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Kyiv: Russian forces were closing in on the strategic city of Severodonetsk in a relentless offensive to control Ukraine’s Donbas region, Khaleej Times reported on Friday.Reports said that the Russian forces were bombing residential areas in trying to capture...

Beijing: China's foreign ministry on Friday accused US Secretary of State Antony Blinken of "smearing" the country, after the American official delivered a speech calling for action to counterbalance Beijing's influence.In a long-awaited speech billed as the most comprehensive...

United Nations: China and Russia vetoed the US-sponsored resolution at the UN Security Council to impose additional restrictive measures on North Korea.The United States, on Thursday, undertook the resolution after North Korea test-launched three ballistic missiles this week toward...

United Nations: The United States and its allies will consider taking unilateral steps against North Korea, including imposing additional sanctions, if the UN Security Council cannot agree to a unified response to address Pyongyang's latest advancements in its intercontinental...

Washington: US President Joe Biden has announced that he will visit Texas "in the coming days" to meet the grieving families after a teen killed 21 people, including 19 children, at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde town on...

Seoul: South Korea, United States and Japan condemning North Korea's latest ballistic missile launches, on Thursday agreed to step up trilateral cooperation in dealing with the issue.S Korea’s first vice foreign minister Cho Hyun-dong and his American and Japanese...

Tehran: The death toll in a 10-storey commercial building collapse in Iran's southwestern city of Abadan has risen to 19, semi-official news agency ISNA reported Thursday quoting a local official.So far, 37 have been injured and are under treatment...

Washington: All of the 21 victims in Tuesday's school shooting in Texas were killed inside the same classroom when the shooter barricaded himself inside, spokesperson for the Texas Department for Public Safety Lt Chris Olivarez said on Wednesday.“The shooter...

Beijing: In reaction to US President Joe Biden's remark on Taiwan, the Chinese armed forces have organised military exercises near Taiwan.CGTN quoted Senior Colonel Shi Yi, spokesperson for the PLA Eastern Theater Command, as saying that the People's Liberation...

Seoul: North Korea has tested a nuclear detonation device probably in preparation for its seventh nuclear test, the South Korean presidential office said on Wednesday.Yonhap quoted Kim Tae-hyo, first deputy director of the National Security Office, as saying that...