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Washington: US Strategic Command chief Adm. Charles Richard on Friday called for establishing a dialogue with Russia and China on nuclear armaments as well as on boosting mutual transparency and building confidence to mitigate risks that he said are...

Beijing: Beijing decided on Thursday to indefinitely suspend the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue over what it describes as Canberra's measures to disrupt normal exchanges and cooperation, the Chinese National Development and Reform Commission said.The commission describes the Australian Commonwealth...

Washington: Two-thirds of Americans support the Biden administration’s decision to pull US troops from Afghanistan by September, a new Charles Koch Institute poll revealed on Wednesday.When civilian respondents were asked whether they support or oppose the US government’s decision...

The coronavirus wave that plunged India into the world's biggest health crisis has the potential to worsen in the coming weeks, with some research models projecting that the death toll could more than double from current levels, the Bloomberg...

United Nations: Myanmar Ambassador to the United Nations Kyaw Moe Tun on Tuesday urged the United States to take a decisive role in resolving the political crisis in the Southeast Asian country following the February 1 military coup."The situation...

New York: A memorial for the victims of the 2014 massacre in the city of Odessa has been organized at New York’s Union Square, Greg Butterfield, a coordinator for the "Solidarity with Novorossiya and Antifascists in Ukraine" movement, told...

Imphal: Manipur’s famed climate environmental activist Licypriya Kangujam bought oxygen concentrators from her own savings to help with the country’s oxygen crisis, she said on Friday.Kangujam, 9-year-old , in a tweet, said that ten oxygen concentrators will reach India...

Washington: The United States will work with Ukraine to ensure that it meets the criteria for NATO membership, Acting US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Reeker told reporters.“I think you are very aware that...

Washington: NATO will never equal the power of the Russian military because the alliance only serves a propagandistic function, former US Assistant Treasury Secretary Paul Craig Roberts told Sputnik."NATO will never match Russian military strength. NATO mainly serves as...

Washington: President Joe Biden in his first speech to Congress vowed to challenge China, Russia, and other rivals on security matters, outlined his jobs plan to revive the American economy, and called on lawmakers to pass gun control, police...