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London: Defence ministers from 10 countries, as part of a UK-led task force grouping, have announced manoeuvres in the Baltic Sea, as they condemned Russia for its actions in Ukraine.The Joint Expeditionary Force said in a statement they...

Kiev: The Ukrainian Parliament adopted on Wednesday a resolution proposing the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) to sanction Russian officials for 10 years over the recognition of the breakaway Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics.The resolution was...

Islamabad: Senior Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader and former senator Rehman Malik passed away on Wednesday in Islamabad from coronavirus-related complications. He was 70.Malik had been put on ventilator earlier this month after his health deteriorated due to...

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said Moscow is open for a "direct and honest dialogue" but its interest are "indisputable priority".Speaking in a video address on 'Defencer of the Fatherland Day', the President lauded the military's...

United Nations: The United Nations in its latest report has revealed that China, Russia and Serbia have been supplying arms to junta government in Myanmar that are being used against the civilians since the coup in 2018.The UN...

Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced new sanctions against Russia after President Vladimir Putin recognized two Ukrainian regions as independent states and moved Russian forces into eastern Ukraine.In a press briefing on Tuesday, Trudeau called Russia's...

Tokyo: Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday that Japan will implement a set of economic sanctions against Russia and two pro-Russian separatist regions in eastern Ukraine after Moscow formally recognized the areas and ordered deployment of troops there,...

Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday called on Russia to resolve the conflict in the breakaway Donbas region through dialogue in any available formats."We understand all the risks, we call on Russia - and not for the...

Brussels: EU head of missions (COREPER II) at a meeting in Brussels on Tuesday stated that they had reached a common position on the reaction to Russia's decision to recognize the independence of the LPR and the DPR, these...

Damascus: Syria is ready to start establishing diplomatic ties with the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, the Syrian presidential office said on Tuesday.Earlier in the day, Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said that Damascus may soon recognize...