TamilLankan President Gotabaya declares state of emergency
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a state of emergency with effect from Friday midnight,…
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Russian will not use nuclear weapons in Ukraine’
Russia will not use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, foreign ministry spokesman Alexei Zaitsev said on…
Vladimir Putin puts West on notice
Russian President Vladimir Putin put the West on notice that he could terminate exports and…
Can’t afford US helicopters, says Taiwan
Taiwan signalled on Thursday that it had abandoned a plan to buy advanced new anti-submarine…
Can’t help everyone over cost of living, says Johnson
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the government could not help everyone through the current…
Russian military getting weaker, says UK
The British military says it believes the Russian military is now significantly weaker after suffering…
UNSC condemns attacks on civilians in Afghan
The UN Security Council has condemned in the strongest terms the continued heinous terrorist attacks…
North Korea fires ballistic missile: Seoul
North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, just a week…
Omicron spread: Beijing under semi-lockdown
China’s capital Beijing shut down several metro stations besides schools, restaurants, and businesses and ordered…
Russia forgotten lessons of WW 2, says Zelenskiy
Israel lambasted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday for claiming Adolf Hitler had Jewish…
Pelosi against SC draft overturning abortion rights
Following the reports of a draft Supreme Court decision overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade…
New Zealand reports first Omicron BA.4 variant
New Zealand reported its first case of Omicron BA.4 variant at the border amid 12,699…
Putin to undergo cancer treatment
Russian President Vladimir Putin might undergo cancer surgery while temporarily handing over power to the…
Ukraine allocates $4 bn for defence ministry
Ukraine has appropriated billions of dollars to the defence ministry amid the ongoing conflict with…
Beijing ups restrictions to contain Covid flare-ups
In the wake of ongoing Covid-19 flare-ups in Beijing, the Chinese capital has intensified restrictive…
US lawmaker Pelosi visits Kyiv
The United Nations labored Sunday to get civilians out of the bombed-out ruins of the…
Another mass grave with 900 bodies found in Kiev region: Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that another mass grave has been discovered in the Kiev…
South Africa says it may be entering fifth Covid wave
South Africa may be entering a fifth Covid wave earlier than expected after a sustained…
China to permit ‘some’ Indian students to return
China on Friday announced plans to permit the return of some’ Indian students stranded in…
Iran displays new ballistic missiles: Media
Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has displayed two new ballistic missiles at the Quds…
China reports first human case of H3N8 bird flu
China has recorded the first human infection with the H3N8 strain of bird flu, the…