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Muscat: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres missed the opportunity to reach a peaceful settlement on Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday."To my great regret, the secretariat of this organization, including its general secretary, missed the opportunity...

Beijing: Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom (AUKUS), which condemned China and the Solomon Islands for a security cooperation deal, are the ones militarizing the South Pacific and provoking a new arms race in the region, Chinese...

Colombo: He was a demigod for tens of thousands of Sri Lankans. Some people in the North Central Sri Lankan district of Anuradhapura still keep his picture next to their Buddha statue. Mahinda Rajapaksa was revered to that extent.Many...

Colombo: Protesters gathered outside the Trincomalee Naval Base on Tuesday amid reports that former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and some of his family members have sought refuge there and were planning to leave the country.A group of protestors were...

Washington: The United States has transferred over 85 out of the 90 M777 howitzers committed to Ukraine during Russia's special military operation, a senior US defense official said on Monday."I can report that almost all the 90 howitzers...

Guwahati: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that numerous peace accords signed with the insurgent outfits during the NDA rule in the North Eastern Region laid the foundation of terror, bomb blasts free region.Addressing a public rally...

Ottawa: Finland's and Sweden's possible accession into NATO would be detrimental to their security and that of Europe, Russian Ambassador to Canada Oleg Stepanov told Sputnik."Finland and Sweden will be put in a position where they are forced to...

Washington: US President Joe Biden said he approved additional security assistance for Ukraine that will include artillery munitions, radar, and other equipment."I am announcing another package of security assistance that will provide additional artillery munitions, radars, and other equipment...

Washington: The United States has denied that it provided intelligence on the locations of Russian generals on the battlefield so that Ukraine forces could kill them.Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said it was true that the US supplies Kyiv's...

Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that his country may put the issue of neutral status on a nationwide referendum, the Ukrinform news agency reported Tuesday.If Russia's desire for Ukraine's neutral status is one of the provisions of...