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United Nations: The United States withdrew the former Trump administration declaration of reimposing all United Nations sanctions on Iran, US Acting Permanent Representative to the world body Richard Mills announced in a letter."I write to notify the Security Council,...

Moscow: : World Health Organization (WHO) experts investigating the pandemic’s origins suggest that ferret badgers and rabbits, which were sold at a Wuhan market in China, could have played a role in spreading the novel coronavirus to humans, The...

Washington: The United States hopes that its common interests with China and Russia will help the three countries to cooperate on the Iranian nuclear issue, a senior official of the Department of State said.On Thursday, the spokesperson for the...

Hong Kong: A Hong Kong court on Tuesday denied bail for government critic and newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai who is facing charges under a sweeping new national security law.The ruling by the Court of Final Appeal comes amid heavy...

Yangon: Demonstrators against Myanmar's military takeover took to the streets again on Tuesday in defiance of new rules that make their protests illegal, the Associated Press reported.Police were arresting protesters and using water cannons to try to disperse the...

Yangon: A protest against Myanmar's one-week-old military government swelled rapidly on Monday morning as opposition to the coup grew increasingly bold.The protesters at a major downtown Yangon intersection chanted slogans, raised a three-finger salute and carried placards saying Reject...

United Nations: Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pledged Friday that the United Nations will do everything it can to unite the international community and create conditions for the military coup in Myanmar to be reversed, Associated Press reported.The UN chief told...

Naypyitaw: Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior figures from the ruling party have been detained in an early morning raid, the spokesman for the governing National League for Democracy said on Monday.The move came after days...

Hong Kong: Thousands of Hong Kongers have already made the sometimes painful decision to leave behind their hometown and move to Britain since Beijing imposed a strict national security law on the Chinese territory last summer. Their numbers are...

Oslo: Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, the World Health Organization and climate campaigner Greta Thunberg are among those nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, all backed by Norwegian lawmakers who have a track record of picking the winner, the...