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Washington: Police presence was increased in shopping centres and public places in the US state of Virginia on Saturday over terrorist threats, US media reported.The threat was linked to the Islamic State, CBS News broadcaster reported, citing sources. Additional...

Vatican City/New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday discussed a wide range of issues during his meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican, and also invited him to visit India.The Prime Minister was welcomed warmly at the Vatican...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia reported another 6,060 new Covid-19 infections as of midnight Friday, bringing the national total to 2,460,809, according to the health ministry.Thirteen of the new cases are imported, with 6,047 being local transmissions, data released on the...

Washington: United Nations human rights experts this week accused the United States of "racialized exclusion" following its recent deportation of Haitian migrants amid a surge of Haitians along its southern border."In expediting the collective expulsion of Haitian migrants, the...

Beijing: Entities who want to provide data abroad may go through an internal security review and, on some occasions, will be subject to a government review, according to a draft regulation released by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC)...

Dhaka: The High Court of Bangladesh has ordered a judicial probe into the recent incidents of communal violence in six districts of Bangladesh which started on October 13, during the Durga Puja.In its order on Thursday, the court asked...

Rome: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday arrived in Rome, Italy, to attend the 16th G20 Leaders’ Summit.“Landed in Rome to take part in the @g20org Summit, an important forum to deliberate on key global issues. I also look...

Beijing: The Chinese-Russian naval exercise Maritime Cooperation-2021 and joint patrol were not aimed at third countries, Chinese Defence Ministry spokesman Tan Kefei said on Thursday."The exercise was part of the yearly cooperation plan of the Chinese and Russian armed...

Washington: Facebook has instructed its employees to preserve all internal documents and communications since 2016 for legal reasons, The New York Times reported on Wednesday.The new policy followed the recent leak of internal documentation.Facebook was scrutinized earlier this month...

Moscow: International terrorist groups present in Afghanistan are manipulated from abroad, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday."Obviously, without a decisive fight against drugs production and smuggling, and against international terrorist groups hunkering in Afghanistan and being manipulated...