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Washington: Taiwan may not be subjected to a Chinese attack but the US is monitoring the largest populous nation ''very closely,'' the media reported on Sunday citing a top American official on Sunday.China is clearly developing the capability to...

Belgorod: A Ukranian missile strike launched into Russian territory early on Sunday left four civilians dead and four others injured in the city of Belgorod, the governor of the Belgorod region said.Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov accused Ukrainian troops of firing...

New Delhi: India recorded 16,103 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total tally of active caseload to 1,11711, as per the Health Ministry data on Sunday.Meanwhile, the total cases recorded across the country since the pandemic began stood at 4,34,69,234.As...

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over the protests held in Libya and has called for peaceful demonstrations, Stephane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General said.Mass protests against deteriorating living conditions erupted in several major Libyan cities...

Islamabad: Pakistan's Finance Minister Miftah Ismail finds himself at the centre of an intra-party rift of the PML-N, Express Tribune reported on Sunday.While Miftah has found unequivocal support from party stalwarts on the one hand, he has also been...

Kolhapur (Maharashtra): Teen tennis starlet Aishwarya Dayanand Jadhav, the only player from India to be selected for U14 Junior Wimbledon Tennis Competition, set out for the biggest challenge of her career as she left for London from Delhi on...

Kabul: Taliban's supreme leader Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada has warned foreigners not to interfere in Afghanistan affairs.State-run Bakhtar News Agency quoted the reclusive leader as saying at a gathering of Islamic clerics in Kabul that Afghanistan "cannot develop without being...

London: The UK government has condemned the exploitation of prisoners of war after two more Britons held by Russian proxies were charged with "mercenary activities".Andrew Hill of Plymouth and Dylan Healy of Huntingdon have been charged with “forcible seizure...

Canberra: Over two dozen crew members went missing from a ship that snapped in half after it was hit by a tropical storm in the South China Sea on Saturday.According to Sky News, the workers were forced to abandon...

Tokyo: Air forces of Japan and the United States have conducted a joint tactical exercise above the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan to train formation and navigation, the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) said on Friday."The...