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New Delhi: India registered 20,139 new Covid-19 cases, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.According to the Health Ministry bulletin, the total caseload rose to 4,36,52,944, while the death toll rose to 5,25,557 after 38 more people succumbed to the...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Thursday participate in the first I2U2 summit, between the leaders of India, Israel, the US, and UAE – marking the crystallization of a new strategic geopolitical quartet of the four...

Washington: US President Joe Biden has said that using force against Iran would be the "last resort" in preventing it from obtaining nuclear weapons as he preferred negotiations.During an interview with an Israeli TV channel, which was telecast...

New York: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday expressed concerns over the current situation in Sri Lanka and said it is important to address the root causes of the conflict and protestors’ grievances.The UN chief tweeted that he...

New Delhi: India recorded 16,906 new Covid-19 cases, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.According to the Health Ministry bulletin, the total caseload rose to 4,36,69,850 while the death toll rose to 5,25,519 as 45 more people succumbed to...

Colombo: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday ordered to impose curfew in the Western Province and also emergency law across the country with immediate effect.The order was issued after the police used tear gas and water cannons...

Kyiv: Ukraine has become an associate member of the Multilateral Interoperability Program (MIP), which takes care of the technical cooperation of the armies of NATO member states, according to Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov."Ukraine has strong IT (Information Technology)...

Washington: Former US national security advisor John Bolton has admitted that he helped plan coups in several countries while arguing that the January 6, 2021 riot in Washington fell short of such efforts, Khaleej Times reported on Wednesday.The attack...

Washington: More than 60 pc of Americans believe neither former President Donald Trump nor incumbent Joe Biden should run for re-election in 2024, according to a Politico-Morning Consult poll out Tuesday.The survey, which was conducted online from July 8-10...

Colombo: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who is set to resign on Wednesday, and his equally embattled brother Basil Rajapaksa remained in the country on Tuesday after being stopped by immigration officials from flying out, news reports said.The President,...