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Moscow: Russia and China are preparing new projects that will significantly increase the transportation potential of the Trans-Siberian and Trans-Asian routes, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Tuesday."Last year, traffic was opened along the automobile and railway crossings...

New Delhi: Terming India an “indispensable” partner in realising Japan’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) policy, visiting Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday outlined his country’s FOIP and of turning the region into an area that will be...

Ankara: Streets in the Iskenderun district of Turkey's southernmost Hatay Province, one of the areas most affected by the February earthquakes, were flooded on Monday after sea level rose at night, media reported.Working spaces and houses in the district...

Shimla: The diverse landscape of Himachal has everything to enthrall and attract a pool of tourists. The mighty mountain peaks, deep ravines, abundance of greenery, its rich flora and fauna, the hazy woodlands, golden valleys, the voluble waterfalls, icy...

Seoul: South Korea and the United States conducted on Sunday joint air drills involving a US nuclear-capable B-1B strategic bomber after North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan, the Yonhap news agency reported, citing...

Seoul: The short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) launched by Pyongyang on Sunday flew some 800 kilometers (497 miles), the South Korean Yonhap news agency reports citing the South Korean military.The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected...

Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday approved individual sanctions against Syrian President Bashar Assad and several other high-ranking officials of the Middle Eastern country.The sanctions include the blocking of assets, bans on the transfer of capital outside Ukraine,...

Tokyo: The Japanese government has sanctioned three North Korean officials involved in the development of nuclear and missile programs of North Korea in response to Pyongyang's launch of a Hwansong-17 ballistic missile on Thursday, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu...

Seoul: South Korea has decided to withdraw its complaint filed with the World Trade Organization (WTO) about Japan's trade restrictions as part of an effort to normalize and restart strategic dialogue at various levels, South Korean media reported on...

Tehran: At least 27 people died, and 4,095 others were injured in Iran during the Chaharshanbe Suri (the Scarlet Wednesday) celebrations ahead of the Persian New Year festivities, Jafar Miadfar, the head of Iran's National Medical Emergency Organization, said...