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New Delhi: India Tuesday trashed as 'ridiculous' Pakistan's claim that its request for using Indian airspace to send humanitarian aid to cyclone-hit Sri Lanka was denied by New Delhi. "We reject the ridiculous statement made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, which is...

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Kyiv's European allies Tuesday of sabotaging US-led efforts to end the nearly 4-year-old war in Ukraine. “They don't have a peace agenda, they're on the side of the war,” Putin said after speaking to an investment forum and before...

New Delhi: Russia expects to boost its oil exports to India again and views the current decline that has taken place due to Western sanctions as a very temporary phase, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday. "There can be, for a very brief period of...

Lahore: Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan is alive but subjected to "mental torture in solitary confinement", his sister Dr Uzma Khan said Tuesday after meeting him at Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) said in a statement after Uzma's meeting with the 73-year-old...

Moscow: Russia's lower house of parliament, State Duma, Tuesday ratified a key military pact with India ahead of President Vladimir Putin's state visit to New Delhi December 4-5. The Reciprocal Exchange of Logistic Support (RELOS) signed February 18 between the two governments, was sent to...

Lahore: Pakistan government Tuesday allowed Imran Khan's sister to meet him in prison after a large number of party supporters gathered outside Rawalpindi's Adiala Jail following speculation over his health and well-being. An unannounced ban was placed on meeting the 73-year-old former cricketer-turned-politician, who has...

Colombo: Nearly 300,000 children are among the 1.4 million affected by Cyclone Ditwah, UNICEF here said today. Sri Lanka has been grappling with widespread flooding, landslides and infrastructure collapse triggered by Cyclone Ditwah, leaving several districts isolated and severely straining the country's disaster-response capacity. As...

Colombo: India has taken a leading role in immediate emergency response efforts in the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah, which has killed more than 400 people and caused widespread devastation, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's office said Tuesday. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi conveyed heartfelt condolences to President...

Peshawar:  At least four persons, including the North Waziristan Assistant Commissioner and two policemen, were killed when militants ambushed his vehicle in Pakistan's northwestern Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tuesday, police said. The attack in the Bannu district of the province targeted a vehicle of Shah Waliullah,...

New Delhi: Moscow is fully aware of New Delhi's concerns about the massive trade deficit, and Russia is working with India to fix "the problem", Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday. Addressing a video-streamed press conference for Indian journalists, Peskov spoke on a range of...