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By Mir Afroz ZamanDhaka: Bangladesh and Myanmar have held their first bilateral meeting on the Rohingya issue but there were no indications of an early end to the dragging refugee crisis.The Thursday night bilateral was the first meeting...

Kingston/New Delhi: Jamaican Foreign Minister Kamina J Smith, addressing a Republic Day event at the Indian High Commission in Kingston, appreciated India for being the first country to respond to Jamaica's request for vaccines and said that New Delhi...

Washington: According to the White House US President Joe Biden warned that there is a "distinct possibility" that Russia might invade Ukraine next month, the BBC reported on Friday.This statement comes after a build-up of tens-of-thousands of Russian...

Bishkek: Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have agreed on a full cessation of hostilities on the border, the Kyrgyz border service told Sputnik on Friday."During the negotiations ... the following agreements were reached: on a complete ceasefire; on the withdrawal...

Washington: The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said it revoked China Unicom's ability to provide its services in the United States due to national security concerns."The Federal Communications Commission adopted an Order ending the ability of China Unicom...

Pyongyang: North Korea said on Friday that it had test-fired a long-range cruise missile and a tactical surface-to-surface missile (SSM) earlier this week, the Yonhap news agency reported.The launched cruise missiles flew 9.137 seconds and hit the target...

London: UK Foreign Minister Liz Truss on Thursday said that the UK government “fully supports” NATO's chief Jens Stoltenberg's response to Russia's security proposals amid mounting tensions over Ukraine.“The UK fully supports @JensStoltenberg @NATO and our allies. Russia...

Moscow: Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev told Russian media, including Sputnik, that no one is seeking war and everything must be done to prevent a confrontation between Russia and NATO."No war is desirable in any case,...

Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi discussed the economic risks that will arise with the escalation of Russian aggression.According to an official statement by the US State Department, Blinken on Wednesday...

Beijing: China on Thursday urged the US not to interfere into Beijing Winter Olympics and "stop playing with fire" on the Taiwan issue."The United States should stop interfering with the holding of the Beijing Winter Olympics, stop playing...