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Thailand charges more activists with sedition, royal insults
Bangkok: Prosecutors in Thailand charged 18 pro-democracy activists with sedition on Monday, while lodging additional charges of insulting the monarchy...
China, India should not “undercut” each other; must create ‘enabling conditions’ to resolve border issue: Chinese FM Wang
Beijing: China and India should stop "undercutting" each other, shed mutual "suspicion" and create "enabling conditions" by expanding bilateral cooperation...
Swiss vote on proposal to ban face coverings in public
Berlin: Swiss voters delivered their verdict Sunday on a proposal to ban face coverings, both the niqabs and burqas worn...
Rouhani: Iran ready to take steps when US lifts sanctions
Tehran: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday his country was prepared to take steps to live up to measures in...
Pope Francis, Iraq’s top Shiite cleric hold historic meeting
Plains of Ur (Iraq): Pope Francis and Iraq's top Shiite cleric delivered a powerful message of peaceful coexistence Saturday, urging...
UN fails to approve call to end Tigray violence: Diplomats
United Nations: An attempt to get U.N. Security Council approval for a statement calling for an end to violence in...
Death toll in bombing in Somalia’s capital rises to 20
Nairobi: The death toll has risen to at least 20 after a vehicle packed with explosives rammed into a popular...
China hikes defence budget to USD 209 billion, 6.8 per cent increase
Beijing: China on Friday hiked its defence budget to USD 209 billion, maintaining a single-digit growth for the sixth consecutive...
Pak PM Imran Khan to meet allies ahead of vote of confidence in Parliament
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has convened a meeting of his allies on Friday to firm up his strategy,...
Farmers’ protest internal issue of India, for it to resolve: British govt
New Delhi: With UK's MPs set to debate next week the safety of farmer protesters, the British government on Friday...