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Washington: Sixty per cent of the US public believe police should be held more accountable for mistreating African-Americans and say President Joe Biden is doing too little to reform law enforcement procedures, a new poll revealed on Friday.Confidence that...

Canberra: Australia on Thursday decided to cut the number of flights from India which is seeing a rise in COVID -19 cases and limited Australians who need to go there to "only very urgent cases".The National Cabinet, which is...

Moscow: US President Joe Biden is set to formally recognize the Ottoman Empire's genocide against the Armenian people in the early 20th century, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported citing US officials.In March, the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee...

Moscow: The Communists of Russia political party has asked the United Nations and UNESCO to declare monuments to the USSR founder Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin) as the world cultural heritage, the head of the party's Central Committee Maxim Suraykin told...

N'Djamena: Chad's President Idriss Deby has died in a battle against rebels in the north, the Army said on Tuesday.The announcement came a day when provisional election results projected him to win a sixth consecutive term."Deby died while defending...

Washington: Russia amassed more troops along its border with Ukraine than in 2014 at the height of tensions between the two countries, US Defense Department spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Monday.“It is the largest buildup we have seen...

Brussels: The European Union has expressed concerns over Russia’s decision to declare 20 Czech diplomats "persona non grata" in response to the expulsion of 18 Russian diplomats from the Czech Republic."The European Union stands in full support and solidarity...

Moscow: The Russian Foreign Ministry on Sunday announced its decision to expel 20 Czech diplomats in response to the expulsion of Russian diplomats from Prague and gave the Czech diplomatic staff time until the end of Monday to leave...

Havana: For most of his life, Raul Castro played second-string to his brother Fidel first as a guerrilla commander, later as a senior figure in their socialist government.But for the past decade, it's Raul who has been the face...

Washington: Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said that he is ready to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un without preconditions to establish a fruitful relationship between the two countries and seek a solution to the issue of...