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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...

New Delhi: India on Sunday reported 1,52,879 new cases of COVID-19 during the past 24 hours, the data by the Union Health Ministry stated on Thursday.With this, the country's overall Covid tally now stands at 1,33,58,805.The death toll mounted...

New Delhi/Shanghai: Fifty years ago, a US table tennis team arrived in the Chinese capital Beijing on April 10, 1971, becoming the first US group to visit since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949.A Chinese...

Imphal: Manipuri cinema achieved a major milestone Saturday as Manipur State Film Development Society (MSFDS) and Film Heritage Foundation (FHF) inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to work together in preserving Manipur’s film heritage. The MoU was signed on the...