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Kiev, Feb 3 (IANS) Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that his country is seeking to extend the duty-free trade with the European Union until the end of 2024, the government press service reported. While speaking at a meeting with…

Yangon, Feb 3 (IANS) Myanmar's State Administration Council has declared martial law in 37 towns of four regions and four states in the Southeast Asian country. According to the council's orders issued Thursday night, the 37 towns are 11…

Kiev, Feb 3 (IANS) Ukraine signed an agreement to join the European Union's Single Market Programme with a budget of 4.2 billion euros (about $4.59 billion), the government press service reported. The deal was inked in Kiev during the joint…

The CIA also quickly disavowed explosive claims by the Swiss-German paper of record President Joe Biden allegedly sent CIA chief William Burns on a secret mission to Moscow and then Kiev in mid-January, according to a report in the Neue…

Washington, Feb 3 (IANS) A New Jersey councilwoman was shot dead outside her home, according to authorities. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said on Thursday that he's "stunned by the news of Sayreville Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour's murder…

Kiev, Feb 3 (IANS) Visiting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said that the European Union (EU) will impose new sanctions on Russia by February 24, the first anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. "By the…

Kiev, Feb 3 (IANS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and visiting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen discussed cooperation and Kiev's European integration, Zelensky's press service reported. Speaking after the talks,…

Washington, Feb 3 (IANS) The Pentagon has detected and is tracking a high altitude surveillance balloon that is over the continental US right now. The Pentagon has been tracking the balloon for several days as it made its way over the…

Brussels, Feb 3 (IANS) The European Parliament (EP) voted to waive the immunity of two lawmakers following a request from Belgian judicial authorities investigating a major corruption scandal rocking the European Union (EU) assembly. The EP…

<br>Hossain, a Bangladeshi lawyer, will serve the mission as its chair with Shaheen Sardar Ali of Pakistan and Viviana Krsticevic of Argentina as two other members of the panel. The three member panel will inquire over the "state of…

<br>The House voted on Thursday mainly for her bigoted comments against Jews to remove her from the committee that she had used before to campaign against India. The vote was on party lines, 218 to 211, in the House that was captured…

Unblock membership for Sweden and Finland or no F-16 jets for you, said 25 lawmakers A group of 25 US senators from both parties has informed President Joe Biden that Congress will not approve the sale of F-16 fighters to Türkiye unless…

The West should provide Kiev with whatever it needs to fight Moscow, new Czech leader Petr Pavel has argued There should be “no limits” on Western military aid for Ukraine, according to Czech president-elect Petr Pavel. The former NATO…

Officials were told to wear suits so President Zelensky’s military look can take center stage In preparation for the EU-Ukraine “summit” in Kiev that began on Thursday, the Brussels bureaucracy sent out a memo instructing travelers to…

Vienna, Feb 3 (IANS) An Austrian court has convicted four men of helping a terrorist who committed a deadly shooting in Vienna in 2020. The Vienna state court handed down life imprisonment to two of the men and sentenced the other two to 20…

Jakarta, Feb 3 (IANS) At least two people were reportedly killed in floods and landslides triggered by heavy monsoon rain in the eastern Indonesian province of South Sulawesi, an official has said. "Two were killed by landslides since…

Tokyo, Feb 3 (IANS) A Japanese cargo ship sank in the Seto Inland Sea off the western prefecture of Ehime after colliding with another cargo vessel, leaving two crew members missing, the coast guard here said. According to the Imabari Coast…

President Vucic is caught between pro-NATO parties and nationalists accusing him of treason Several members of the Serbian parliament scuffled and almost came to blows on Thursday, amid a speech by President Aleksandar Vucic about the…

Washington and the Philippines have announced plans to create four more American bases in the Southeast Asian nation The US military will be deployed to four new bases in “strategic areas” of the Philippines, the two countries announced on…

New $5 bill won’t feature the visage of Charles III in favor of “indigenous” design The central bank of Australia announced on Thursday that the new $5 bill will feature a design honoring “the culture and history of the First Australians”…

Islamabad, Feb 2 (IANS) The foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) have plunged to precarious levels as the cash-strapped nation desperately seeks to revive the stalled bailout programme of the International…

The billionaire activist foresaw that NATO would become the enforcer and Eastern Europeans the manpower for his new world order George Soros is either stunningly prescient or frighteningly influential when it comes to determining who will…

Islamabad, Feb 2 (IANS) Faced with a shortage of US dollars, Pakistan only has enough foreign currency in its reserves to pay for three weeks of imports, according to a media report. Thousands of shipping containers are piling up at ports,…

Restoring Volgograd’s Soviet-era name is not currently being considered by the Kremlin, spokesperson Dmitry Peskov says Calls to rename the Russian city of Volgograd back to Stalingrad should be treated with caution, Kremlin press secretary…

Belgrade is set to maintain its neutral status and will not join the US-led alliance, President Aleksandar Vucic says Serbia will maintain its militarily neutral status and will not seek to join the US-led NATO alliance, President…

Türkiye’s interior minister claims the US, the UK and several other nations are behind it Several of Türkiye’s NATO allies are engaged in hostile activities against Ankara, the country’s Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu has claimed. His…

The Russian foreign minister sat down for a discussion on topics ranging from Ukraine to major shifts in the global order Moscow is locked in a geopolitical struggle against Washington and the crisis in Ukraine is at the forefront, Russian…

German investigators reportedly have not ruled out the possibility that a Western nation was responsible for the Nord Stream blasts German officials are “open to theories” that the sabotage of the Nord Stream undersea pipelines was carried…

A group of Western and Kiev legislators are calling for Steven Seagal to be blacklisted, Euractiv reports Hollywood action movie star Steven Seagal is among ten individuals facing calls for sanctions by a group of politicians in the…

The Russian president has promised a reaction that goes beyond armored vehicles Russian President Vladimir Putin has hit out at the looming deliveries of Western-made tanks to Ukraine, warning that Moscow’s response to the threat will span…