall power transmission towers, the tallest of their kind in the world, began the wiring process on Thursday across the Yangtze River, the longest river in Asia.The twin towers built on each side of the Yangtze in...

Beijing:  The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) will conduct more military exercises in the Taiwan Strait, keeping in mind the worst-case scenarios due to rising tensions with Japan and the US, the Global Times newspaper reported, citing a Chinese...

Rome: Italy will run NATO's mission in Bulgaria, conducted as part of efforts to strengthen the alliance's eastern flank, Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini said.“We are already present in Latvia and Romania, exercising control over the airspace, and if parliament...

Chisinau: After February 24, Moldova has nearly stopped its political dialogue with Russia, Foreign and European Integration Minister Nicu Popescu said."Since the hostilities in Ukraine, the political dialogue with Russia has actually been interrupted. But the dialogue continues...