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Tokyo: Tokyo intends to join efforts to reduce tensions around Ukraine through diplomacy, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said ahead of a telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin scheduled for Thursday."As tension persists, no scenario will come...

Brasilia: Heavy rains and subsequent landslides killed 104 people in the Brazilian town of Petropolis, north of Rio de Janeiro, media reported.The number of victims increased to 104 on Wednesday, including 8 kids, according to the G1 news...

Caracas: Russia may count on Venezuelan support amid the threats coming from NATO and the Western countries, President Nicolas Maduro said. "Russia has the whole support of Venezuela to face the threats coming from NATO and the Western world...

Moscow: A tank unit of Russia's Western Military District is returning to its base after completing planned drills, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, units of the Southern Military District started returning to bases from...

Kabul: Afghanistan received a fresh batch of 32 million US dollars in humanitarian cash assistance on Wednesday, the country's central bank said."Following a series of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan today, the 15th shipment of humanitarian aid of 32...

Moscow: The United States has formed a significant grouping of armed forces in Europe that poses a threat to Russia, Mikhail Popov, the deputy secretary of the Security Council of Russia, said in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta."Their...

Jerusalem: Israel suspended participation in a deal on the transfer of Iron Dome missile defense system to Kiev signed between the United States and Ukraine fearing damaging bilateral relations with Russia amid tensions on the Ukrainian border, Israeli Yedioth...

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said that human rights have been systematically violated in Ukraine and discrimination against the Russian-speaking population is enshrined in the country's laws."Human rights are violated massively and systematically in Ukraine, discrimination...

Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has invoked a previously unused emergency law to grant his government additional powers in response to the protests in Ottawa and across the country against Covid-19 vaccine mandates."The federal government has invoked...

Washington: Former US Navy engineer Jonathan Toebbe pleaded guilty on Monday to trying to sell classified information regarding nuclear submarines and may possibly face a sentence of life in prison, a court filing revealed."It is agreed between the...