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Tokyo: A Japanese woman certified as World's oldest person has died at the age of 119, according to officials on Monday.NHK quoted officials of Fukuoka Prefecture, western Japan, as saying that Tanaka Kane who had been living in...

Moscow: Russian air defence systems shot down two Ukrainian drones in Russia's Ukraine-bordering Kursk region, Kursk's Governor Roman Starovoit said Monday."Today, at 04:15 Moscow time (0115 GMT), the teams of Russian air defense systems shot down two Ukrainian...

Paris: French incumbent President Emmanuel Macron won the 2022 French presidential runoff with 18,779,641 votes, or 58.54 per cent of the valid votes, according to the preliminary results released Sunday night by the French Interior Ministry.Macron's rival, far-right...

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the country wants to strengthen bilateral ties with Russia, the media reported on Monday.Sharif has written a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin to respond and thanked him for his congratulatory...

Stockholm: World military expenditure reached an all-time high of $2.1 trillion in 2021, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said on Monday, adding that the five largest spenders are the United States, China, India, the United Kingdom, and...

Kyiv: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday, international media reported citing Ukrainian officials.The visit marks the most senior US officials to visit Ukraine since Russia's...

Moscow: A fire has erupted at an oil depot in the Russian city of Bryansk, located about 290 miles from the border with Ukraine, local emergency authorities report."Fire and rescue crews were sent to the location… Upon arrival,...

London: The United Kingdom will send 20 AS90 tracked Howitzers and some 45,000 British-made high explosive shells to the Ukrainian military next week to help fend off Russia's advance, a source confirmed to British newspaper Express on Saturday night....

Male: Russia's flag carrier Aeroflot is to resume flights to the Maldives from May 13, the Maldives Civil Aviation Authority announced on Sunday.The civil aviation authority said Aeroflot would operate one daily flight between the Maldives and Russia...

Tokyo: Ten people were confirmed dead on Sunday after a tourist boat with a total of 26 passengers and crew aboard went missing off eastern Hokkaido in north Japan on Saturday, the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) said.The boat...