United Nations (IANS) As India pledged to continue its efforts with Russia and Ukraine to end the war, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday that he has been in "close contact" with New Delhi on the mediation efforts.
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New York (IANS) India has warned of the increasing likelihood of terrorists getting weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and urged the UN Security Council to make preventing it a "central priority".
"Preventing terrorist groups from acquiring…
Sanaa (IANS) Forces of the Saudi-led coalition have repelled advances by the Houthi militia on two fronts in Yemen's oil-rich province of Marib, a military source said.
Coalition airstrikes targeted the Houthi combatants in the western…
New Delhi (IANS) Russia has said that convoys carrying foreign weapons to Ukraine will become "legitimate targets" for the Russian armed forces.
Sergei Ryabkov, the country's Deputy Foreign Minister, said Russia has warned the United States…
New Delhi (IANS) Satellite images taken by a US firm of a large Russian military convoy near Ukraine's capital Kiev show that it has been "largely dispersed and redeployed", BBC reported.
The convoy was last seen near Antonov Airport, north-west…
New Delhi (IANS) A US lawmaker has called to designate Pakistan as a state sponsor of terrorism, while two others have sought a probe into Ambassador Masood Khans alleged links with Kashmiri and Pakistani groups, Dawn reported.
The initiator…
Kiev (IANS) Ukraine's Presidential Office on Thursday warned that the situation at Chernobyl was "very dangerous" after an emergency power outage was reported at the now-defunct nuclear power plant.
"The situation in Chernobyl is overall…
Washington (IANS) The US on Wednesday rejected an offer by Poland to send all of its Soviet-made MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine through an American airbase in Germany.
Pentagon Spokesman John Kirby has said, "The prospect of fighter jets at…
New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken to his Netherlands counterpart Mark Rutte and discussed the ongoing situation in the war-torn country of Ukraine, the Ministry of External Affairs said here on Wednesday.
The two leaders…
New Delhi (IANS) Coinbase, one of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges, has blocked over 25,000 addresses related to Russian individuals or entities engaged in illicit activity.
Coinbase said when a user opens an account, it checks provided…