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Kiev: The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the top Ukrainian diplomat in Moscow on Saturday, hours after the Russian security agency briefly detained a Ukrainian consul in St. Petersburg for allegedly receiving sensitive data, Ukrainian media said."Ukraine's charge d'affaires in...

Havana: For most of his life, Raul Castro played second-string to his brother Fidel first as a guerrilla commander, later as a senior figure in their socialist government.But for the past decade, it's Raul who has been the face...

Washington: Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said that he is ready to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un without preconditions to establish a fruitful relationship between the two countries and seek a solution to the issue of...

Indianapolis: Three women and one man from the Sikh community were among eight FedEx employees who were killed in a shooting at FedEx parking area, near Indianapolis International Airport on Thursday night.Former FexEx employee Brandon Scott Hole, 19, of...

Washington: The United States announced economic sanctions against Russia on Thursday and the expulsion of 10 diplomats in retaliation for what Washington says is the Kremlin's US election interference, a massive cyber attack and other hostile activity, AFP reported.President...

Moscow: The transfer of NATO and the United States forces near Russian borders will lead to another round of tensions, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.Earlier in the day, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu confirmed that the US...

Moscow: Tehran is capable of bringing the level of uranium enrichment to 90 percent but not for the purpose of creating nuclear weapons, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday.Earlier this week, Iran informed the International Atomic Energy Agency...

Beijing: The Chinese Maritime Safety Administration has announced that the People’s Liberation Army of China (PLA) will be conducting live-fire military exercises in the South China Sea amid an unofficial visit by a US delegation to Taiwan.Officials from the...

Washington: US President Joe Biden announced that US will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan by September 11."US troops, as well as forces deployed by our NATO allies and operational partners, will be out of Afghanistan before we mark the...

Washington: China’s Uyghur minority subject to government repression would become eligible for prioritized US refugee status under legislation introduced by Senators Marco Rubio and Chris Coons."The Uyghur Human Rights Protection Act would make it easier for Uyghurs and members...