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Kuwait City: The Kuwaiti emir on Sunday issued a decree appointing Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah as the prime minister and tasking him with forming the new cabinet. As required by the constitution, the prime minister-designate will then…

Washington: Most parts of the US continued to face alarming high temperatures on Sunday while the Northeast and mid-South regions were predicted to be 100 degrees or higher. The National Weather Service warned: "From the southern Plains…

This is Your Day. TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History !  On this day, 23 July....... 1715 - The first lighthouse in America was authorized by the Boston Light Bill for construction at Little Brewster Island,…

Islamabad: Hamza Shehbaz, the PMLN candidate and the sitting chief minister of Punjab province, won the run-off polls by three votes on Friday, and retained the provincial chief executive slot by defeating the joint candidate of PTI and…

Brussels: The High Representative on behalf of the European Union urged on Friday Sri Lankan authorities to uphold freedom of expression and individual rights in the democratic transition process. "The EU underlines the need of upholding…

गंभीर आर्थिक संकट से जूझ रहे श्रीलंका में आंदोलन जारी है। राष्ट्रपति गोटबाया राजपक्षे के देश छोड़ने बाद पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री महिंदा राजपक्षे और पूर्व वित्त मंत्री बेसिल राजपक्षे के श्रीलंका से बाहर जाने पर प्रतिबंध लगा दिया गया है।…

This is Your Day. TODAY: Take a Determined Step Forward and Make History !  On July 22nd, year .... 1678 - Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj won the fort of Vellore. 1702 - The "English Company of Merchants" and the old East India Company…

Colombo: Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the new Sri Lankan President on Thursday amid continuing agitation by anti-government protesters who rally against him for being a Rajapaksa ally and raise slogans "Go back, Ranil". The…

Jerusalem: Israel's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the government may revoke the citizenship of people convicted of terrorism and actions that constitute a breach of trust against the country. A panel of seven judges led by Supreme…

Tianjin: Four people died and 13 others were injured in a gas explosion that damaged part of an apartment building in north China's Tianjin Municipality, local government said Wednesday. The explosion took place at around 7:15 a.m. on…

London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday received a standing ovation from Tory MPs following his final Prime Minister Questions in Parliament. "I want to thank everybody here, and Hasta la Vista, Baby!", BBC quoted him as…

Kabul: The Taliban militia said on Wednesday that they have intercepted an Islamic State cell in Kabul Province and captured three senior foreign members of the organization. The Islamist group said that two IS members were killed during…

Colombo: Sri Lankan MPs are set to vote on Wednesday to elect a new president after former president Gotabaya Rajapakse fled the country and quit amid protests over the country's economic crisis, BBC reported. Prime Minister Ranil…

New Delhi: Veteran playback and ghazal singer Bhupinder Singh, best known for ‘Naam gum jayega’, ‘Dil Dhoondta Hai’, 'Huzoor is kadar na' among many other popular songs, passed away at a hospital in Mumbai, on Monday evening following a…

Paris: At least one person was killed and four others were injured in a shooting that occurred on Monday night at a bar in the 11th arrondissement of the French capital, the district’s mayor, Francois Vauglin, said. "A shootout this…

Dhaka: (By Mir Afroz Zaman) Bangladesh has expressed interest in importing high quality train coaches from India to operate between Dhaka and Cox’s bazar. Bangladesh also intends to purchase engines and luggage vans under the Line of…

Islamabad: At least 19 people died, while several others were missing, when a boat carrying more than 100 passengers capsized in Indus River near Rahim Yar Khan of Pakistan's Punjab province on Monday. The boat, carrying a wedding party of…

New Delhi: Former Nepal prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, who is on a three-day India visit, has said that while new dynamism marks the bilateral ties between the two nations there are “some issues left by history” that need to…

Brussels: The European Commission on Friday adopted a proposal for a seventh package of measures that will ban the importation of Russian gold. The proposal is part of a new set of measures that are intended to improve the implementation…

Rome The Italian farmers' association Coldiretti says the past six months have been the hottest on record, with extreme heat destroying billions of euros worth of crops. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday…