International

Kabul: At least 21 Taliban militants have been killed and 17 wounded during clashes and airstrikes in Afghanistan's southern Uruzgan province, a provincial government spokesman said Thursday. "Militants armed with guns and propelled…
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Kabul: Five Afghan soldiers and four civilians were killed, and four people wounded after a Taliban suicide bomber detonated a car bomb outside a security checkpoint in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, a local source confirmed…
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Baku: The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on Thursday that the country's Armed Forces had destroyed Armenian military convoys in conflict-torn Nagorno-Karabakh. "The enemy military convoys moving in different directions were destroyed…
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Accra: Ghana will play Qatar in an international football friendly on October 12 in Turkey's Antalya, the Ghana Football Association announced here late Wednesday. 2022 FIFA World Cup hosts Qatar will replace Equatorial Guinea, who pulled…
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Beijing: The Chinese mainland reported 19 new imported COVID-19 cases Tuesday, bringing the total number of imported cases to 2,854, the National Health Commission said Wednesday. Of the new imported cases, eight were reported in…
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Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Japan, South Korea and Mongolia from October 4-8, State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus said in a press release. "Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo will travel to…
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Geneva: World volleyball governing body FIVB announced the cancellation of the FIVB Volleyball Club World Championships 2020 after the decision was made by the FIVB Board of Administration. According to the FIVB, due to the COVID-19…
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Abu Dhabi: Tamil Nadu youngster Siddharth Manimaran, who is a part of the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) squad for the upcoming IPL, has said captain Dinesh Karthik has been very supportive in his journey. "He is a very chilled guy. It…
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Mexico City: Mexico and the United States will continue to ban non-essential border crossings until Oct. 21 due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Mexico's Foreign Affairs Ministry said on Friday. Mexico's government recommended…
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New Delhi/Beijing: Under the garb of Xi Jinping’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology and Pakistan Army’s Defense Science & Technology Organization are conducting experiments on deadly pathogens to…
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