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Beijing: A Shenzhou manned spacecraft and a Long March 2F carrier rocket have arrived at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China ahead of the launch of the Shenzhou-12 manned space mission, the Chinese Manned Space Program said...

Beijing: The Chinese Maritime Safety Administration has announced that the People’s Liberation Army of China (PLA) will be conducting live-fire military exercises in the South China Sea amid an unofficial visit by a US delegation to Taiwan.Officials from the...

Washington: US President Joe Biden announced that US will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan by September 11."US troops, as well as forces deployed by our NATO allies and operational partners, will be out of Afghanistan before we mark the...

Washington: China-India border tensions "remain high" despite some force pullbacks this year, the US intelligence community has told Congress, asserting that Beijing seeks to use coordinated, whole-of-government tools to demonstrate its growing strength and compel regional neighbours to acquiesce...

Washington: China’s Uyghur minority subject to government repression would become eligible for prioritized US refugee status under legislation introduced by Senators Marco Rubio and Chris Coons."The Uyghur Human Rights Protection Act would make it easier for Uyghurs and members...

Moscow: An Israeli-owned ship allegedly came under attack near the UAE port of Fujairah, Lebanon's Al Mayadeen channel reported on Tuesday, citing informed sources.According to the news outlet, the ship called Hyperion is affiliated with Israel's PCC company.As per...

Seoul: North Korea could possess up to 242 nuclear warheads by 2027, which would allow for more threats and intimidation toward other countries, and possibly the sale of nuclear weapons abroad, a report published by South Korea's Asan Institute...

Beijing: The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Tuesday expressed deep concerns over Japan's decision to discharge contaminated wastewater from the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) into the sea and believes it should be promptly revised.Earlier in the day,...

New Delhi: The Government of India has extended the ceasefire agreements with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland/NK (NSCN/NK), National Socialist Council of Nagaland/ Reformation (NSCN/R) and National Socialist Council of Nagaland/K-Khango (NSCN/K-Khango) for another year, a Ministry of...

Moscow: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy have held talks in Istanbul, agreeing to support the resolution of the conflict in southeastern Ukraine (Donbas) based on the Minsk peace agreements.According to a joint declaration...