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Washington: The United States is going to ease some economic sanctions on Venezuela in an effort to encourage resumed talks between Caracas and the opposition, Associated Press reported on Tuesday, citing US officials.The move will allow Chevron Corp. to...

London: London will amend the post-Brexit trade arrangements known as the Northern Ireland Protocol in the coming weeks, UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Tuesday.The Northern Ireland Protocol has long been a stumbling block in the relations between...

Washington: The United States has experienced at least 11 near misses between US craft and so-called unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Scott Bray said in a congressional testimony on Tuesday.“We have not had a collision,...

Moscow: Russia has decided to withdraw from the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS), the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday."In response to the hostile actions, Russian Foreign Minister S.V. Lavrov sent a message to the ministers of...

Colombo: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Monday that his country is down to its last day of petrol as it faces its worst economic crisis in more than 70 years, BBC reported.Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe in...

Kyiv: A moving photograph of a pregnant woman fleeing a bombed maternity hospital in Ukraine was widely circulated and became the most iconic images of the Russia-Ukraine war.But, according to the BBC report, its subject was targeted by an...

Ankara: Turkey's president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Monday that his country will oppose the admission of Finland and Sweden into NATO, just hours after they declared that they would seek the membership.President Erdogan said the two Nordic...

Brussels: All EU member states will support Sweden and Finland in joining NATO, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Tuesday."We will talk also about the demand from Finland and Sweden to become members of NATO, they...

Tokyo: Japan will allow the vaccinated tourists from four countries -- the US, Australia, Thailand and Singapore -- to have small-scale tours as a trial, the government said on Tuesday.The Japanese government said that it will accept small-scale tours...

Peshawar: In another incident of violence against minorities in Pakistan, two Sikhs were shot dead by unidentified armed men in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on Sunday. The Sikh community marched the streets of Peshawar in protest...