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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...

Moscow: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with the top diplomats of Germany, France and the United Kingdom on the sidelines of the NATO foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels to discuss support for Ukraine and strengthening the...

New Delhi/Washington: The US has said it recognises Arunachal Pradesh as a part of India and it strongly opposes any unilateral attempts to advance territorial claims by renaming localities, following China’s attempt at "renaming" 11 places in Arunachal Pradesh,...

London: The United Kingdom's information regulator said on Tuesday that it had issued a 12.7 million pound (almost $16 million) fine to TikTok for its violations of data protection legislation, including by the provision of services to children under...

Beijing: China has strongly protested Australia's decision to ban the TikTok application, owned by the Chinese ByteDance company, on all government devices, foreign ministry’s spokeswoman Mao Ning said on Tuesday.Earlier in the day, Australian Attorney General Mark Dreyfus stated...

Helsinki: Finland has become a part of the NATO article 5 from Tuesday and now can participate in the alliance’s decision-making, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.Today Finland will become a full member of the alliance and that means...

Moscow: Russia accused Kiev for the blast in a St. Petersburg cafe on Sunday in which one person was killed and 32 others were injured.Ukraine supports the use of terrorist attacks and may be responsible for the murder of...

Moscow: Russia will strengthen its military potential in the western and northwestern direction in response to Finland's accession to NATO, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told Sputnik on Monday.Earlier in the day, NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said that...