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The deputy head of the presidential administration, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, also tweeted a photo of a Ukrainian flag being raised in the village of Vysokopillia. (Photo: Twitter)

Ukrainian forces claim gains on southern front

KYIV: Ukrainian forces have claimed gains in a counter-offensive against the Russian army in southern Ukraine, saying...

5 Sept 2022 3:50 PM IST

Fallen rocks are seen on a road near Lengqi Town in Luding County of southwest Chinas Sichuan Province Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. A strong earthquake killed multiple people, triggered landslides and shook residents in a major city under lockdown in southwestern China on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Powerful quake of 6.8-magnitude kills 7 people in China

BEIJING: At least seven people were killed in China on Monday when a powerful earthquake of 6.8-magnitude jolted Luding...

5 Sept 2022 3:11 PM IST

New Delhi also denied baseless and speculative reports in a section of the Sri Lankan media about interference on its part in the polls. (Bloomberg)

Sri Lanka reaches $2.9-billion debt deal with IMF

COLOMBO: The IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva on Sunday said she is pleased the Washington-based lender and the Sri Lankan...

4 Sept 2022 3:50 PM IST

Aung San Suu Kyi (AP

Myanmar court sentences Suu Kyi to three years of imprisonment for...

BANGKOK: A court in Myanmar on Friday sentenced the country's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to three years'...

2 Sept 2022 11:57 AM IST

A farmer walks past government propaganda depicting ethnic minority residents reading the constitution with slogans which reads, Unity Stability is fortune, Separatism and Turmoil is misfortune, in northwestern Chinas Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. (AP file photo)

UN releases report on possible crimes against humanity in China-'s...

Hours before the release, China-'s UN ambassador, Zhang Jun, said Beijing remained firmly opposed to the release

1 Sept 2022 8:13 AM IST

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (AP)

Indonesia leader says Putin and Xi to attend G20 summit: Report

Jakarta has come under Western pressure to exclude Putin from the G20 gathering after announcing in April he had been...

19 Aug 2022 12:09 PM IST

United Nations Headquarters in New York (AFP file image)

UN body expresses concern over slavery in China and forced marriages...

UN investigator also speaks of bonded labour among Dalits in India

18 Aug 2022 7:41 AM IST

Various bacterial pathogens can escape our immune system by staying and multiplying within our body cells (intracellularly). (Photo: ANI)

Do we need to worry about the new China virus?

Langya henipavirus suspected to have caused infections in 35 people in China

11 Aug 2022 11:01 AM IST

Fighter jets of the Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army conduct a joint combat training exercises around the Taiwan Island on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. (Gong Yulong/Xinhua via AP)

China continues military drills around Taiwan even after end of...

People-'s Liberation Army Eastern Theatre Command, which oversees Taiwan, said it would continue drills in waters near...

8 Aug 2022 12:55 PM IST

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. (Photo: AFP)

Taiwan govt websites attacked during Pelosi visit

TAIPEI: Major Taiwanese government websites were temporarily forced offline by cyber attacks believed to be linked to...

4 Aug 2022 3:18 PM IST

Chinese military helicopters fly past Pingtan island, one of mainland Chinas closest point from Taiwan, in Fujian province on August 4, 2022, ahead of massive military drills off Taiwan following US House Speaker Nancy Pelosis visit to the self-ruled island. (Hector RETAMAL / AFP)

China begins major Taiwan military drills after Pelosi visit

Pelosi left Taiwan Wednesday after a trip that defied a series of stark threats from Beijing, which views Taiwan as its...

4 Aug 2022 10:52 AM IST

Nancy Pelosi lands in Taiwan, defying China threats

Nancy Pelosi lands in Taiwan, defying China threats

Pelosi, second in line to the presidency, is the highest-profile elected US official to visit Taiwan in 25 years

3 Aug 2022 7:52 AM IST