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Seoul: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law late Tuesday, vowing to eliminate “anti-state” forces as he struggles against an opposition that controls the country's parliament and that he accuses of sympathising with communist North Korea. Hours later, parliament voted to lift the...

Seoul: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared an “emergency martial law,” Tuesday accusing the country's opposition of controlling the parliament, sympathising with North Korea and paralysing the government with anti-state activities. Yoon made the announcement during a televised briefing. He declared the step as...

Dhaka: Bangladesh Tuesday summoned Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma to the Foreign Affairs Ministry office here, a day after Dhaka lodged a strong protest against the alleged vandalism of its mission in the Indian state of Tripura. Describing the India-Bangladesh relationship as “multifaceted” and one...

Hanoi: The death sentence for real estate tycoon Truong My Lan was upheld Tuesday in Vietnam's largest fraud case, the scale of which had raised concerns about the country's economy. She had been convicted in April of embezzlement and bribery over the fraud amounting to...

Beijing: China announced Tuesday it is banning exports to the United States of gallium, germanium, antimony and other key high-tech materials with potential military applications. The Chinese Commerce Ministry announced the move after the Washington expanded its list of Chinese companies subject to export controls...

Washington: The Biden Administration Monday notified the Congress of its decision to approve the sale of MH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopter Equipment and related ones at an estimated cost of $1.17 billion. The proposed sale will improve India's capability to deter current and future threats by upgrading...

Jerusalem: Israel unleashed its largest wave of airstrikes across Lebanon since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last week, killing at least 11 people on Monday after the Lebanese militant group fired a volley of projectiles as a warning over what it said were Israeli...

Dhaka: Chinmoy Krishna Das, a Hindu priest from Bangladesh who was accused of sedition, encountered a major setback when lawyers declined to represent him at his bail hearing in court Tuesday. According to the sources, the Chattogram court postponed the bail hearing to January 2....

New Delhi: A day after protesters stormed the Bangladesh consulate in Agartala, Delhi Police Tuesday stepped up security around the Bangladesh High Commission in Chanakyapuri here, according to officials. "The security has been increased and extra police personnel have been deployed all around the commission....

Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump has issued an ultimatum to terrorist group Hamas that the hostages taken by it be released from Gaza before his inauguration in January, or there will be "hell to pay" in the Middle East for those responsible. Writing on Truth...