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Beijing: China's President Xi Jinping on Thursday warned that foreign powers will "get their heads bashed" if they attempt to bully or influence the country.President Xinping said this while delivering a defiant speech at an event to mark the...

Ottawa: The unprecedented heatwave sweeping across parts of Canada has left dozens of people dead as temperatures have reached record levels, officials said on Wednesday.Police in the Vancouver area said they have responded to more than 130 calls involving...

Kabul: Even as the Taliban has been expanding its foothold across Afghanistan the US military could complete its withdrawal from the country within days, reports said on Wednesday.However, US officials told the BBC that around 650 US troops were...

Washington: The US House of Representatives on Tuesday passed two bills to repeal the authorities it gave to the president to launch the 1991 war against Iraq and to fight communism in the Middle East.A bipartisan majority of lawmakers...

Washington: Afghanistan may collapse into civil war after the full US military withdrawal is completed, commanding General Austin Miller said on Tuesday.“Civil war is certainly a path that can be visualized,” Miller, a four-star general, told a rare press...

Seoul: Arrivals in South Korea from India, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines and 17 other countries will not be excluded from the 14-day quarantine, even if they are fully vaccinated, the Republic of Korea's central headquarters for disaster management and...

Johannesburg: Former South African President Jacob Zuma was on Tuesday sentenced to 15 months in jail for contempt of court, local media reported.Zuma, who ruled the country between 2009 and 2018, failed to comply with a court order to...

Washington: US President Joe Biden said on Monday that the United States will never let Iran acquire a nuclear weapon while he is in power.“Today, we are going to be discussing the broad range of challenges, including Iran,” Biden...

Naypyitaw: The fate of Myanmar's former State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi will be decided in court, the commander-in-chief of Myanmar's armed forces and chairman of the State Administration Council Min Aung Hlaing has said."I am not a judge....

Moscow: Myanmar intends to expand its military cooperation with Russia, Min Aung Hlaing, the commander-in-chief of the country's military and the chairman of the State Administration Council, has said in an interview with Sputnik.Last week, Min Aung Hlaing attended...