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Bangkok: Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn has given his approval for Srettha Thavisin to assume the office of the country's prime minister, a spokesperson for the House Speaker said Wednesday."The President of the National Assembly has sent a letter to...

Sydney: Australian businesses and communities have received a strong reminder from fire authorities as the country would see higher bushfire risks in the upcoming spring.In its seasonal bushfire outlook released on Wednesday, Australasian Fire Authorities Council (AFAC) warned that...

San Francisco: Taiwanese Vice President and presidential candidate Lai Ching-te on Thursday arrived in San Francisco on his way back from Paraguay despite Beijing's condemnation of the transit visit, and was received by US National Security Council Senior Director...

Santa Cruz: The United States and Europe are secretly seeking control over Amazonia (Amazon basin), Bolivian President Luis Arce said."The Amazon region has strategic resources, it is a source of drinking water and minerals. Latin America and the Caribbean...

Tehran: Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi stated on Tuesday that while the country will continue discussing the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal with "dignity," it will also work to counteract the U.S. sanctions, as there is a lack of...

Seoul: U.S. soldiers in South Korea had been caught smuggling drugs through military mail and distributing them here, local broadcaster MBC has reported.The police in Pyeongtaek, about 70 km south of the capital Seoul, apprehended a South Korean woman...

Ankara: Turkiye has "neutralized" 942 "terrorists" since January, the country's defense ministry said in a report on Thursday.Turkish authorities often use the term "neutralized" to imply the "terrorists" in question surrendered or were killed or captured.In addition, security forces...

Wellington: The New Zealand government has released for the first time its strategy for defense development and national security in a world "contending with a range of complex and disruptive security challenges," Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said on Friday.While...

Niamey: The president of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, said in an op-ed in the Washington Post that he has been taken hostage by the military coup in the country and called on the US and the international community to help...

Moscow: Ukraine attempted to attack a Russian naval base in the city of Novorossiysk overnight with two unmanned boats, which were detected and destroyed by Russia's warships, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday."This night, the Ukrainian armed forces attempted...