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Yangon: A military-run court in Myanmar has sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi to a further three years in prison on election fraud charges, her lawyers told the BBC.Suu Kyi -- the country's former leader -- has now been sentenced...

New Delhi: As many as 6,168 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in India, the Health Ministry said on Friday.The total caseload rose to 4,44,36,507 while the overall toll touched 5,27,932 as 21 more succumbed to the disease.On...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur High Court on Thursday sentenced Rosmah Mansor, the wife of former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, to 10 years in prison in connection with a corruption scandal around the national investment fund 1Malaysia Development...

Kyiv: A team from the UN nuclear watchdog Thursday headed for a Russian-held nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine despite fighting in the Zaporizhzhia region.BBC reported that the inspectors' route is being shelled.The chief of the UN mission said:...

Moscow: The chairman of Russia's Lukoil oil giant, Ravil Maganov, has died after falling from a hospital window in Moscow, reports say.Maganov, 67, was being treated at the city's Central Clinical Hospital and died from his injuries, BBC reported,...

Washington: Two lawyers for Donald Trump "could become witnesses or targets" in the criminal probe of the former US president’s unauthorized retention of highly-sensitive government documents at his Florida resort, according to legal experts.The lawyers – Christina Bobb...

Sydney: Australian scientists have identified "genetic signatures" they believe can help explain why men from certain ethnic backgrounds are more prone to suffer from severe forms of prostate cancer.The findings were published Thursday simultaneously in "Nature" and "Genome Medicine"...

New Delhi: India recorded 7,946 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total tally of active caseload to 62,748, as per the Health Ministry data on Thursday.As many as 25 fresh fatalities were reported, taking the toll to 5,27,911, while the...

Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday that the daily cap on arrivals to the country will be raised from 20,000 to 50,000 on September 7.Kishida told a press conference that tourists coming to Japan will no longer...

New Delhi: India has registered 7,231 new Covid-19 cases, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.According to the bulletin issued by the Health Ministry, the total caseload rose to 4,44,28,393 while the death toll rose to 5,27,874 as 45 more...