AZAZ, SYRIA: Mohammed Mostafa al-Mohammed started studying medicine in rebel-held northern Syria to help the victims of war, but instead he has graduated into a world battling the novel coronavirus…
MOSCOW: Russia on Saturday imposed sanctions on 25 British officials, responding to penalties Britain imposed in July against the same number of Russians over human rights violations. "In response to…
MOSCOW: Russia reported Tuesday a record high 442 new coronavirus-related deaths as the country's regions struggled to cope with overflowing morgues and medicine shortages. While Europe has reintroduced new restrictions…
MOSCOW: Moscow on Tuesday vehemently rejected claims by Microsoft that Russia was behind cyber attacks on companies researching coronavirus vaccines and treatments, saying it was being made a scapegoat. Russian…
MOSCOW: Alexander Komarov, a patient in one of Moscow's temporary hospital wards, cannot hold back tears as he speaks about his fear of dying from the coronavirus. But as Russia's…
MOSCOW: Russia on Wednesday reported its highest daily death toll from COVID-19 with 432 more fatalities recorded in the last 24 hours. According to the country's emergency task force, the…
MOSCOW: A Russian serviceman killed three colleagues in a shooting Monday on a base near the southern city of Voronezh, news agencies reported citing the military. "Three servicemen sustained lethal…
MOSCOW: A Russian court on Thursday eased a two-year jail sentence handed to an activist who displayed a mannequin wearing a mask of President Vladimir Putin. Alexander Shabarchin and Danila…
BEIJING: The 20th Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will be held via video link on November 10. Chinese President Xi Jinping…
MOSCOW: Fugitive US whistleblower Edward Snowden said Monday he had applied for Russian citizenship but would keep his US nationality. The former American intelligence contractor, who revealed in 2013 that…
NEW YORK: A Russian-backed resolution at the UN Security Council on boosting the number of women in positions of power failed Friday after Western nations said it could damage the…
MOSCOW:Â President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday there were no plans for a new lockdown in Russia even as officials registered a record surge in coronavirus infections and several regions were…
MOSCOW: Russia has applied to the World Health Organization for accelerated registration and prequalification of its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, the country's sovereign wealth fund said on Tuesday. Russia announced…
UNITED NATIONS: US President Donald Trump portrayed India as 'filthy' in the course of a combative but restrained debate Thursday night that gave voters their final chance to size up…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday rejected Armenian Prime Minister’s allegations referring to some unsubstantiated reports about involvement of Pakistani special forces alongside Azerbaijani army in the ongoing conflict between Armenia and…
BRUSSELS: The European Council on Thursday imposed sanctions against six Russian individuals and one Russian entity allegedly involved in the "assassination attempt" on Russian oppositionist Alexei Navalny. The six Russians,…
TUNIS: The first Tunisian satellite Challenge One will be launched on March 20, 2021, Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) reported Friday. "This date will coincide with the celebration of the 65th…
BRUSSELS: The EU on Thursday hit members of Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle with sanctions over the poisoning of opposition figure Alexei Navalny and Kremlin meddling in Libya's civil…
WASHINGTON: Russia is unlikely to participate in the Moon-orbiting station planned by the United States, a Russian official said Monday, marking the probable end of the type of close cooperation…
AZERBAIJAN: Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to their first talks on ending the fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, Russia said Friday, as fierce clashes over the disputed region showed no signs of…
LONDON: India's right wing populist prime minister, Narendra Modi, has erected an oppressive, Hindu majoritarian power vertical, where inclusive, secular traditions trail-blazed by Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru once proudly…
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday told his security council that he, French leader Emmanuel Macron and US President Donald Trump were preparing a statement on the conflict in…
YEREVAN: Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Wednesday said peace talks with Azerbaijan under Russian mediation would be inappropriate, as fighting over the breakaway Nagorny Karabakh region entered a fourth…
BEIJING: Sichuan Normal University (SICNU), China has held the first online Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) or Chinese Proficiency Test amid the COVID-19 outbreak for international students to pursue their research…
