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Egypt’s state of emergency will be lifted for the first time in years, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Monday. Egypt imposed a state of emergency in April 2017 after deadly bombings of churches and has since routinely extended it…

Formula One, football, rugby, and now cricket. Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners, a major player in international sport, were announced as the owners of the new Ahmedabad-based Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise on Monday, with…

Afghanistan produced a dominating display of power-hitting before Mujeeb Ur Rahman ripped apart the rival batting line-up with his five-wicket haul as the strife-torn Asian nation routed Scotland by 130 runs in a Super 12 match of the T20…

New Delhi, Oct 25 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on his victory in the elections and said he was confident that India-Uzbek ties would continue to strengthen in his second term.…

New Delhi, Oct 25 (UNI) Bangladesh Navy Chief Admiral M Shaheen Iqbal, is on an official visit to India, from October 23 – 29, during which he would visit New Delhi, Mumbai and Wellington in Tamil Nadu. Admiral Shaheen Iqbal will…

New Delhi, Oct 25 (UNI) The Karnataka government on Monday submitted before the Supreme Court that it has no immediate plan to deport the 72 Rohingyas residing in Bengaluru. It also stated that the plea of BJP leader Ashwini…

The number of coronavirus infections recorded so far in eastern Europe surpassed 20 million on Sunday, according to a Reuters tally, as the region grapples with its worst outbreak since the pandemic started and inoculation efforts lag.…

Kabul, Oct 24 (UNI) Two journalists, including one from Tolo News, were beaten and their cameras and other equipment smashed by Taliban militiamen while they were at the Torkham Gate to cover events at the major border crossing between…

Kabul, Oct 24 (UNI) The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has voiced apprehension that following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, terrorist and criminal groups are likely to take advantage of new opportunities to exploit…

Tel Aviv, Oct 25 (UNI/Sputnik) Israel has invited bids for the construction of more than a thousand housing units in the West Bank, Construction and Housing Minister Zeev Elkin said. The newspaper said that a total of 1,355 housing units…

New Delhi, Oct 24 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be travelling to Rome, Italy, and Glasgow, UK, from October 29-November 2, to attend the 16th G-20 Summit and the World Leaders’ Summit of COP-26 respectively. PM Modi will be…

Washington, Oct 23 (UNI/Sputnik) Eight people were injured in a shooting incident on Saturday night near a student campus of the Fort Valley State University in the US state of Georgia, one person died, local authorities said. "The GBI is…

Tehran, Oct 24 (UNI/Sputnik) Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has pardoned 3,458 prisoners, the state IRNA news agency reported. The amnesty is timed to coincide with the anniversaries of birth of the Prophet Muhammad…

Ankara, Oct 24 (UNI/Sputnik) Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced that he had instructed the Turkish Foreign Ministry to declare personae non gratae ambassadors of 10 countries, including the United States, that have called on Ankara…

Washington, Oct 24 (UNI/Sputnik) The approval rating of US President Joe Biden went down in his first nine months of presidency more than that of any other US president since 1945, a new Gallup poll revealed. The poll results, released by…

Mexico City, Oct 24 (UNI/Sputnik) Colombia's authorities say they have captured the most-wanted drug trafficker in the country, Dairo Antonio Usuga, also known as Otoniel, who is the head of the "Gulf Clan" (Clan del Golfo). "Special…

If cricket is a religion in many parts of the world, then T20 is its missionary spreading the gospel to newer lands. Starting Saturday, the big boys of world cricket will get the main event underway after an opening act that, by and…

New Delhi, Oct 22 (UNI) Bansri Lal Arendeh, an Afghan-origin Indian national who was abducted at gun point from near his shop in Kabul on September 14 and released after a fortnight by his kidnappers, has arrived in New Delhi. “I am glad…

Madrid, Oct 22 (UNI/Sputnik) Spanish law enforcement officers have arrested two international fugitives accused by the Polish authorities of fraud valued at 220 million euros ($256 million), Spanish National Police reported on Friday.…

Kabul, Oct 22 (UNI) Ever since the establishment of the Taliban government in Kabul, the musicians of Afghanistan have found themselves staring at a bleak, and uncertain future as the Taliban have declared music ‘un-Islamic’ and thus…