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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and exchanged views on the Russia-Ukraine war and the situation in Iran, said the US Department of State spokesperson Tommy Pigott.
Tensions between the United States and Iran have escalated after US forces carried out what Washington described as “self-defence strikes” in southern Iran, even as top Iranian officials held ceasefire talks in Doha.
Sri Lanka’s central bank has raised its key Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) by 100 basis points to 8.75%, tightening monetary policy as the island nation faces renewed economic pressures.
An Israeli airstrike on a village in eastern Lebanon killed 12 people, state media said on Tuesday, as an Israeli official said the military had called up more troops to Lebanon.
An India-UK education collaboration in the healthcare and innovation sphere launched its latest round of scholarships for Indian students to pursue higher studies at King’s College London.
India and South Korea on Monday began the next round of negotiations to upgrade the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), which was implemented in January 2010, an official said.
North Korea launched a close-range ballistic missile and other weapons toward the sea on Tuesday, South Korea’s military said, days after the leaders of Russia and China voiced their opposition to Western pressures on…
Pakistan and China agreed to “unswervingly safeguard” and develop their bilateral relations by working closely to build a shared future, according to a joint statement issued on Tuesday.
In the United Arab Emirates, President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has ordered the release of 956 inmates from correctional and rehabilitation centres ahead of Eid Al Adha.
When landlocked Afghanistan and neighbouring Pakistan started fighting late last year and their border crossings closed, Afghans turned to their western neighbour, Iran, for an alternate to Pakistan’s major shipping hub…