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Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a two-day trip to Beijing next week, the Kremlin said Saturday. The announcement comes less than 24 hours after US President Donald Trump finished his own state visit to China, where he...

The Hague: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s participation in a community programme in The Hague, members of the Indian diaspora in the Netherlands Saturday expressed excitement and pride over his visit, saying they felt honoured to welcome him. Prime Minister Modi is scheduled to...

Colombo: Indian Naval Ship Sunayna has arrived at the port of Colombo for a three-day visit as part of its ongoing operational deployment in the Indian Ocean Region. The ship, arrived at the port Friday under Indian Ocean Ship - Security and Growth for All...

New Delhi: After having faced embarrassing losses at the hands of the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), the Pakistani security forces have been hit hard by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Eighteen Pakistani security personnel were killed, and scores of others were injured following a coordinated attack...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has announced that Abu-Bilal al-Minuki, described as the second-in-command of ISIS globally, has been killed in a joint operation carried out by American and Nigerian forces. In a statement posted on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump said the...

Washington: US President Donald Trump returned from a visit to China, describing his discussions with President Xi Jinping as a meeting between the leaders of two great countries. Trump landed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland Friday evening, claiming to have secured significant trade agreements,...

Los Angeles: NASA’s Psyche probe was headed for a close encounter with Mars Friday and a planned gravity boost to set the spacecraft on its final course to the solar system’s largest known metallic asteroid, thought to be the remnant core of an ancient protoplanet....

Washington: Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 45-day extension of their ceasefire that took effect last month, a spokesperson for the US State Department has said. "The April 16 cessation of hostilities will be extended by 45 days to enable further progress," State Department...

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to the US in the autumn this year, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in Beijing Friday. Addressing the media after the conclusion of US President Donald Trump's three-day visit to China, Wang said both sides...

New Delhi: India can play a "greater role" in bringing peace to West Asia because of its friendly ties with almost all countries in the region, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Friday, amid mounting global concern over the economic fallout of the US-Israel war...