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Moscow: Vietnam’s National Assembly elected Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc as the country’s new president on Monday, the government said in a statement.A resolution on electing Phuc as state president was adopted with an approval rate of 97.5 percent...

Moscow: Tehran opposes any internal instability and foreign meddling in Jordanian affairs, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Sunday, adding that any disturbances in the West Asia region benefit Israel."This regime's fingerprint can always be found in...

New York: Details from more than 500 million Facebook users have been found available on a website for hackers.The information appears to be several years old, but it is another example of the vast amount of information collected by...

Tehran: Iran may release MT Hankuk Chemi, a seized South Korean oil tanker, and its captain next week, South Korean media said.In early January, Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) captured the vessel with 20 sailors on board over...

Islamabad: Pakistan has been added to Britain's travel 'red list', as Pakistani nationals would not be allowed to enter the country from April 9 onwards.Pakistan, along with the Philippines, Kenya and Bangladesh, will be put on the list as...

Manila: The death toll in the rail accident at Taiwan's Hualien County has soared to 54 while the number of injured has risen to 156, local media reported on Friday.The accident, which is being termed as the deadliest rail...

New Delhi: The parties to the Iran nuclear deal will convene in Vienna next week to discuss the possibility of lifting sanctions on Iran and the country's responsibility for further implementing the agreement, the European Union said after a...

United Nations: The UN Security Council expressed deep concern about the deteriorating situation in Myanmar and called on the country’s military to exercise maximum restraint and pursue dialogue, , Vietnamese Ambassador to the United Nations Dang Dinh Quy said...

Geneva: Clinical trial data on Chinese Coronavirus vaccines Sinopharm and Sinovac meets efficacy standards set by the World Health Organization, the UN agency's lead expert on immunization said.The vaccine makers shared their data with the WHO's Strategic Advisory Group...

Moscow: The Russian Embassy in Myanmar has no plans to evacuate diplomats amid the unrest in the Southeast Asian country, an embassy spokesman told Sputnik in light of reports about US diplomats planned departure."We have heard this, we have...