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North Korea said Friday that six people died and 3.5 lakh have been treated for a fever that has spread “explosively” across the nation, a day after its first acknowledgement of a Covid-19 outbreak. The true scale is unclear, but a big…

Opposition leader and former premier Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn-in as Sri Lanka’s 26th prime minister on Thursday to stabilise the country’s debt-ridden economy and end the political turmoil, a development welcomed by India which said…

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take part in the second Covid Virtual Summit on Thursday at the invitation of US President Joe Biden. The Summit intends to galvanize new actions to address the continued challenges of the…

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said on Wednesday that he will appoint a new Prime Minister and a Cabinet this week which would introduce constitutional reforms, amid continuing widespread anti-government…

LONDON: Members of the World Health Organization's European region have condemned Russia's war in Ukraine, which could result in moving one of the agency's offices out of Russia and suspending all meetings there until Moscow pulls its…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday said the appointment of a "trade minister" in New Delhi was a routine process and there was "no change" in its trade policy with India. On Tuesday, media reports said Qamar Zaman had been made Pakistan's…

Sulaymaniyah (Iraq): India wrapped up the Asia Cup 2022 Stage-2 campaign with whooping 14 medals – eight gold, four silver and two bronze – here on Wednesday. Indian archers added 10 to their tally on the final day of the competition…

Manchester City on Tuesday said that they had agreed terms with Borussia Dortmund for the transfer of Norwegian striker Erling Haaland. Manchester City confirmed on Twitter, “Manchester City can confirm that we have reached an agreement…

Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Defence on Tuesday ordered the Army, the Air Force and the Navy personnel to open fire on anyone looting public property or causing harm to others amidst violent protests in the island nation over the unprecedented…

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said Tuesday he would reverse Twitter’s ban on former U.S. President Donald Trump, while speaking at the Financial Times Future of the Car conference. Musk, who has called himself a “free speech…

A taxiing plane returned to the gate at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport on Tuesday after photos of aviation disasters popped up on passengers’ phones — sent, Israeli authorities believe, by nine people on board using the iPhone “AirDrop”…

Veteran Congress leader and former Union minister Pandit Sukh Ram has passed away, his grandson said. He was 94. Sukh Ram was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi on May 7. A Himachal Pradesh…

New Delhi, May 10: President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) to Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande at the Defence Investiture Ceremony 2022 held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday. Constituted in 1960, the Param…

Impeccably straight columns of soldiers will march through Red Square on Monday as they do every year on Victory Day. Tanks, armored personnel carriers and transports carrying huge intercontinental ballistic missiles will rattle across the…

The reluctant resignation of Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on Monday got here three days after his brother president Gotabaya Rajapaksa reportedly requested him at a cabinet assembly to step down and pave the best way for…

France’s president warned Monday that decades could pass before Ukraine joins the European Union, and proposed a new political organisation to bring together countries on the continent that share EU values but are not part of the bloc.…

Jill Biden, the first lady, traveled to western Ukraine in an unannounced trip Sunday, the latest show of support from the United States, which in recent weeks has significantly increased military aid for Ukraine and sent others close to…

ZAPORIZHZHIA: Russian forces fired cruise missiles at the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa on Saturday and bombarded a besieged steel mill in Mariupol, hoping to complete their conquest of the port in time for Victory Day celebrations.…

LAHORE: Pakistani police say they arrested eight men of the Ahmadi sect of Islam on Saturday who had opened fire on a group of Sunni Muslims the night prior, killing one and wounding another. Senior officer Faisal Mukhtar said the…

Federal labor officials filed a sweeping complaint Friday accusing Starbucks of unfair labor practices at its stores in Buffalo, New York, including retaliation against pro-union employees. The National Labor Relations Board’s Buffalo…