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New Delhi/Beijing:  As Quad countries today reaffirmed their commitment toward a free and open Indo-Pacific and specifically mentioned adherence to rules-based order in the South and East China Seas, Beijing hit out against “exclusionary blocs”. The Quad Foreign Ministers of...

Phnom Penh: Cambodia's anti-drug police have arrested two local men for allegedly trafficking illicit drugs, seizing over 15 kilograms of narcotics, the National Police said on Friday.The suspects, aged 18 and 36, were arrested during police raids on three...

Wellington: The New Zealand-made COVID-19 vaccine "Kiwi Vax" has proved to be a promising booster vaccine candidate in a preclinical study.The study has shown that its unique formulation induces a safe and highly effective immune response to SARS-CoV-2 variants...

Islamabad: At least two Pakistani nationals were killed and 17 others rescued in a tragic incident of a shipwreck off the coast of southern Italy, Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.Two of those onboard are still missing, spokesperson for...

Washington: The novel coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic may have originated in a Chinese laboratory, but there is no evidence it was a bioweapon or intentionally released, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday.“The bottom line...

Washington: Two Americans were arrested earlier for sending aviation technology to Russia, Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security Matthew S. Axelrod announced.“Today, in Kansas City there were arrests of...

Moscow: Russian diesel-electric submarine Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky has hit a coastal target by launching a Kalibr cruise missile from the Sea of Japan at a distance of 1,000 kilometers (621 miles), the Pacific Fleet said on Friday."The crew of the Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky...

New Delhi: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday said that he “spoke briefly” with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in the Indian capital, and told him that Moscow must “end...

Jakarta:A 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's western province of West Sumatra on Thursday, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysical agency BMKG said.The weather agency said that the earthquake occurred at 06:05 a.m. local time Thursday (2306 GMT Wednesday) with its...

Jakarta:One person was killed and nine others went missing after an Indonesian fishing ship sank in the Indian Ocean, and a search and rescue operation is underway, a senior rescuer said on Thursday.Head of the Search and Rescue Office...