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India, Philippines announce strategic partnership; friends by choice, says PM Modi

New Delhi, Aug 5 : India and the Philippines are friends by choice and partners by destiny, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday as the two countries elevated...

Russia says it no longer will abide by its self-imposed moratorium on intermediate-range missiles

Moscow, Aug 5: Russia has declared that it no longer considers itself bound by a self-imposed moratorium on...

Frequent disasters expose climate risks to infrastructure in South Asia

Kathmandu, Aug 5: Floods that damaged hydropower dams in Nepal and destroyed the main bridge connecting the country...

Japan’s aging atomic bomb survivors speak out against nuclear weapons

Hiroshima, Aug 5: Eighty years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, a dwindling number of the...

Chinese woman becomes third person charged under Australia’s foreign interference laws

Melbourne, Aug 4: A Chinese citizen was charged Monday under Australia's recent foreign interference laws with covertly collecting...
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Operation Sindoor: World leaders call on India, Pak to exercise restraint, hope hostilities ‘end very quickly’

Washington/Moscow, May 7: World leaders, including UN chief Antonio Guterres and US President Donald Trump, on Wednesday called on India and Pakistan to exercise...

Senior cardinal urges conclave voters to elect pope who seeks communion, avoids personal interest

Vatican City, May 7: A senior cardinal has urged the cardinals voting in a conclave to elect a pope who prizes unity in diversity,...

Closely monitoring India-Pakistan situation, hope this ends quickly: US Secretary of State Rubio

New York/Washington, May 7: Hours after India launched ‘Operation Sindoor’ targeting Pakistan’s terror infrastructure, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he is monitoring...

UN chief Antonio Guterres calls for ‘maximum military restraint’ from India and Pakistan

United Nations, May 6: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for "maximum military restraint" from India and Pakistan, saying the world cannot afford...

People knew something was going to happen: Trump on Indian strikes on Pak

New York/Washington, May 6: As India early Wednesday launched missile strikes on terror targets in Pakistan, US President Donald Trump said India and Pakistan...

Pak PM Sharif terms Indian missile strikes on terror targets as ‘act of war’, vows to respond

Islamabad, May 6: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif early Wednesday termed the Indian missile strikes on terror targets in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Punjab province...

B’desh court issues new arrest orders against detained Hindu leader

Dhaka, May 6: A Bangladesh court on Tuesday ordered the arrest of detained Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das in four more cases, a day...

7 Pak soldiers killed in blast

Islamabad, May 6: At least seven Pakistani soldiers were killed on Tuesday in a terrorist attack in the south western province of Balochistan, the...

Flight operations at 4 Moscow airports temporarily suspended due to Ukrainian drone attack

Moscow, May 6: Russian forces intercepted more than 100 Ukrainian drones fired at almost a dozen regions of Russia, the Defence Ministry in Moscow...

Pak to increase defence spending by 18 pc in budget: report

Islamabad, May 6: Pakistan coalition government has endorsed an 18 per cent increase in defence spending to over Rs 2.5 trillion in the next...

Indian pressure group slams Bangladesh’s interim government over attacks on 640 journalists, labels fact-checking unit a ‘disinformation lab’

Guwahati, May 6: The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) has reaffirmed its claim that 640 journalists were targeted by Bangladesh’s interim government, led...

China would always support Pak to secure peace and stability in South Asia: Chinese envoy

Islamabad, May 5: China would always support Pakistan to secure peace and stability in South Asia, Chinese Ambassador Jiang Zaidong said on Monday as...
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