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External Affairs Ministry Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday that cross-border terrorism, curbing trade and obstructing trade are the major challenges that the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has to ensure lasting peace and security in...

New York: With the nation's Kovid-19 death at 200,000, President Donald Trump is engaged in an ongoing war against his administration's own scientists. Over the past six months, the Trump administration has prioritized politics over science at key moments,...

CHICAGO: Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday kicked off the final 60,000-person trial of a single-shot Kovid-19 vaccine, which would potentially simplify the delivery of millions of doses compared to leading rivals using two doses. The company expected the results...

Beijing: A Chinese tycoon who called President Xi Jinping a jester and criticized for dealing with the coronovirus outbreak was jailed for 18 years on Tuesday on charges of corruption, bribery and embezzlement of public money. Ren Xikiang once...

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was on Monday pointing to a second national lockdown as an economic recovery threatens a swift coronavirus outbreak to destroy any shootings and send millions back in isolation. The United Kingdom already has the...

Washington: A US judge early Sunday asked the Commerce Department to require Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc Google to remove Chinese-owned messaging app WeChat from download until late Sunday. US Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler Inn San francisco One order...

KABUL: The Afghan Air Force on Saturday attacked several Taliban targets, killing more than 30 rebel fighters, officials said, with President Ashraf Ghani once again calling for a ceasefire. The Taliban claimed that the strike killed about two dozen...

London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's lawyer tells London The court said its client was indirectly offered a "win-win" deal by President Donald Trump, who extradited him from the US on disclosure of the source of documents leak from the...

Tokyo: Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga began its first day on Thursday with a resolve to pursue next year's reforms. "I am determined to work hard for people and achieve results so that we can live up to...

Washington: US President Donald Trump, who is trying to convince voters that his challenger Joe Biden will promote violent crime, retweeted a fake video Wednesday to show Democrats singing an anti-police rap song. In the video, which Twitter...