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<p> <strong>Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres in the Kremlin on April 26, here's the text of his <a href="http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/68287">opening remarks</a>:</strong></p> <p> …

<p> With the China threat looming large in the region, the Japanese ruling party Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) asked Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday to double the defence budget …

<p> Pakistan's Counter Terrorism Department has registered a case against two commanders of the outlawed Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) including Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) head Bashir Zeb Baloch for the …

<p> <strong>An unknown soldier of an unknown regiment has been laid to rest more than 75 years after he fell serving his country during the Second World War. The ceremony …

<p> Opposition party, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has prepared a no-confidence motion against Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, which will be submitted before the parliament when it reconvenes. <a href="https://www.dailymirror.lk/latest_news/No-Confidence-Motion-against-President-ready/342-235875"><em>The …

<p> <strong>Just a few hours before entire Israel came to a standstill on the annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Thursday morning, a medical rescue plane with nine elderly Holocaust survivors from …

<p> Scion of the Bhutto family, 33-year-old Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has become the youngest foreign minister of Pakistan as he took oath as a federal minister on Wednesday, after returning …

<p> Shari Baloch, the first female Baloch suicide bomber, who killed four people including three Chinese teachers at the Confucius Institute, Karachi University, on Tuesday has etched her name in …

<p> China has come down heavily on its “Iron Brother” Pakistan over the security of the ambitious China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) projects and its citizens working in Pakistan. The …

<p> Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed "in principle" to U.N. and International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) involvement in the evacuation of civilians from a besieged steel plant …

<p> <strong>In what would be his first visit abroad this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay an official visit to Germany, Denmark and France from May 2-4 during which …

<p> <strong>India has rejected piecemeal reforms of the United Nations which grant more overseeing authority to the General Assembly. </strong></p> <p> India's objections surfaced after a resolution requiring the five permanent members …

<p> <strong>Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Kyiv should take "political responsibility" for the Ukrainian servicemen and "militants of the nationalist battalions" blocked on the territory of the …

<p> <strong>Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have filed complaints against their longtime ally Pakistan over the Pakistani military’s airstrikes on Khost and Kunar provinces in Afghanistan. The Charge d’Affaires of Afghanistan Permanent …

<p> The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has targeted Chinese nationals again. Four people, including three Chinese citizens were killed by a female Baloch suicide bomber outside the Karachi University (KU) campus …

<p> As the Rajapaksa brothers—Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Mahinda Rajapaksa, defiantly hold on to their Presidential and Prime Ministerial positions respectively despite strong public opposition, they finally confront the reality of …

<p> Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on Tuesday took a jab at arch rival Elon Musk by raising the issue of whether China would gain leverage over Twitter after Musk's takeover …

<p> World military expenditure touched an all-time high of $2.1 trillion in 2021, despite the coronavirus pandemic. Independent research institute Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), that monitors arms spending, …

<p> <strong>Amid deepening economic crisis and plummeting liquid stocks, the Sri Lankan stock market halted trading on Monday soon after it opened in about two weeks.</strong></p> <p> <a href="https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/sri-lanka-stock-trading-halted-after-key-index-slumps">The Strait …

<p> Thousands of Sri Lankan students mobbed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's home on Sunday asking him to quit over the worsening economic situation fast turning into a humanitarian crisis.</p> <p> …

<p> India has suspended tourist visas issued to Chinese nationals, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has told its member airlines.</p> <p> The move appeared to be in response to …