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Geneva: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday urged Taliban government to recognise and uphold the basic human rights of every girl and women in Afghanistan.Taking to Twitter, Guterres said, "In Afghanistan, women & girls are once again being...

Pyongyang: North Korea on Sunday fired an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) on Sunday, believed to be its longest range ballistic missile since 2017.According to officials in Tokyo, missile with a range of 800 kilometer touched a height...

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson intends to visit Japan in mid-February and hold a meeting with his Japanese counterpart, Fumio Kishida, media reported on Saturday, citing sources familiar with the matter.According to the Japanese broadcaster NHK, during the...

Washington: Washington's support for Taiwan's aspirations for independence might pose a threat of a military conflict between the United States and China, the country's ambassador to the US Qin Gang said."If, you know the Taiwanese authorities, emboldened by...

Washington: Instagram users report some problems with the photo-sharing social network, according to the monitoring portal Downdetector. Most of the complaints are coming from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Russia and Ukraine.According to Downdetector, most users report...

Brussels: The European Union has deplored the Russian decision to extend the list of EU officials that will be subject to travel restrictions, the EU External Action Service said.On Friday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that Moscow had...

Kiev: Germany's refusal to supply Ukraine with weapons undermines Europe's security, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said on Friday.Germany has agreed to send Ukraine helmets but is steadfastly refusing to supply any weapons.According to media reports, Berlin...

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law introducing life sentences for convicted child molesters on Friday, which is posted on the official legal information website.Maximum sentencing will be applied to repeat offenders who committed crimes against sexual...

Kiev: The United States plans to transport material and technical military assistance worth $200 million to Ukraine on 45 cargo flights, the RBC-Ukraine news outlet reported, citing sources.Last week, the first shipment of 90.7 tonnes of so-called lethal...

Baghdad: Baghdad International Airport was hit by rocket fire on Friday, at least six rockets were shot down, an Iraqi security source told Sputnik."At least six rockets were shot down and fell near the runway," the source said....