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New York:  China has accused the US of sending “very wrong, dangerous signals” on Taiwan after the US secretary of state told his Chinese counterpart that the maintenance of peace and stability over Taiwan was vitally important.Taiwan was the...

Washington: The US says it will ease Internet curbs on Iran to counter Tehran's clampdown on protests which were sparked by a woman's death in police custody leading to 35 deaths in the worst unrest in Iran for years."We...

Geneva: The United Nations has said its investigators have concluded that Russia committed war crimes in Ukraine, including bombings of civilian areas, numerous executions, torture and horrific sexual violence.The team of three independent experts on Friday presented their first...

London: Tennis great Roger Federer bid adieu to his career and fans in an emotional speech here after defeat in a doubles match alongside longtime friend and rival Rafael Nadal.The 41-year-old Swiss legend teamed up with another great of...

Islamabad: Pakistan should suspend international debt repayments and restructure loans with creditors after recent floods added to the country’s financial crisis, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing a UN policy memo.The memorandum, which the UN Development Programme will...

Damascus: At least thirty-four people were dead and several others injured after a boat carrying immigrants from Lebanon capsized in the Syrian territorial water, the Syria Health Ministry announced.Twenty people onboard the ship were rescued and are currently receiving...

Donetsk(Ukraine): Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine are staging so-called "referendums" on whether to join Russia, as Moscow pushes ahead with an apparent bid to annex territory from its neighbor.Voting begins on Friday in four regions of Ukraine in which...

New Delhi: India has registered 5,383 new Covid-19 cases, the Health Ministry said on Friday.According to the bulletin issued by the Health Ministry, the total caseload rose to 4,45,58,425 while the death toll rose to 5,28,449 as 20...

Tel Aviv: UK Prime Minister Liz Truss is envisaging moving the British embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid tweeted on Thursday."I thank my good friend, British Prime Minister Liz Truss, who announced...

United Nations: A Chinese envoy has rejected accusations by the US, Britain, and the European Union that China commits human rights abuses against its ethnic minorities.China's permanent representative to the UN Zhang Jun called the accusations unfounded on Wednesday.Zhang...