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Washington: The White House struggled on Wednesday to contain a political outcry and confusion over U.S. President Donald Trump’s summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, denying Trump ever meant to say that…

Washington :United States President Donald Trump has said that he believes in the assessment of his intelligence agencies that Russia interfered in American elections in 2016 and his remarks contrary to this…

BEIJING: China has set up an unmanned weather station in Tibet which can be used for military purpose in the event of an armed conflict with India, according to a report. According…

London:Geologists have classified the last 4,200 years as being a distinct Earth age and are calling it a new chapter — the “Meghalayan Age” — the onset of which was marked by…

BEIJING/ISLAMABAD: China has been extending support to its “all-weather” ally Pakistan with an aim to counter India. The latest in its series of efforts, China is helping Pakistan with the construction of…

Washington :President Donald Trump has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin privately made an “incredible offer” to help American investigators in their prosecution of 12 Russian intelligence officers accused of hacking crimes…

Islmabad :Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has been kept in ‘abysmal conditions’ and deprived of a newspaper and bed and uses a ‘dirty’ washroom in the high-security Adiala prison in…

WASHINGTON: The United States said that it was exploring “all avenues” to advance the Afghan peace process, but “it is doing so in close consultation” with the Afghan government. The New York…

Tehran :The Iranian Foreign Ministry has dismissed as “a joke” allegations that Russia has mediated indirect talks between Iran and Israel. “Claims of this nature can never be true,” Foreign Ministry spokesman…

SEOUL: US and North Korean officials held “productive” talks to discuss the return of US service members’ remains missing since the Korean War, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. Pompeo, who…