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Moscow: A drone hit a major Russian oil refinery near the border with Ukraine, sending a ball of flame and black smoke billowing into the sky and prompting the suspension of operations, Al Jazeera reported on Wednesday.Officials at the...

Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned of "greater hostile activity" from Russia as the European Union formerly considers Ukraine's candidature for entering the Union.Zelensky during his nightly address on Sunday said, "We should expect greater hostile activity from...

London: As the possibility of Pakistan former President Pervez Musharraf's return to the country increases, a debate on military dictatorship has re-ignited.Musharraf had come to power in 1999 through a coup toppling Nawaz Sharif's government. He continued to hold...

London: British troops must be prepared to “fight in Europe once again” to help Ukraine defend itself against Russia, the new army chief said.General Sir Patrick Sanders wrote to soldiers about what the future holds after he took over...

Tokyo:  Dozens of demonstrators rallied in Hiroshima on Saturday to protest the Japanese government’s decision to skip a global debate on nuclear weapons next week, media said.An estimated 80 people, according to the Kyodo news agency, gathered in the...

Moscow: Russia on Sunday claimed that its military has destroyed the fuel facilities near Ukraine's Kremenchuk and Lysychansk with ''precision strikes''.The Russian military has destroyed Ukrainian facilities for fuel processing and storage near the southern cities of Kremenchuk and...

Washington:  Former US President Bill Clinton has revealed in an interview that when he was in office, he had sent federal agents in Area 51 of Nevada to make sure there were no aliens.Clinton, in a Wednesday appearance on...

London: UK Home Secretary Priti Patel on Friday approved the extradition of WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange to the US.The case was handed over to Patel last month after the Supreme Court ruled that there were no legal questions on...

Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday said that the European Commission’s recommendation on giving the country"candidacy status" to the EU would bring his country closer to victory against Russian invasion.Taking to Twitter, he said, "I commend the positive...

Beijing: China on Friday launched the country's third aircraft carrier and also its second domestically developed one in Shanghai, a move said to be a milestone for the vessel's construction and future commissioning.Having a displacement of more than 80,000...