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Brussels: European Union leaders reached a compromise agreement on a plan to block more than two-thirds of Russian oil imports, BBC reported on Tuesday.This ban will only be applicable on oil that arrives by sea and not the one...

Kathmandu: Nepal on Monday said that rescuers have recovered 16 bodies from the site where a Twin Otter aircraft of Tara Air went missing on Sunday with 22 people on board including four Indians.The Civil Aviation Authority, however, tweeted...

By Mir Afroz ZamanDhaka: The Bangladesh-India passenger train services resumed after two years on Sunday with the flagging off of the Maitree Express train from Dhaka. The train with more than 170 passengers was flagged off from Dhaka Cantonment station...

Washington: The United States remains concerned about China’s efforts to “restrict and manipulate” the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet’s official visit to Beijing, US secretary of state Antony Blinken said.“We are concerned the conditions Beijing authorities...

Kathmandu: A Nepalese aircraft flying from Pokhara to Jomsom with 22 people onboard, including four Indians, went missing on Sunday.According to The Himalayan Times, the 9N-AET Tara-air aircraft carrying three crew, 13 Nepali, four Indian and two German passengers...

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday to discuss the situation in Ukraine and the global food security.Putin informed Macron and Scholz of the latest...

Kyiv: Russian forces were closing in on the strategic city of Severodonetsk in a relentless offensive to control Ukraine’s Donbas region, Khaleej Times reported on Friday.Reports said that the Russian forces were bombing residential areas in trying to capture...

Beijing: China's foreign ministry on Friday accused US Secretary of State Antony Blinken of "smearing" the country, after the American official delivered a speech calling for action to counterbalance Beijing's influence.In a long-awaited speech billed as the most comprehensive...

Washington: China and Russia vetoed the further tighten of United Nations sanctions on North Korea after the latter carried out a spate of missile launches this year, Al Jazeera reported on Friday.This is the first time there was a...

United Nations: China and Russia vetoed the US-sponsored resolution at the UN Security Council to impose additional restrictive measures on North Korea.The United States, on Thursday, undertook the resolution after North Korea test-launched three ballistic missiles this week toward...