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Moscow: Military personnel of NATO countries were captured during Russia's special operation in Ukraine, Andrey Klimov, the head of the Russian upper chamber's commission for the protection of state sovereignty, said on Friday.The West "continues its war (against...

Moscow: Russian warship Moskva, the flagship of Russia's Black Sea fleet that Ukraine claimed to have hit with two missiles, has sunk, Russia's defence ministry said on Thursday.The head of the Odesa Regional Defense and Ukrainian presidential adviser...

Mexico City: An Ukrainian and a Russian, who were seeking asylum to the US, got married in a small ceremony in the Mexican border city of Tijuana, media reports said on Friday.Ukrainian Daria Sakhniuk and Russian Semen Bobrovski...

Washington: The United States is boosting its intelligence sharing with Ukraine so that Kiev can target Russian military units in Donbas and Crimea, The Wall Street Journal reported.The move to provide more intelligence and provide artillery represents a...

Tokyo: Japan has received unofficial, separate invitations from Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States to join the AUKUS alliance amid the member states' intention to develop hypersonic weapons, Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun reported on Wednesday.According to...

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that Russians and Ukrainians were "fraternal peoples" and refused to call Russia's actions in Ukraine "genocide," stressing the need to be "discreet with terms."On Tuesday, US President Joe Biden called...

London: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Chancellor Rishi Sunak and the PM's wife Carrie Johnson are to be fined by the police for breaking lockdown laws, BBC reported on Tuesday.The three have been sent notification from the Metropolitan...

Islamabad: Following ouster of PTI chairman Imran Khan from the post of Pakistan's Prime Minister, the Opposition's joint candidate Shehbaz Sharif was on Monday elected as the country's 23rd PM.The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief had received 174...

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was ousted from power with a united opposition voting to remove him, becoming the first Pakistani prime minister to be thrown out in this manner.The opposition's no-trust motion against Imran Khan succeeded...

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...