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Dhaka: Bangladesh on Tuesday called upon Myanmar for early commencement of repatriation of Rohingya people. Dhaka also urged expeditious verification of eligibility for return, security, livelihood and wellbeing of the returnees.Bangladesh said these at the fifth virtual meeting of the...

London: Portugal Prime Minister António Costa has warned that debate on granting Ukraine candidacy status in the European Union may divide the bloc and create “false expectations.”“The best support that the European Union can give to Ukraine is to...

Stockholm: The year 2021 saw a marginal decrease in the number of nuclear warheads but nuclear arsenals are likely to increase in the coming decade since the Cold War, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) report...

Tokyo: Japan will almost double its defense spending to $74.5 billion, Chairperson of the Policy Research Council of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party Sanae Takaichi said on Monday."As for defense spending, the 2 per cent of GDP bar is...

Brussels: NATO aims to resolve difficulties in Turkey's relations with Finland and Sweden to accept the two Nordic states in the alliance as soon as possible, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday"The aim is to solve those...

Colombo: China has ruled out the possibility of entering into a US$ 1.5 billion swap arrangement with Sri Lanka on the ground that Colombo may not be able to fulfil its conditions.The Chinese government’s position was conveyed when Sri...

Beijing: Former Chinese ambassador to the US Cui Tiankai has claimed that the Western countries are treating the South Pacific like their "backyard" but Beijing sees these island nations as equals."Maybe countries like Australia see these countries as (being...

Seoul: North Korea on Saturday named nuclear negotiator Choe Son-hui as the nation's first female Foreign Minister.According to Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui has been promoted to the post of foreign minister in a...

Tehran: Iran and Venezuela signed a 20-year “cooperation road map” Al Jazeera reported on Saturday.This deal was signed during a state visit by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to Tehran as the two oil-rich countries reeling under United States sanctions...

London: The heir to the British throne, 73-year-old Prince Charles, has condemned the decision of the UK government to expel migrants to Rwanda, describing it as "appalling," The Times reported on Saturday, citing sources.On Friday, a high court in...