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New Delhi: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday in a message to Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered to assist India in fighting the escalating new wave of COVID-19 pandemic.Xi said China is willing to strengthen anti-pandemic cooperation with India,...

Bishkek: The recent escalation of tensions on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan has left 13 Kyrgyz citizens killed, and 121 more injured, the Kyrgyz Ministry of Health said on Friday."As of 7:50 a.m. , the total number of...

Jerusalem: At least 44 people were killed and 103 injured on Thursday night when a stampede broke out at a religious bonfire festival attended by tens of thousands people in northern Israel.According to local media reports, the tragedy occurred...

Washington: The United States will send $100 million in supplies to India in the coming days to help the country deal with an overwhelming wave of COVID-19 cases, the White House said in a press release."Reflecting the United States’...

Washington: NATO will never equal the power of the Russian military because the alliance only serves a propagandistic function, former US Assistant Treasury Secretary Paul Craig Roberts told Sputnik."NATO will never match Russian military strength. NATO mainly serves as...

Washington: President Joe Biden in his first speech to Congress vowed to challenge China, Russia, and other rivals on security matters, outlined his jobs plan to revive the American economy, and called on lawmakers to pass gun control, police...

Bangkok: Three consecutive explosions rocked an air force base in Myanmar's central Magway Region, leaving six servicemen killed, local Delta News Agency reported on Thursday.According to the news agency, local residents heard the first explosion at around 3 a.m....

Moscow: The Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday ordered several European countries' diplomats to leave in a week in retaliation for their recent expulsions of Russian diplomats.The diplomats involved are three from Slovakia, two from Lithuania, one from Estonia and...

Yangon: Myanmar's State Administration Council (SAC) said on Tuesday that it would consider suggestions made by the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to promote dialogue and end the violence in the country.The suggestions made at...

St. Petersburg: On Tuesday in St. Petersburg, Russian biotechnological company BioPalette launched the mass production of "MultiSCREEN," the world's first test system designed to simultaneously screen for the presence of such diseases as HIV, hepatitis B and C, and...