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U.S. President Joe Biden pledged to provide advanced air defense systems to Ukraine after Russian missiles hit the capital Kyiv and other cities, the White House said in a statement on Monday. Biden spoke to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and "pledged...

A Pakistan Court dropped a contempt case against former premier Imran Khan after he agreed to apologize for his angry comments against a female judge, his lawyer said. This eases some legal worries for the leader who would have been...

Friday is the last date to file nominations for the race to elect the next party boss. In a turn of events, Congress leader and former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijaya Singh Friday backed out of the race to become...

The UAE’s new visa rules, which offers many facilities, including the renewable 5-year Green Residence visa, will come into effect on Monday October 3, Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported. The Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs, and Port Security (ICP)...

The move has been condemned by Ukraine and Western countries and represents a major escalation in the seven-month war. Russian President Vladimir Putin has proclaimed the annexation of four partially occupied Ukrainian regions at a signing ceremony in the Kremlin....

Hong Kong's government says that from Monday people arriving in Hong Kong will no longer have to go into mandatory hotel quarantine. Travellers will also no longer have to show a negative Covid test before boarding a plane to Hong...

An explosion near a mosque rocked Kabul after Friday prayers, authorities said. The authorities said there were several victims but the number was not yet known. Police said there were no immediate claims of responsibility. The blast was the latest...

China's former justice minister Fu Zhenghua, who spearheaded several corruption-fighting campaigns, has been jailed for bribery. Fu pleaded guilty in July to accepting 117 million yuan ($14.7m; $16.5m) in gifts and money. Chinese media reported he'd received a suspended death...

North Korea says it has never sold weapons to Russia and has no plans to do so in the future, following US reports that Moscow was turning to Pyongyang to replenish stockpiles. US officials said earlier that Russia could purchase rockets...

The attorney general for the US state of New York has filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump, accusing the former United States president of unlawfully inflating his net worth to obtain millions of dollars in loans and other benefits. The...