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Washington, Nov 12 (UNI) The United States and Qatar on Friday signed an agreement to make Doha the representative of the US’ diplomatic interests in Afghanistan, a move that will mark the first official representation for the USA in Kabul…

St Petersburg, Nov 12 (UNI/Sputnik) Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan emphasized the crucial role of the Troika Plus format on Afghanistan, including Russia, the United States, China and Pakistan, in efforts to resolve the humanitarian…

Bengaluru, Nov 12 (UNI) Prime Ministers of Australia and Israel, Scott Morrison and Naftali Bennett, will address the inaugural session of the three-day Bengaluru Tech Summit, which begins from November 17, Karnataka IT Minister CN Ashwath…

Islamabad, Nov 12 (UNI) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday told an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan delegation led by Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi that Islamabad would “favourably consider” the request by the Afghan…

New Delhi/Luxembourg, Nov 12 (UNI) India and Luxembourg held their first-ever Foreign Office Consultations on Friday during which they discussed on ways to further expand economic links and deepen cooperation in areas including finance,…

Brussels, Nov 11 (UNI/Sputnik) The European Commission upgraded the 2021 forecast for the Euro area GDP growth to 5 percent, downgrading the 2022 forecast to 4.3 percent. In its fresh economic forecast, released on Thursday, the…

Dhaka, Nov 11 (UNI) Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Thursday said that the Golden jubilee celebration of Bangladesh’s independence will start on December 16. Speaking to media persons, he said that the two day event on…

London, Nov 12 (UNI/Sputnik) Jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has received a permit to marry his fiancée Stella Moris, UK media reported. Last week, Assange and Moris filed a lawsuit against UK Justice Secretary Dominic Raab and…

Prague, Nov 11 (UNI/Sputnik) Czech President Milos Zeman on Thursday accepted the resignation of the government led by Prime Minister Andrej Babis, his spokesman Jiri Ovcacek said. "On Thursday, November 11, 2021, President Milos Zeman…

Moscow, Nov 11 (UNI/Sputnik) Turkish Airlines will not accept citizens of Iraq, Syria and Yemen on flights to the Belarusian capital of Minsk amid the refugee crisis, the Polish presidential office's spokesman Jakub Kumoch said. "Turkish…

Houston, Nov 11 (UNI/Xinhua) Bharti Shahani, one of the injured people during Astroworld Musical Festival stampede in Houston, U.S. state Texas, died on Wednesday night, bringing the death toll of the tragedy to nine, the attorney of…

United Nations, Nov 12 (UNI/Sputnik) Four EU member states that have seats in the UN Security Council – Estonia, France, Ireland and Norway – the United Kingdom and the United States as well as Albania have called for a strong international…

DUBAI: India's KL Rahul climbed three places to fifth but Virat Kohli slipped four spots to eighth in the latest ICC men's T20I rankings issued on Wednesday. Rahul, who scored three fifties in India's last three matches after struggling…

LE PECQ : "I'm standing again as candidate for the French presidency." Those words, or some variation along those lines, were the most glaring omission in a prime-time address to the nation on Tuesday night by French President Emmanuel…

New Delhi, Nov 10 (UNI) More than two dozen terrorist organizations having a total strength of 23,000 militants are operating in Afghanistan at the moment, according to different estimates, Nikolay Patrushev, the secretary of Russia’s…

United Nations, Nov 11 (UNI/Sputnik) The UN Security Council issued a statement in which it reiterated the members' concern over the situation in Myanmar following the military coup in February and again urged the country's military…

Berlin, Nov 11 (UNI/Sputnik) Germany's Alliance 90/The Greens political party will seek the foreign minister post in the future government during the coalition talks, German media reported. Since October, The Greens have been holding…

Warsaw, Nov 11 (Sputnik) Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau and his Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, have held a phone conversation in which they agreed to counter what they described as a "hybrid attack" by Belarus with the use of…

TAKING NOTE of comments from top Indian cricket stars, such as Virat Kohli, about exhaustion due to playing in bio-bubbles without adequate breaks, the BCCI will now assess and decide on the workload management of players — before the…

Some of India’s biggest golf stars, including Shiv Kapur and Gaganjeet Bhullar, will tee off at the famed Chandigarh Golf Club when the fourth edition of the Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational gets underway here on Thursday. Presented by…