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Moscow: French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen reaffirmed her view that Crimea should be with Russia after voting to quit Ukraine in a 2014 referendum.President Emmanuel Macron's only rival who has made it into the second round of...

Washington: US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken apologized to Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, the effective ruler of his country, last month for the slow US response to Houthi attacks against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in...

Washington: The United States has congratulated Shehbaz Sharif on assuming the post prime minister of Pakistan and hopes to keep cooperating with the new government, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement.“The United States congratulates...

Canberra: Australia has imposed new sanctions against 14 Russian companies, including Gazprom, Transneft, Rostelecom, RusHydro, according to an updated list of sanctioned individuals and legal entities on the website of the country's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)....

Kyiv/Moscow: The Russian navy's Black Sea flagship has been "seriously damaged" by an ammunition explosion, Russian state media said on Thursday."As a result of a fire, ammunition detonated on the Moskva missile cruiser. The ship was seriously damaged,"...

Wellington: Air New Zealand no longer requires proof of Covid-19 vaccination and negative test for domestic and international fights."As New Zealand moves through the peak of Omicron and the country's COVID-19 settings are relaxed, we will be adjusting...

Beijing: The BRICS leaders have agreed to further strengthen solidarity and cooperation to address multiple challenges the globe currently facing, including the Covid-19 pandemic and economic recovery.The pledge came as the second BRICS sherpas' meeting in 2022 was...

Moscow: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday that he had been irritated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's refusal to welcome President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to Kiev.On Tuesday, Steinmeier said that he wanted to travel to Ukraine together with...

Paris: Marine Le Pen, the leader of the French right-wing National Rally party, said on Wednesday that in the event of victory in the presidential runoff, she would withdraw France from NATO's integrated military command structure, but would still...

Seoul: South Korea will continue providing Ukraine with humanitarian and non-lethal military aid but weapon deliveries are not being considered, a Foreign Ministry official told reporters on Wednesday."We have been supplying it with humanitarian aid, which excludes weapons…...