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United Nations: A round of condolences for China at a United Nations Security Council meeting on Wednesday, after the death of former President Jiang Zemin, put into sharp relief the fraught state of relations between Beijing and the US,...

London:Osama bin Laden’s chosen son – anointed heir to the al-Qaeda warlord amid the rugged Afghan peaks -- says his beloved pets were used by his father to test chemical weapons and he was also taught to fire an...

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi as India assumes the presidency of G-20.Yogi tweeted, "Under leadership of PM Narendra Modi, India is shaping new paradigms of human centric globalisation encompassing the...

Doha: Defending champions France finished as Group D leaders despite a 1-0 defeat at the hands of Tunisia at the FIFA World Cup on Wednesday.Tunisia almost saw their stunning victory over Didier Deschamps' side slip away in the last...

Kyiv: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk will visit Ukraine from December 4-7, his office said."UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Sunday begins a four-day official visit to Ukraine, at the invitation of the...

Rome: The Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF), banned from World Athletics events since November 2015, is expecting to be reinstated in March next year.RusAF leadership team had 'embedded a new culture of good governance and zero tolerance for doping throughout...

Lusail:Mexico burst into life in their final FIFA World Cup Qatar Group-C game with 2-1 win over Saudi Arabia but missed out on reaching the knockout stage in agonising fashion.Mexico have failed to reach the knockout stages of the...

Kohima:Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankar will be the chief guest at the inauguration of the 23rd edition of the Hornbill Festival at the Naga Heritage Village at Kisama on Thursday, the organisers said on Wednesday.Addressing a press conference,...

Shillong: Amidst the tripartite ongoing peace talks between the proscribed militant outfit, Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) and central- Meghalaya government, a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court here in Meghalaya has summoned three members of the proscribed militant...

Doha:Argentina made sure of their place in the round of 16 with a 2-0 victory over Poland in the Group-C game here at Stadium 974.Poland, a well beaten side on this occasion, will join them in the knockout stages...