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US Balkan envoy urges Kosovo and Serbia to deescalate tensions or jeopardise progress toward EU
Belgrade (Serbia): A US envoy for the Balkans urged Kosovo and Serbia on Wednesday to deescalate simmering ethnic tensions in...
US says ‘closely monitoring’ situation after SFO-bound Air India flight makes emergency landing in Russia
Washington: The United States has said that it is "closely monitoring" the situation after a San Francisco-bound Air India flight...
Ukraine brands Russia ‘terrorist state’, to open hearings in case against Russia at top UN court
The Hague (Netherlands): A top Ukrainian diplomat called Russia a "terrorist state" on Tuesday as he opened his country's case...
EU chief von der Leyen says she isn’t interested in the top job at NATO
Berlin: The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, says she has no interest in becoming the new...
Iran unveils what it calls a hypersonic missile able to beat air defences amid tensions with US
Dubai: Iran claimed on Tuesday that it had created a hypersonic missile capable of travelling at 15 times the speed...
Iran Revolutionary Guard fast-attack boats ‘harassed’ ship in Strait of Hormuz, US Navy says
Dubai: The US Navy said on Monday its sailors and the United Kingdom Royal Navy came to the aid of...
Russia claims Ukraine is launching major attacks; Kyiv accuses Moscow of misinformation
Kyiv: Ukrainian forces were making a major effort to punch through Russian defensive lines in southeast Ukraine for a second...
Indian Army chief meets Bangladeshi counterpart; discusses issues of mutual interest
Dhaka: Indian Army chief Gen Manoj Pande on Monday met his Bangladeshi counterpart General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed here and discussed...
US, Saudi Arabia urge Sudan’s warring parties to agree to a new cease-fire
Cairo: Saudi Arabia and the United States urged Sudan's warring parties in a statement on Sunday to agree to and...
Oil tanker breaks down in Egypt’s Suez Canal, briefly disrupting traffic in the global waterway
Cairo: A tanker transporting crude oil broke down in a single-lane part of Egypt's Suez Canal on Sunday, briefly disrupting...