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Washington: India has several significant human rights issues, including restrictions on freedom of expression and the press, corruption and tolerance of violations of religious freedom, a report of the US state department said on Tuesday. The report notes that...

Moscow: Russia has registered the world's first vaccine against COVID-19 for animals, its mass production could be launched in April, Konstantin Savenkov, deputy head of Russian agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor, told reporters.Savenkov said the Carnivac-Cov vaccine, developed by the Federal...

Moscow: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov slammed Twitter for blocking Russian accounts, stressing that double standards and anti-Russia propaganda are inadmissible."Double standards, manipulations related to military and political alliances and anti-Russia propaganda are there for all to see. This should...

Moscow: The administration of US President Joe Biden intends to put forward a new proposal as soon as this week in a bid to break the deadlock in the nuclear talks with Iran, Politico reported, citing two people familiar...

Dushanbe: Russia is concerned over potential consequences of Washington's failure to withdraw troops from Afghanistan by the May 1 deadline, Russia's special representative for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, told Sputnik on Tuesday.Last week, US President Joe Biden said at a...

Washington: Expressing concern over escalation of violence in Myanmar the United States has made it clear that the country's military will pay a price for it.Addressing a press briefing on Monday White House spokesperson Jen Psaki said "We are...

Moscow: Australia has imposed sanctions against one individual and four companies from Russia associated with the construction and operation of the railway section of the Crimean Bridge, the country's Foreign Minister Marise Payne said in a statement."Australia has imposed...

Athens: Greek National Defense Minister Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos met with his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe as part of the latter's official visit to Greece, the Greek Defense Ministry said in a statement.On the Greek side, the meeting was attended by...

Yangon: Thai authorities along the country's northwestern border braced themselves on Monday for a possible influx of more ethnic Karen villagers fleeing new airstrikes from the Myanmar military, the AP reported.Myanmar military aircraft carried out three strikes overnight on...

Brussels: European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has condemned Saturday's crackdown by Myanmar's security forces’ on protestors that reportedly left dozens of people dead.Borrell said in a statement on Sunday"I am following the worrying events in Myanmar. The...