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Beijing: Rainfall-triggered disasters have left 38 people dead and two others missing in Pingyuan County in south China's Guangdong province as of 3 p.m. Friday, local authorities said. Heavy rains battered the county from 8 a.m.…

Hanoi: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said South Korea would be making a "big mistake" if it supplies arms to Ukraine. "If that happens, then we will make corresponding decisions that will not please the current leadership of…

Tehran: Iranian Caretaker Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani has condemned the Canadian government's "provocative and irresponsible" decision to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a "terrorist entity". He…

Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has unveiled the federal government's policy to deliver the National School Food Program across the country. With an investment of 1 billion Canadian dollars ($730 million) over five…

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for global efforts to protect the 43.4 million refugees across the globe in a video message on World Refugee Day. "From Sudan to Ukraine, from the Middle East to…

Bangkok: Thailand is pushing forward with its plan to become a member of the BRICS group of emerging economies as early as October at the bloc's next summit in Russia, a Thai Foreign Ministry official said. Thailand submitted a…

Washington; The US reiterated on Thursday that it continues to consider India a "close partner" and looks forward to continuing to work with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government in its third term This reassertion came at the US…

Dharamsala: In a significant show of diplomatic power politics, a high-level bipartisan delegation from the US, comprising ex-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and others, met Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama at the latter's residence…

New York: "Samosa Caucus" -- the group of Indian-Americans in US Congress -- has a strong chance of getting another member next year with the victory of Suhas Subramanyam in the Virginia Democratic primaries. He won the…

Washington: The US Army has said they have killed a high-ranking member of the Islamic State terrorist militia in Syria in an airstrike. "US Central Command conducted an airstrike in Syria, killing Usamah Jamal Muhammad Ibrahim…

Hanoi; Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Hanoi for a state visit following a meeting with Kim Jong Un in North Korea, the Russian presidency said. Putin is visiting the Vietnam capital at the invitation of General…

Beirut: Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has pledged a fight "without limitations" if Israel starts a war with the militant group. Speaking during a memorial ceremony for a Hezbollah commander killed last week by an Israeli strike,…

Ottawa; Canada has declared Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a branch of the Iranian Armed Forces, as a "terrorist entity". Canadian Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc announced on Wednesday afternoon, saying…

Gaza: At least 10 Palestinian security personnel of merchant trucks were killed by the Israeli army in Rafah City in the south of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian security and medical sources said. Local sources and eyewitnesses told…

United Nations: Citizens from around the globe will gather here on Friday to show the uniting power of yoga across boundaries and divisions as the world organisation celebrates the 10th International Day of Yoga. The theme for this…

Rome: The Italian Senate has approved a controversial constitutional reform put forward by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government. A total of 109 members voted in favour of the reform in the smaller of the two chambers of…

Brussels; Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said that he is willing to endorse Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's bid to become the next Secretary General of NATO. "Hungary is ready to support PM Rutte's bid for NATO…

Riga: Latvian President Edgars Rinkevics visited the border fence being built on his country's eastern EU external border with Russia. Wearing a military uniform, he inspected the construction work near Karsava together with border…

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged the White House to lift all restrictions on weapons shipments to Israel, imposed by US President Joe Biden's administration over the Israeli ground offensive in Gaza's…

Tehran; At least four people were killed and more than 120 others injured in a magnitude-5.0 earthquake that jolted Kashmar County in the northeastern Iranian province of Khorasan Razavi, the media reported. Out of those injured,…