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Taipei: The Taiwanese Defense Ministry said on Sunday that it had detected 58 aircraft and nine vessels of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) near the self-governed island as China continues its air and naval military drills around Taiwan.On...

Manila: Seven people, including a two-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy, died late Saturday night when a fire swept a residential community in Rizal province, east of Metro Manila, Philippine police said on Sunday.The fire broke out before 10...

Sanaa: Yemen's Houthi group said on Saturday that it had received 13 prisoners of war released by Saudi Arabia, coinciding with the arrival of Omani officials in the Yemeni capital as part of international efforts to end the country's...

Baghdad: Iraq called on Turkey to formally apologize for what Baghdad believes was Ankara's terrorist attack on the Sulaymaniyah airport in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, the president's office said on Saturday.Sulaymaniyah’s civil aviation authority said that an explosion and...

Moscow/Washington: Washington is open to creative solutions to reach a deal with Moscow in exchange for former Marine Paul Whelan and American journalist Evan Gershkovich, both charged with espionage in Russia, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing...

Abuja: As many as 46 people have died in Nigeria following an attack of suspected armed herders on the the Umogidi community in the southeastern state of Benue, local authorities said."I can confirm to you that there was an...

Washington: Former US President Donald Trump is unlikely to go to jail even if convicted of all charges after being indicted in a hush money case, former New Jersey Superior Court Judge Andrew Napolitano told Sputnik.Trump has been charged...

Zurich: Six years after last topping the FIFA/Coca-Cola Men's World Ranking, Argentina (1st, plus 1) are once again at the summit of world football.Recent friendly wins against Panama (2-0) and Curaçao (7-0) helped the world champions dethrone Brazil (3rd,...

Paris: About 1,000 armed foreigners have participated in the violent clashes with French police during the local farmers' protests against the construction of a water reservoir in the city of Sainte-Soline, French Cabinet spokesperson Olivier Veran said on Thursday...

Tokyo: A helicopter of the ground forces of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces disappeared from radar not far from the island of Miyako in the southern Okinawa prefecture, Japanese news agency Kyodo reported on Thursday, citing sources in the defense...