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Moscow: An Israeli-owned ship allegedly came under attack near the UAE port of Fujairah, Lebanon's Al Mayadeen channel reported on Tuesday, citing informed sources.According to the news outlet, the ship called Hyperion is affiliated with Israel's PCC company.As per...

Seoul: North Korea could possess up to 242 nuclear warheads by 2027, which would allow for more threats and intimidation toward other countries, and possibly the sale of nuclear weapons abroad, a report published by South Korea's Asan Institute...

Naypyidaw: At least 707 civilians have been killed in Myanmar since the military coup on February 1, while the true number might be significantly higher, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a press briefing on Monday.“The UN human rights...

Beijing: The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday expressed deep concerns over Japan's decision to discharge contaminated wastewater from the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) into the sea and believes it should be promptly revised.Earlier in the day,...

Moscow: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy have held talks in Istanbul, agreeing to support the resolution of the conflict in southeastern Ukraine (Donbas) based on the Minsk peace agreements.According to a joint declaration...

New Delhi/Shanghai: Fifty years ago, a US table tennis team arrived in the Chinese capital Beijing on April 10, 1971, becoming the first US group to visit since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949.A Chinese...

Moscow: Japan's move to designate the Southern Kuril Islands as originally Japanese territories in textbooks may have an impact on Russia-Japan relations, Russian Foreign Ministry's spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday.According to Zakharova, Moscow drew attention to the new...

Tokyo: Japan said the number of incidents where its fighter jets were scrambled to intercept Chinese aircraft decreased by over 200 in the fiscal year 2020, the Japanese Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Friday.According to the statement, last...

London: Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, has passed away at the age of 99, officials at Buckingham Palace said on Friday."It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her...

Washington: The United States has blacklisted seven Chinese supercomputing entities for allegedly engaging in military modernization efforts that pose a threat to US national security, the Commerce Department said in a press release on Thursday.“The Department of Commerce’s Bureau...