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Moscow: Russian Finance Minister Anatoly Siluanov said on Saturday that the five BRICS countries could mitigate the backlash of Western sanctions against Russia on their economies by pooling their efforts and using a range of financial instruments at their...

Toronto: A 21-year-old Indian student, Kartik Vasudev, was shot dead at a subway station in Toronto on way to work, becoming the latest victim of rising cases of homicide in Canada.Kartik, a student of Global Management at Seneca...

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in his address to the nation on Friday applauded India by saying that no superpower can dictate terms to India.PM Imran mentioned that India got its independence from Britain at the same...

United Nations: In a huge development, Russia, a permanent member of the UN Security Council, was on Thursday suspended from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) over its invasion of Ukraine.The UN General Assembly voted to adopt...

Islamabad: In a major embarrassment for Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, the Supreme Court of the country on Thursday restored the National Assembly, declaring that the government's decision to dissolve the Assembly and NA Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri's ruling...

Moscow: Ukraine is controlled by the US and its allies who push Kyiv to continue fighting, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday.Lavrov says that Kyiv's inability to negotiate proves that it aims to delay and undermine...

Beijing: Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said on Wednesday that the mass civilian deaths in the Ukrainian town of Bucha have to be investigated and all accusations should be supported by evidence."The truth and circumstances of what...

Colombo: Sri Lanka's economic crisis took a turn for the worse on Tuesday when the country's top medical body declared a public health emergency in the country due to a shortage of medicines and equipment, BBC reported on Tuesday....

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has named US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Donald Lu as the American official who has been making 'threats' towards him and his government, Dawn reported on Monday....

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has not refused to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meaning a summit remains a distant possibility, Kremlin spokesman said on Sunday."Putin has never refused to meet and a meeting is hypothetically...