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KABUL: The Taliban are pressing on with their surge in Afghanistan, saying they seized a strategic border crossing with Pakistan on Wednesday - the latest in a series of key border post to come under their control in recent weeks. The…

Tashkent (Uzbekistan), July 14, Uzbekistan is hosting the Central-South Asia Conference 2021 in Tashkent titled the International Conference on Central and South Asia Regional Connectivity, Challenges and Opportunities. External Affairs…

New Delhi, July 14 (UNI) Saying that the future of Afghanistan cannot be its past, India on Wednesday called upon fellow Shanghai Cooperation Organisation nations to act against the seizure of power by violence and force, and ensure that…

New Delhi, July 14 (UNI) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday told China's Foreign Minister and State Councilor Wang Yi that unilateral change of status quo along the Line of Actual Control was not acceptable to India.…

Tel Aviv, Jul 14 (UNI/Sputnik) The United Arab Emirates has been officially inaugurated its embassy in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, with Israeli President Isaac Herzog, who attended the ceremony, describing it as "historic." "I am so glad to…

NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is likely to meet his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Dushanbe in Tajikistan on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation foreign ministers’ meeting. The two leaders last met on…

Kathmandu, July 13(UNI) Sher Bahadur Deuba was sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Nepal on Tuesday. Deuba was administered the oath of office by President Bidya Devi Bhandari administered at a ceremony at the latter's official…

London, Jul 13 (UNI/SPUTNIK) UK opposition lawmakers and some rebels from the ruling Conservative Party on Tuesday lost their bid to make the government reverse its decision to cut foreign aid and re-establish the 0.7% figure until early…

Washington, Jul 14 (UNI/Sputnik) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Luis Almagro recently discussed working together to ensure that security is restored in Haiti following…

Ankara, Jul 13 (UNI/SPUTNIK) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in a phone call with President Xi Jinping on Tuesday stressed the importance of Uyghurs having equal rights with other minorities in China. "Highlighting the importance of…

Washington, Jul 13 (Sputnik) Russia and the United States must do everything to prevent armed conflicts between the two countries, as they could potentially escalate to the nuclear level, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly…

Washington, Jul 13 (UNI/Sputnik) Johns Hopkins University has won a $530 million US Air Force contract for research and development services in support of the US strategic nuclear program and its two ground-based intercontinental ballistic…

Kathmandu, Jul 12 (UNI) The Supreme Court of Nepal on Monday ordered the House of Representatives to be reinstated and directed President Bidya Devi Bhandari to appoint opposition Nepali Congress party leader Sher Bahadur Deuba as new…

New Delhi/Dushanbe, Jul 12 (UNI) Foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) began arriving in the Tajik capital Dushanbe for meetings that would focus on the situation in Afghanistan in the wake of the US pullout and…

Agartala, Jul 12 (UNI) Continuing the export efforts of Tripura government, the horticulture department has dispatched a consignment of 1000 kilograms of Kew variety pineapples and 1,800 kilograms of organic turmeric to Kolkata by Sealdah…

New Delhi July 12 (UNI) _Indian Council for Cultural Relations(ICCR) and University of Delhi have started a new phase in their shared cultural collaboration by establishing a 'Bangabandhu Chair', a direct outcome of PM Modi's Bangladesh…

Nepal Investment Board has said it has signed a pact with India's state-owned SJVN Ltd to develop the 679-megawatt (MW) Lower Arun Hydro Electric Project in eastern Nepal. In a statement on Sunday, the National Investment Board of the…