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At least 41 dead in Coptic church blaze in Egypt
Cairo: At least 41 people have died in a fire at a Coptic church in Giza near Cairo, the Health Ministry...
One year on, EU slams Taliban over abuse of Afghan women and girls
Brussels: The Taliban have "severely violated and abused the rights of Afghan women and girls" in Afghanistan, an EU spokesperson...
Russia carries out further missile, artillery attacks in east Ukraine
Moscow: Russia said on Sunday it has hit targets in dozens of places in eastern Ukraine with missiles and artillery....
Xi Jingping eyes first in-person summit with Biden in November
New Delhi: Chinese officials are planning President Xi Jingping's visit to Southeast Asia for his first one-on-one summit with his US...
Pak to attend counter-terror drills in India for 1st time
Islamabad: Pakistan has confirmed that it will attend the international counter-terrorism exercises in India later this year despite simmering tensions...
Zelensky proposes extending martial law, general mobilisation
Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has proposed to Parliament to prolong the current martial law and general mobilisation in the war-torn...
Turkey urges Sweden, Finland to fulfil NATO accession commitments
Ankara, Aug 12 (IANS) Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu urged Finland and Sweden to take "concrete steps" about their commitments that...
Security concerns bring China closer to Taliban
Islamabad: The severe isolation of Afghanistan since the Taliban captured the country's capital a year ago has provided China an opportunity...
Japan to implement measures to combat inflation
Tokyo: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday said he will instruct relevant officials within his government to implement steps to...
Biden calls on Syria to help bring detained US reporter home
Washington: US President Joe Biden said that Washington knows "with certainty" that the Syrian government has held Austin Tice, a reporter...
