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Beijing :China HAs announced plans for a campaign to “enhance patriotism” amongst the country’s intellectuals. The move is seen as an attempt to counter discontent amongst academicians, some of whom have criticised

New York: The Trump administration said that it would impose new sanctions against Russia to punish Moscow for the use of a nerve agent in the attempted killing of a former spy

Gaza :The Israeli military has carried out over 140 strikes against the Gaza Strip, threatening another full-scale military offensive against the blockaded coastal enclave amid escalating tensions there. The Israeli army said

Washington :The first set of US sanctions against Iran that had been eased under the landmark nuclear accord went back into effect under an executive order signed by President Donald Trump, targeting

BRUSSELS: The United States and the European Union said that they are seeking details about the arrest of women’s rights activists in Saudi Arabia, but they sidestepped a sensitive diplomatic dispute over

Washington, Aug 7: The United States re-imposed a wave of tough, unilateral sanctions against Iran today, bringing back into effect harsh penalties that had been lifted under a historic, multi-party nuclear agreement

Colombo: Indian tourists visiting Sri Lanka may soon be exempted from visa requirement as the government is mulling granting visa -free entry to visitors from countries like India and China, Sri Lanka’s

PEMENANG, INDONESIA: A woman was pulled alive from a collapsed building on Indonesia’s tourist island of Lombok on Tuesday, two days after a powerful earthquake that killed dozens, destroyed villages and left

Mataram: A powerful earthquake struck the Indonesian tourist island of Lombok, killing at least 91 people and shaking neighboring Bali, as authorities said that rescuers still hadn’t reached some hard-hit areas and

Chicago:Police in Chicago have said that 44 people were shot within 14 hours out of which five were killed, the media reported. In three hours beginning at 1.30 a.m. police records show