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Moscow: Moscow strongly recommends the United States and Europe not to interfere in the elections in Libya, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.Parliamentary and presidential elections in Libya are scheduled for December 24."I can’t speak for the Libyan people....

United Nations: Iran does not impose any preconditions or new conditions in the negotiations to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and only wishes to see the restoration of the initial terms of the nuclear accord, Iran's...

Tokyo: Japan has prepared 13,000 quarantine rooms for people returning from abroad, up 2,000 from the previous week, as part of the measures against the Omicron variant of the Covid-19, Health Minister Shigeyuki Goto said on Tuesday.Entrants may be...

Dhaka: Bangladesh President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday paid their respect and rich tributes to the martyred intellectuals of the country on the occasion of 'Martyred Intellectuals Day.On 'Martyred Intellectuals Day, the President and...

United Nations: Military groups are holding some drivers of 18 World Food Programme (WFP)-commandeered aid trucks in the Amhara region of northern Ethiopia, a UN spokesman said on Monday."The World Food Programme (WFP) and its non-governmental organization (NGO)...

Islamabad: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Monday submitted the challan against PML-N president Shehbaz Sharif and his son Hamza Shehbaz to a special court for their alleged involvement in a money laundering case to the tune of Rs16...

Canberra: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and South Korean President Moon Jae-in have signed a $1 billion defense deal, dubbed as the Hanwha Howitzer contract, to build an armoured vehicle centre for excellence in Geelong, a port city in...

Kabul: An Afghanistan reporter has accused the Taliban forces of beating and detaining him for at least six hours while he was covering a news story.Sayed Rashed Kashefi, a reporter with The Kabul Times, said, "They tied my hands...

Seoul: Two workers died and one went missing in a chemical factory explosion in South Korea, media reported Monday.The blast occurred at 1:37 pm local time (0437 GMT) at a chemical factory in the Yeosu Industrial Complex in...

Washington: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Indonesia on Monday morning to discuss bilateral relations and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, his spokesperson Ned Price said."@SecBlinken has landed in Indonesia. In Jakarta, he will discuss shared goals...