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India got a much needed respite in the form of a Sunil Chhetri goal which enabled them to beat Nepal 1-0 and stay alive in the SAFF Championshiops. This was a massive three points for India which got the Blue Tigers back in the reckoning…

While Bashar al-Assad is still shunned by the West who blame him for a decade of brutal war in Syria, a shift is under way in the Middle East where Arab allies of the United States are bringing him in from the cold by reviving economic and…

Britain and Ireland traded barbs on Twitter on Sunday after British Brexit negotiator David Frost restated his view that the EU must agree “significant change” to the Northern Ireland protocol that governs trade and border rules in the…

Belgrade, Oct 10 (UNI/Sputnik) Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic predicted on Sunday that Europe was in for at least six more months of gas shortages. "This crisis will not end on its own in the next six months and possibly longer. It…

Kabul, Oct 10 (UNI) Daoud Wardak, the son of former Afghan Defence Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak, has bought a super luxury mansion in Beverly Hills, Miami, Florida, for $20.9 million. He already owns a $5.2 million Miami Beach condo at…

Belgrade, Oc 10 (Sputnik/UNI) - Russia expects Kosovo’s Western allies in Brussels and Washington to use their leverage to end the gridlock in the breaka way region’s talks with Serbia, the Russian foreign minister said Sunday. Sergey…

What do Jim Corbett, Indira Gandhi, Shekhar Kapur, Supreme Court lawyers, TV professionals and some top advertising professionals have in common? They have all, some time or the other, stayed at The Retreat. Bruce Chatwin, in fact, wrote…

KINSHASA (CONGO): More than 100 people are dead or missing after a boat accident earlier this week on the Congo River in the country's northwest, officials said Saturday. The tragedy took place overnight Monday into Tuesday near the town…

BERLIN: Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said Saturday that he will step down in a bid to defuse a government crisis triggered by prosecutors' announcement that he is a target of a corruption investigation. Kurz, 35, said he has…

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday announced the setting up of a special body to address Afghanistan-related matters in Pakistan. The Pakistan Prime Minister "directed the establishment of a dedicated cell to synergise…

BEIRUT: President Bashar Assad allowed his exiled uncle back into Syria to avoid serving a four-year prison term in France, where has spent more than 30 years, a pro-government newspaper reported late Friday. Rifaat Assad, 83, was…

Washington, Oct 8 (UNI/Sputnik) US Deputy State Secretary Sherman and Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi have discussed the issue of Afghanistan, as well as the US-Pakistani relations in Islamabad, State Department spokesperson…

Washington, Oct 8 (UNI/Sputnik) The Troika nations of the US, UK, and Norway expressed their support of the Sudanese government on Friday and urged to end the blockade of port and transportation infrastructure in the eastern part of the…

Kabul, Oct 8 (UNI) The Islamic State-Khorasan has claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing that targeted worshippers during Friday prayers at a Shiite mosque in Kunduz in northern Afghanistan, leaving over 300 people dead and an…

New Delhi/Tokyo, Oct 8 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday spoke on phone with new Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and conveyed his congratulations and best wishes on assuming charge of his office. This was their first…

By Mohan Lal Verma Shimla, Oct 8 (UNI) The variable agro-climate zones of Himachal and other north Himalayan states are suitable for number of commercial crops as a World bank concept paper about diversification and promotions of new…

New Delhi, Oct 8 (UNI) A three-member Nepali Congress delegation on Friday met External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and also BJP president JP Nadda. Jaishankar tweeted on the meeting: “Pleased to welcome Nepali Congress delegation…

New Delhi, Oct 7 (UNI) The conversations between India and the US have “gone well beyond general arguments and are now expressed as specific initiatives or programmes” and on many of the big challenges of the day, including terrorism,…

Tokyo, Oct 8 (UNI/Sputnik) The number of injured people as a result of a powerful earthquake in Japan's Greater Tokyo Area has grown to 28, media reported on Friday. According to the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, there is no threat to the…

Dhaka, Oct 7 (UNI) Abdul Awal Mintoo, vice chairman of Bangladesh's main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Thursday said India must play a role in maintaining democratic environment in neighboring countries. We consider…