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Putin congratulates Venezuela’s Maduro on re-election
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Nicolas Maduro on Monday after he declared victory in Venezuela's presidential election, the results of which were rejected by the country's opposition.
Russia has been a key ally of…
A stabbing in northwest England killed 2 children and injured 9 others.
LONDON: A stabbing at a children's dance class in northwest England on Monday killed two children and injured nine other people, police said. A 17-year-old boy was arrested and a knife seized after the bloody attack, police said.
A…
Jaishankar, Blinken discuss bilateral agenda ahead of Quad meet in Tokyo
The duo met a day after there has been a buzz on PM Modi visiting Ukraine next month.
Separatists in Mali defeat army, Russian allies
SENEGAL: Tuareg separatist coalition, a major ethnic group in Mali, claimed on Sunday a major victory over the Malian army and its Russian allies following three days of intense fighting in Tinzaouatene district on the Algerian border.…
UK, France ‘condemns’ Golan attack; Israel vows retaliation
London: The UK on Sunday condemned the rocket attack on the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, which killed 12 people, and said it was "deeply concerned about the risk of further escalation and destabilisation".
In a statement on X, Foreign…
Venezuela’s election might change politics or give Maduro six more years.
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Polls have opened in Venezuela, where people are voting Sunday in a presidential election whose outcome will either lead to a seismic shift in politics or extend by six more years the policies that caused the…
Putin promises’mirror measures’ in reaction to US missiles in Germany.
Moscow: Russia may deploy new strike weapons in response to the planned U.S. stationing of longer-range and hypersonic missiles in Germany, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Sunday.
Speaking at a naval parade in St Petersburg,…
US-Japan security talks focus on bolstering military cooperation
TOKYO: Japanese and U.S. defense chiefs and top diplomats agreed to further bolster their military cooperation by upgrading the command and control of U.S. forces in the East Asian country and strengthening American-licensed missile…
Iran’s Khamenei formally grants Pezeshkian presidential powers
TEHRAN: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave Sunday his official endorsement of reformist Masoud Pezeshkian as the Islamic republic's ninth president, following snap elections that had concluded earlier this month.
In a…
Lebanon rocket attack on town in Israeli-controlled Golan Heights
TEL AVIV: A rocket attack Saturday on a soccer field in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights killed at least 10 people and wounded several others, including children, Israel said, hours after an Israeli airstrike on south Lebanon killed…
Italy PM Meloni arrives in China on first official visit
BEIJING: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrived in Beijing on Saturday, Chinese state media said, in her first visit to the country since she took office nearly two years ago.
During the five-day trip she is due to meet President…
Kamala Harris, married to a Jewish man, of anti-semitism – Trump
WEST PALM BEACH: US presidential candidate Donald Trump falsely accused election rival Kamala Harris of being an anti-Semite who plans to allow the murder of newborn babies, in a speech meant to rally religious supporters Friday that…
Ethiopia PM visits village hit by deadly landslide
ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Saturday visited a remote and mountainous village hit by the country's deadliest landslide which killed over 250 people.
Officials are still trying to pinpoint how many people were…
Russia says Ukraine’s statements on peace talks contradictory
VIENTIANE: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday he "does not listen" to what he called Ukraine's contradictory statements on peace talks.
Lavrov spoke after Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba visited China for talks…
Japan’s Sado mines added to World Heritage list
NEW DELHI: A network of mines on a Japanese island infamous for using conscripted wartime labour was added to UNESCO's World Heritage register on Saturday after South Korea dropped earlier objections to its listing.
The Sado gold and…
Traditional German market organised at UNESCO site ‘Alteburg Market’, with Roman history
Frankfurt (Alteburg Market) : Thousands of ethnic Germans gathered around an ancient UNESCO heritage site, the 'Alteburg Market' at about 40 km towards Northeast of country's financial capital Frankfurt to celebrate their victories over…
The Laos PM and Jaishankar discuss bilateral cooperation and Indian national trafficking.
VIENTIANE: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday called on Laos Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone and raised the issue of trafficking of Indian nationals through cyber scam centres in the Southeast Asian country and discussed…
Barack and Michelle Obama endorse Harris’ presidential candidature
ATLANTA: Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have endorsed Kamala Harris in her White House bid, giving the vice president the expected but still crucial backing of the nation’s two most popular Democrats.…
Paris Olympics began with sabotaged trains and bad weather.
PARIS: The Paris Olympics were getting off to a rough start Friday, with suspected acts of sabotage targeting France's flagship high-speed rail network and cloudy skies, with rain forecast, over the French capital ahead of its sprawling,…
While in Laos for ASEAN, Jaishankar met Wang Yi and Lavrov.
NEW DELHI: For India, ASEAN is the cornerstone of its Act East Policy and India attaches importance to it said External Affairs Minister, Dr S Jaishankar on Friday in Lao PDR.
``The priority that India attaches to ASEAN and EAS platforms…
