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Washington: US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has held a meeting with French Ambassador to the United States Philippe Etienne to discuss confidence-building measures following the diplomatic row over the US submarine contract with Australia under the recently-established AUKUS...

New Delhi: The developments in Afghanistan are being watched closely by India, and it is also prepared to face any "misadventure" by "another neighbour" with whom a border dispute is going on, Army Chief General MM Naravane said here...

Islamabad: Pakistan on Wednesday reported 1,742 new COVID-19 cases and 39 more deaths, the National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) said on Thursday.The NCOC, the country's department leading the campaign against the pandemic, said the country's total cases have...

Washington: The pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca will file a request for approval of its novel coronavirus vaccine in the United States later this year, the company said in a statement.Earlier this year, concerns emerged over the side effects of the...

Tokyo: Fumio Kishida won the presidential election of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Wednesday.Kishida, former Japanese foreign minister, secured 257 votes in a runoff to win over his contender Taro Kono who received 170 votes.As the LDP-led...

United Nations: China is interested in holding a summit of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (Russia, China, the United States, France, the UK) as soon as possible, Zhang Jun, China's Permanent Representative to the UN,...

San Bruno: Global platform YouTube issued new regulations proscribing posting of false content that casts doubt on the election results including the recent federal elections in Germany and the presidential election in the United States."Content that advances false claims...

Washington: Death row inmate Rick Rhoades, who is set to be executed Tuesday evening in the state of Texas, on Monday asked the US Supreme Court to delay his execution in order to investigate whether his trial jury was...

Madrid: Residents of the Canary island of La Palma are being advised not to leave their homes as lava from the erupting volcano is moving closer to the sea, the Island Council of La Palma said on Sunday.On Sunday...

Vienna: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says its inspectors were not given access to surveillance cameras at Iran’s Karaj centrifuge assembly facility, despite an agreement reached by the IAEA and Iran on allowing inspectors to service the surveillance...