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Yangon: A 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolted southern Myanmar at about 8:10 a.m. local time on Monday, the country's Department of Meteorology and Hydrology (DMH) announced.According to the DMH, the epicenter was determined to be 70 miles to the southeast of...

Ankara: Turkish forces have neutralized 41 militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), banned by Ankara as terrorist, during an operation in northern Syria, the Turkish Defense Ministry said on Wednesday."Our heroic Turkish armed forces have neutralized 41 terrorists,...

Paris: Paris should explain why French President Emmanuel Macron wants to attend the South African-hosted top-level summit of BRICS, to which France is not a member state, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.On Tuesday, French newspaper...

Beijing: It is necessary to build an effective and sustainable European security system, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui said in an interview with Sputnik."The crisis in Ukraine has complex historical background and real causes. In essence, this is...

Buenos Aires: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Sunday he is concerned with the future extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States and urged everyone to protect the journalist."I look with concern at...

Tokyo: The Japanese Defense Ministry announced on Sunday an indefinite extension of the order to destroy a North Korean missile if it poses a threat to the territory of the country."Regarding the order on the introduction of measures to...

Moscow: Russia launched a national literary award on Saturday that will recognize excellence in military prose and war journalism in tribute to military blogger Maxim Fomin, who was killed in a bomb blast in April."The launch of the...

Tehran: Iranian foreign minister said Friday that BRICS member states' combined efforts to strengthen multilateralism have enabled the block to secure an important position in global relations and interactions.Speaking at the Friends of BRICS meeting in South Africa, Hossein...

London: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will discuss with US President Joe Biden next week the creation of barriers to the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI), The Times reported on Friday.Earlier in the week, Sunak said that he intended...

Washington: Timken Gears & Services Inc., King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, was awarded a $119.2 million US Navy modification contract for three main reduction gear shipsets to support DDG-51 class Arleigh Burke-class AEGIS missile destroyers."Timken Gears & Services King...