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Musk says Twitter will ditch bird logo

Washington: Twitter owner Elon Musk said on Sunday that the social media platform will change its logo, bidding goodbye to "all the birds.""And soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds," Musk tweeted,...

Ukraine lost 26k people since start of counter offensive: Putin

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday that the Ukrainian armed forces had lost more than 26,000 people during the counteroffensive.Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said during talks with Putin that the US was estimating Ukrainian losses since the...

Pakistan passport ranked 4th worst in world

Islamabad: The Pakistani passport has been ranked the ‘fourth worst’ by this year’s Henley Passport Index, a ranking of the world’s 199 passports according to the number of destinations their owners can access without a prior visa.In the latest...

US Senate rejects measure to require declaration of war prior to NATO Article 5 response

Washington: The US Senate rejected an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to require a congressional declaration of war prior to the United States engaging in an Article 5 response pursuant to its NATO...

Cluster bomb deliveries to Ukraine related to lack of industrial defence capacity

Ottawa: The decision to supply Ukraine with cluster munitions is related to NATO’s lack of industrial defense capacity and the alliance's focus should be on expanding it, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly said on Tuesday.“Of course, we...

Helicopter with six onboard crashes in Nepal

Kathmandu: A helicopter carrying five foreign passengers and the pilot crashed in a mountain district of Nepal on Tuesday, but the fate of those aboard was not known yet, a local official said.The ill-fated chopper belonging to the private...

NATO summit final statement draft not mentioning steps for Ukraine’s accession

Vilnius: The draft of the NATO final statement that will be published following the summit in Vilnius contains requirements for Ukraine, but does not indicate the timeframe and specific details on the possible admission of Ukraine to NATO membership,...

China to hold live-fire drills in Bohai Bay

Beijing: China will hold live-fire exercises in the Bohai Bay starting from Monday, local maritime authorities inform.The drills will be held from July 10-14, the Maritime Safety Administration of Tangshan city, located in Hebei Province, informed on Sunday.The sailing...

Poland delivers about dozen Mi-24 helicopters to Ukraine

Warsaw: Poland has recently handed over about a dozen Soviet-designed Mil Mi-24 large attack helicopters to Kiev, but Ukraine's fleet still remains "small" compared with the capacity of the Russian air systems, The Wall Street Journal newspaper reported on...

US commits worst attacks against Venezuela in 200 years, says top lawmaker

Caracas: The recent U.S. administrations have launched the worst attacks against Venezuela in the past two centuries, a top Venezuelan lawmaker said on Wednesday.Speaking at a ceremony marking the 212th anniversary of Venezuela's Declaration of Independence, Jorge Rodriguez, president...

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Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh PUCs hold strategic bilateral meeting to bolster governance

Meghalaya: Strengthening the spirit of legislative cooperation, the Public Undertakings Committee (PUC) of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly, led by...