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Washington: The US on Wednesday urged its citizens in Ukraine to depart immediately amid reports of Americans being singled out and detained by the Russian military.According to the US embassy in Ukraine, "US citizens in Ukraine should depart...

Moscow: The United States has said that the decision by the Russian authorities to reduce the number of troops around the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and some other cities points towards a major shift in Russia's strategy in the war...

Imphal: About 200 oil and gas tankers that were stranded in Assam and Nagaland due to blockade by Southern Angami Public Organisation (SAPO) reached Manipur on Tuesday from a different route.Chief Minister N Biren said two Companies of...

New Delhi: An estimated 14.37 lakh people are HIV positive in the country, among them 7.29 lakh are male patients, 7.03 lakh are female and around 5000 are transgender, the government informed Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.“Under the National...

Naypyitaw: Myanmar's military chief has vowed to "annihilate" the opposition and said there is no room for negotiations with such groups.Addressing annual military parade marking the 77th annual Armed Forces Day on Sunday, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing...

Belgrade: Western demands for Serbia to support sanctions against Russia are unfair, since the country is a sovereign state, is not a member of the European Union and has itself survived the foreign aggression by NATO forces in 1999,...

Moscow: Another Russian general, Lt Gen Yakov Rezantsev, has been killed in a strike near the southern city of Kherson, Ukraine's Defence Ministry said on Saturday, according to a BBC report.Rezantsev was the commander of Russia's 49th combined...

Paris: The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) will consider adding Russian to its list of official languages of the organization during the next FIFA Congress in Doha on March 31, French newspaper L'Equipe reported on Friday, citing sources....

United Nations/New Delhi: India on Wednesday abstained on a vote in the UN Security Council on a draft resolution moved by Russia on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine.While Russia and China voted in favour of the resolution, India...

London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has sparked fury for comparing the Ukrainians' battle against Russia's invasion to people in Britain voting for Brexit.Addressing Conservative party's spring conference in Blackpool on Saturday, Johnson said, "I know that it's...