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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...

Paris: French incumbent President Emmanuel Macron won the 2022 French presidential runoff with 18,779,641 votes, or 58.54 per cent of the valid votes, according to the preliminary results released Sunday night by the French Interior Ministry.Macron's rival, far-right...

Stockholm: World military expenditure reached an all-time high of $2.1 trillion in 2021, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said on Monday, adding that the five largest spenders are the United States, China, India, the United Kingdom, and...

London: The United Kingdom will send 20 AS90 tracked Howitzers and some 45,000 British-made high explosive shells to the Ukrainian military next week to help fend off Russia's advance, a source confirmed to British newspaper Express on Saturday night....