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Washington: The United States is ready to consider the possibility of signing a document with Russia on security issues of mutual interest, according to Washington's reply to Russia's security proposal obtained by Spain's El Pais newspaper."We are ready...

Geneva: An almost 500-mile long lightning bolt across three US states and lasted for almost nine seconds has been recorded as a new world record for longest flash, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said.According to a statement on Tuesday,...

Doha: The Yemeni Ansar Allah (Houthi) movement said on Tuesday that it had attacked the UAE's operational headquarters in Yemen's southern province of Shabwa with a ballistic missile."Our missile forces managed to attack the headquarters of the UAE...

London: The UK marked the first anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar on Tuesday by joining the US and Canada in imposing new sanctions against three government officials that they said "have been instrumental in suppressing democracy and...

Tokyo: Japan does not intend to suspend flights of Air Self-Defense Forces F-15 fighter jets following the recent incident during which one of the aircraft disappeared from aviation radar, Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said on Tuesday.Japanese...

Moscow: Russia has confirmed 125,836 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, up from 124,070 the day before, and 663 deaths, the federal response centre said on Tuesday."In total, 125,836 new cases were detected. In the past 24...

Moscow: The US media are publishing deliberately false information about Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday, commenting on reports that the White House is allegedly dissatisfied with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's stand on the threat of Russia's...

Damascus: Israel has launched an air attack over the suburbs of Damascus, the Syrian state television reported in the early hours of Monday citing a military source.The source said that the attack occurred on Monday early morning.Several...

Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) air defense systems have intercepted a ballistic missile launched by the Ansar Allah (Houthi) movement from Yemen, the UAE Defense Ministry informed.The ministry said on Twitter in the early hours of...

Pyonyang: North Korea confirmed that it had launched the Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missile on Sunday, making it the longest-range missile tested by Pyongyang since 2017, the South Korean Yonhap news agency reports."The test-fire was aimed to selectively evaluate...