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Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping was elected general secretary of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) for a precedent-breaking third term at the committee's first plenary session held on Sunday, according to a communique.The...

Moscow: The Russian Skif-D satellite, the first orbital spacecraft from the Sfera (Sphere) multi-satellite orbital constellation, was successfully put into orbit after the Saturday launch, a spokesperson of Russian state space corporation Roscosmos told journalists.A Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying the...

London: Former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced on Sunday that he would be running for the leadership of the Conservative Party and the post of prime minister."The United Kingdom is a great country but we face...

Islamabad: PTI leader Imran Khan’s disqualification from holding public offices by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday steeped the country into agitation as angry PTI workers started protests against the decision, seen as a massive political blow...

Islamabad: PTI leader Imran Khan’s disqualification from holding public offices by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday steeped the country into agitation as angry PTI workers started protests against the decision, seen as a massive political blow...

By Mir Afroz ZamanDhaka: An armed group named 'Kuki-Chin National Front' (KNF) is training some young men who have suddenly disappeared from different parts of Bangladesh in the remote hills bordering India and Myanmar, and a new militant organization...

Manila: "The pandemic is not yet over," a World Health Organization (WHO) official warned on Friday, saying the continued emergence of subvariants "poses a risk of resurgence and overwhelming health systems."Babatunde Olowokure, director of Health Security and Emergencies for...

Dhaka: Seven members of a militant group and three members of a separatist outfit have been arrested in Bangladesh.The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested the seven belonging to the Jamaatul Ansar Phil Hindal Sharqeera and three members of a...

Houston: US Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued Google for its "unauthorized capture and use" of biometric data of millions of Texans for the tech giant's commercial interests, Paxton's office said.The lawsuit alleges the internet company, without Texans'...

Manila: Manila will seek to have at least some of the reported $32m Russian helicopter deal down payment refunded by Moscow.Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has said his country will source military helicopters from the United States after scrapping...