US vows to stop Russia from invading Ukraine
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden said on Friday he would make it “very, very difficult” for Russia to launch any invasion of Ukraine, which warned that a…
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Russia witnesses October as deadliest month with 75,000 Covid deaths
MOSCOW: Russia's federal statistics agency Rosstat said Friday that nearly 75,000 people died of coronavirus in the country in October, making it the deadliest…
Threat of new Covid variant Omicron causes worldwide scramble
Nearly two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, the world is racing to contain a new coronavirus variant potentially more dangerous than the one that has fuelled…
Iran demands assurance US will not pull out of nuclear deal
TEHRAN - Iran on Monday demanded US guarantees it will never again pull out of the 2015 nuclear accord and warned Tehran will not accept any partial return to…
Communist Party plenary to further cement Xi’s grip on power
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping, the uncontested leader of the world’s most populous nation, heads a pivotal plenary of the ruling party’s top figures…
US, German envoys among 10 ambassadors whose expulsion ordered by Erdogan
ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday told his foreign minister to expel the ambassadors of 10 countries including Germany and the United…
Former US secretary of state Colin Powell dies of Covid-19 complications
Colin Powell, the first Black US secretary of state and top military officer, died on Monday at the age of 84 due to complications from Covid-19. He was fully…
UN sends 100 tons of aid to Afghanistan via Uzbekistan
The UN sent on Monday 100 metric tons of aid to Afghanistan from Uzbekistan's Termez airport.
According to the UNHCR Central Asia, the aid collected in the…
Daesh claims deadly suicide attack on mosque in Afghanistan’s Kandahar
KANDAHAR: The Daesh group on Saturday claimed responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on a Shia mosque in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar that killed at…
US offers to pay relatives of 10 killed in botched Afghan drone strike
WASHINGTON: The United States said Friday it has offered to pay unspecified compensation to relatives of 10 people in Afghanistan including seven children who…