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France’s environment min resigns over emergency bill allowing 2 banned pesticides

Paris, July 22: France's minister for the environmental transition is stepping down over a controversial emergency agriculture bill granting temporary exemptions for the use of restricted pesticides that scientists...

US will destroy bridge, power plant for each Iranian attack in Hormuz: Trump

Dubai, July 22: US President Donald Trump warned Wednesday that the US will destroy one bridge or power...

10 militants killed in Pakistan

Karachi, July 22: Ten militants were killed and two female suicide bombers apprehended by Pakistani security forces in...

US to impose steep tariffs on generic medicine imports from Aug 2028

Washington, Jul 22: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced plans to onshore drug manufacturing by keeping tariffs...

Iran’s demands over the Strait of Hormuz would set a dangerous precedent, Rubio tells Asian leaders

Manila, Jul 20: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Asian leaders Wednesday that Iran's demand to control...
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Israeli strikes pound Iran and Lebanon as US warns attacks will intensify

Dubai, Mar 6: Israeli airstrikes pounded the capitals of Iran and Lebanon as the US apparently struck an Iranian drone carrier at sea, intensifying...

India finally condoles Khamenei’s death

New Delhi, March 5: India on Thursday condoled the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei against the backdrop of scathing criticism of...

SL’s ex-intel chief named suspect in Easter attack case

Colombo, Mar 5: Sri Lanka's former state intelligence service chief Suresh Sally has been named a suspect in the probe into the 2019 Easter...

Iran launches new attacks target Israel, US bases

Dubai, March 5: Iran launched a new wave of attacks against Israel, American bases and countries around the region Thursday, while warning the US...

Voting concludes peacefully in Nepal

Kathmandu, Mar 5: Tens of thousands of Nepalese voted on Thursday in the crucial parliamentary elections to elect a new prime minister, six months...

Modi ‘very focused’ on delivery, bringing ‘hundreds of millions’ into formal economy: Canada PM

Sydney, Mar 5 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “very focused” on delivery of welfare programmes to the common people and has been successful...

China hikes defence budget by 7 per cent to accelerate military modernisation

Beijing, Mar 5 : China on Thursday hiked its defence budget to about 1.91 trillion yuan (USD 277 billion), an increase of seven per...

Sri Lanka recovers 87 bodies from Iranian warship sunk off its coast by US submarine

Colombo, Mar 4: A US submarine sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka, and Sri Lanka's navy said Wednesday it recovered...

Israeli military orders immediate evacuations in southern Lebanon as strikes on Beirut intensify

Beirut, Mar 4: Israel's military ordered on Wednesday residents of dozens of border villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate “immediately” as airstrikes on suburbs...

US announces withdrawal of non-emergency staff from consulates in Karachi and Lahore

Islamabad, Mar 4 : The United States announced on Wednesday the withdrawal of non-emergency staff from its consulates in the Pakistani cities of Karachi...

India backs ‘Myanmar-led, Myanmar-owned’ peace process: EAM Jaishankar

New Delhi, Mar 4 : India supports a Myanmar-led and Myanmar-owned peace process that can deliver lasting peace and development for all in the...

Canadian prime minister calls Iran war extreme example of rupturing world order

Melbourne, Mar 4 : Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Wednesday he regretted that the Iran war was an extreme example of a...
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