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Russia alarmed at no US visas to attend UN leaders meeting
United Nations: Russia's UN ambassador says it's “alarming” that less than three weeks before the annual meeting of world leaders...
UN condemns sexual violence and urges justice for survivors
United Nations: The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution Friday condemning all forms of sexual and gender-based violence and urging...
G-7 pledges to move forward with Russia oil price cap system
Berlin: Finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrial powers on Friday pledged to put in place a system designed...
Afghan mosque blast kills 18, including pro-Taliban cleric
Herat (Afghanistan): An explosion tore through a crowded mosque in western Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 18 people, including...
Trump and his die-hard followers trying to ‘undermine’ American democracy: President Biden
Washington: President Joe Biden has warned Americans that his predecessor Donald Trump and his die-hard followers are trying to "undermine"...
China slams damning UN rights report on Xinjiang as ‘illegal, null and void’
Beijing: Taken by surprise over the release of UN Human Rights assessment accusing China of "serious human rights violations" against...
Putin pays tribute to Gorbachev but won’t attend his funeral
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday paid tribute to Mikhail Gorbachev but will not attend the late former Soviet...
Mikhail Gorbachev’s death mourned as passing of rare leader
Bangkok: The passing of Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union and for many the man who restored...
UN inspectors head to Ukraine nuclear plant in war zone
KyivL: United Nations inspectors made their way toward Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on Wednesday, a long-anticipated mission that the...
China’s Communist Party plans to hold key congress to endorse rare 3rd term for Xi Jinping on Oct 16
Beijing: China's ruling Communist Party proposes to hold its 20th Congress in Beijing on October 16 which is widely expected...