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Kyiv: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia is doing everything it can to destroy "any life" in the Donbas region in the east.Zelensky, in his nightly address, accused Russia of constant strikes at infrastructure and residential areas...

Amsterdam: The Dutch government said on Friday it would send a forensic team to Ukraine to gather evidence of war crimes allegedly committed at various locations near the capital of Kyiv."The forensic investigative team will start work in...

Washington: The US economy shrank at an annual rate of 1.4 per cent in the first quarter as effects of the Omicron surge start to show up, the US Commerce Department reported Thursday.The latest data marks the US...

Brussels: The applications by Finland and Sweden to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) will be processed quickly should the Scandinavian countries choose to do so, the military alliance's Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, said on Thursday."If they...

Kyiv: UN chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday visited Bucha and Borodyanka in Ukraine. Speaking at the mass grave site in Bucha, Guterres said, "Here, you feel how important it is for a thorough investigation and accountability."I fully support...

Naypyidaw: A Myanmar military court on Wednesday sentenced ousted democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi five years in prison in a corruption trial.According to The Irrawaddy, Suu Kyi has been accused of accepting a bribe of $600,000 cash and...

Moscow: Russian energy giant Gazprom announced on Wednesday that it had completely suspended gas supplies to Bulgaria's largest natural gas distribution company Bulgargaz and Polish oil and gas company PGNiG, as the companies failed to pay for gas in...

Moscow: Russian authorities said on Tuesday that it was expelling three Swedish diplomats in a tit-for-tat move after Stockholm expelled three Russian diplomats over the conflict in Ukraine, Khaleej Times reported.Russia's foreign ministry said that it summoned the...

Pyongyang: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has vowed to strengthen the nuclear capabilities of his country at fastest rate during the military parade.Kim vowed to boost the country's nuclear capabilities at "the fastest rate" at the parade celebrating...

Tokyo: A Japanese woman certified as World's oldest person has died at the age of 119, according to officials on Monday.NHK quoted officials of Fukuoka Prefecture, western Japan, as saying that Tanaka Kane who had been living in...