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Jakarta: A 6.2-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia's western province of West Sumatra on Friday, but with no potential to trigger a tsunami, the meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. The quake jolted at 8:39 am Jakarta time (0139 GMT), with...

Moscow: French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that France would provide Ukraine with military equipment and the $330 million package of financial aid."France will be putting an extra 300 million euro as part of that extra effort I've...

Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday said that Russian “occupation forces” are trying to seize the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near the city of Pripyat in the north of Ukraine, and termed it a “declaration of war against...

Moscow: The Russian military has disabled 74 ground facilities of the Ukrainian military structure, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Thursday."As a result of the strikes of the Russian armed forces, 74 ground objects of...

Brussels: NATO is deploying additional defensive forces eastward in connection with the situation in Ukraine and considers Russia's actions as a threat to Euro-Atlantic security, the alliance's council said on Thursday."Russia's actions pose a serious threat to Euro-Atlantic...

Beijing: China understands Russia's security concerns in the context of the situation around Ukraine, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Thursday."China has always respected the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries. At the same time, we...

Brussels: The European Union on Thursday imposed sanctions on Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, the country's military chiefs, and other people close to the Kremlin in response to the escalating crisis in Ukraine.The 27-nation group said it is...

Chisinau: Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda on Thursday signed a decree declaring a state of emergency in the country in connection with the situation around Ukraine and asked the parliament to approve it.Similarly the Moldovan government also announced on...

Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday announced that Kyiv has severed diplomatic ties with Moscow, and urged Russians “who have not yet lost their conscience” to protest against the war with his country.In tweets, he also compared...

New Delhi: Ukraine on Thursday called the Russia military operation a "full scale attack from multiple directions".Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dymitro Kuleba tweeted: "No, this is not a Russian invasion only in the east of Ukraine but a full-scale...