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Washington: The United States will continue to stand up for women’s rights throughout the world and this strategy includes standing up for women in Afghanistan as well, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in remarks at the First...

Geneva: The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) argued it was "understandable" that some countries were imposing additional limits on Chinese travelers in response to the COVID-19 spike."With circulation in China so high and comprehensive data not forthcoming,...

Berlin: Germany's exports of military equipment to Ukraine accounted for more than a quarter of its overall arms exports by value in 2022, the Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) said on Wednesday.Ukraine was also the largest...

Sydney: One of the most weird signals cricket fans witnessed was when a non-smoker Marnus Labuchagne asked for a cigarette lighter while he was at the crease on Day 1 of the third Test here on Wednesday.During a break...

Washington: The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a program that allows brick-and-mortar retail pharmacies to offer abortion pills directly to patients, a manufacturer of the drug said in a press release."Danco Laboratories is pleased to announce that...

Riyadh: Saudi football club Al Nassr's manager Rudi Garcia has claimed that he wanted to add Argentine great Lionel Messi to the recent acquisition of Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo.The remark may not go down too well with his latest...

Damascus: Six Syrian soldiers were killed and three others were wounded when Israeli Air Force planes delivered air strikes from the area of the Golan Heights, Maj. Gen. Oleg Yegorov, deputy head of the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for...

Kiev:Air raid warnings have been issued in the Kirovohrad, Nikolayev, Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions of Ukraine, according to the online air raid alert map of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.Air raid sirens also sounded in the Kiev-controlled parts...

Moscow: NATO said that it would hold the Military Chiefs of Defense Meeting from January 18-19 to discuss Ukraine and the bloc's military capabilities among other things."NATO’s highest Military Authority, the Military Committee, will meet in person on 18-19...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia reported 360 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Monday, bringing the national total to 5,027,457, according to the health ministry.There is one new imported case, with 359 cases being local transmissions, data released on the ministry's...