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Moscow:The International Football Federation (FIFA) will not prevent Russia from participating in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers if Moscow joins the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), Russian media reported.Russian Football Union (RFU) President Aleksandr Dyukov said that the final decision...

Manila:The death toll from heavy rain and floods triggered by shear line in the Philippines has climbed to 13, said the government's disaster agency on Tuesday.At least 23 others are still missing, according to the National Disaster Risk Reduction...

Seoul: Four small drones of North Korea flew in the area of Ganghwado Island in South Korea, and another flew up to the northern region of the metropolitan agglomeration, including Seoul, the South Korean Ministry of Defense said on...

Tokyo: Japan has lodged a protest to China over the longest ever presence of its ships in the Japanese territorial waters near the Senkaku islands, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on Monday."On December 22, ships of China...

Kabul: A blast in Afghanistan's northern Badakhshan province killed the provincial police chief and wounded two other people on Monday, Interior Ministry spokesman Abdul Nafi Takor said."Unfortunately a blast in Badakhshan province this morning claimed the life of provincial...

Manila: At least six people have died and 19 others are missing, as heavy rain and flooding triggered by the shear line have been seen in many regions in the Philippines over the weekend, the government said on Monday.In...

Jerusalem: Israel's Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu pledged that his coalition government will not pass bills allowing discrimination against LGBTs and denying them access to services.His remarks came in response to statements by two of his extreme-right partners on Sunday,...

Beijing: Relations between China and the United States have faced serious difficulties over the past year as Washington has continued to engage in provocations against Beijing, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday."As the United States has stubbornly...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the various successes of 2022 have created a special place for India all over the world and helped it attain the status of the world's fifth-largest economy.“India made the record...

Washington: A shooting inside the Mall of America in Bloomington, the U.S. state of Minnesota, on Friday evening left a 19-year-old man dead.Bloomington's police said the person was shot and killed after two groups of males got into an...