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Washington: The 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against Iraq is no longer needed to protect Americans from terrorism and to maintain a strong relationship with Iraq, Deputy US Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said in a...

Imphal: “A world-class player, a third-class road”. This is what Naorem Rabi told us when asked about the condition of roads in Nongpok Kakching, the birthplace of Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, and its surrounding villages. Yes, Nongpok Kakching, only some...

New Delhi: Mary Kom, the face of India’s boxing contingent, defeated Hernandez Garcia of the Dominican Republic by a split decision 4-1 to advance into the last 16 round of the women’s 51kg category event in Tokyo on Sunday.In...

New Delhi: India's star weightlifter Saikhom Mirabai Chanu created history on Saturday as she became the first Indian weightlifter to win the silver medal at the Olympic Games. Chanu also became the first Indian to win an Olympic medal...

New Delhi: Xi Jinping, who once said that "to govern a country, it's necessary to govern the border and to govern the border, it's required to stabilise Tibet first", visited this week the strategic Tibet Autonomous Region bordering India...

Moscow: The US Department of State has denounced Turkey's plans to convert the Varosha quarter of the city of Famagusta in Cyprus, which is currently a military zone, to civilian use, saying it runs contrary to UN Security Council...

Beirut: Syrian President Bashar Assad was sworn in during a solemn ceremony in Damascus on Saturday, almost two months after winning the May election by a landslide."Liberating what has remained of our land is a priority, its liberation from...

Doha: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the head of the delegation of the Taliban movement at the intra-Afghan peace talks in Doha, on Saturday advocated building a society that is underpinned by Islamic values.Earlier in the day, the latest...

Moscow: The Embassy of the partially-recognized Republic of China (Taiwan) to Haiti said on Friday that 11 suspected murderers of Haitian President Jovenel Moise had been arrested on its territory.According to the embassy, on early Thursday, Haitian police asked...

Washington: The Roman Catholic Church and its representatives in Canada have assured an indigenous community that they will provide documentation to help identify the remains of 751 victims located in an unmarked gravesite, Cowessess First Nation Chief Cadmus Delorme...