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In a statement on Tuesday, the Maldivian Foreign Ministry said a diplomatic request was made by the Chinese government for the necessary clearances to make a port call, for rotation of personnel and replenishment.

The comments come after EU's top diplomat chaired talks between the bloc's 27 foreign ministers and the top diplomats from Israel, the Palestinian Authority and key Arab states.

ISLAMABAD: Three universities affiliated with Pakistan's military were shut over security threats in the capital Islamabad on Monday, police said. Pakistan is due to vote in general elections in two weeks amid overlapping political,…

Before the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the war, the U.S. had been trying to broker a landmark agreement in which Saudi Arabia would normalize relations with Israel in exchange for U.S. security guarantees

Nawaz said that Pakistan has fallen behind the world and that the country has to be "rebuilt."

It was the highest number detected since the ministry started regularly releasing data on balloon sightings in December.

The tremors of the earthquake were also felt in the Delhi-NCR region including other parts of India.

More than 200 people have been "urgently evacuated" from the region, CCTV reported.

The Falcon 10 business jet was believed to be carrying six people on a hospital flight from India to Uzbekistan and Russia before communication was lost on Saturday evening.

Relatives of hostages, as well as other protesters, have set up a tent camp outside Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem and vowed to remain until a deal is reached to bring the rest of the captives home.

YANSHANPU: Authorities in central China's Henan Province were on Sunday looking into the cause of a night-time fire that killed 13 schoolchildren as they slept in a dormitory. The inferno, which took place at the Yingcai School in…

A ministry statement said some 62,681 people were also wounded in the fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants.

Male: A 13-year-old Maldivian boy died on Saturday after President Mohammed Muizzu reportedly refused approval to use India's Dornier aircraft to airlift the teenager. The report comes amid a diplomatic row between India and Maldives.…

The crash happened Saturday in a mountainous area near Zebak district in Badakhshan province.

Japan follows the United States, the Soviet Union, China and India in reaching the moon.

TEHRAN: Iran's Revolutionary Guards launched a research satellite Saturday, a minister said, putting it into a higher orbit in a new milestone for its aerospace programme that has faced Western criticism. The United States has repeatedly…

In 2023, 13 defectors fled to the South by sea, the Unification Ministry said, noting it was indicative of "worsening situations in North Korea".

China issued 180,000 visas to Indians in 2023, urging India to reciprocate for Chinese citizens. Calls for normalizing visa channels for enhanced people-to-people and cultural exchange.

People living near the village were ordered to evacuate due to fears of more land- and mud-slides due to intermittent downpours

After Pakistan retaliated and attacked a bordering area in Iran which led to the deaths of nine people (all Pakistanis), Iran had summoned Pakistan’s Charge d'Affaires in Tehran to protest against the attack.