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KYIV: Ukraine's court froze property owned by former President Petro Poroshenko as part of a formal investigation into alleged high treason by the former head of state, Interfax News Agency said on Thursday. "The Pechersk district court…

BEIJING: China has said that its space station, stated to be a major strategic asset in space, will be ready for operations this year, providing a bird's-eye view of the world. Once ready, China will be the only country to own a space…

MOSCOW: Dozens of protesters were killed in Kazakhstan in attacks on government buildings and at least a dozen police officers died, including one who was found beheaded, authorities said Thursday. There were attempts to storm buildings…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan under Imran Khan's rule has slid into radicalization even as it struggles with a looming economic crisis and poor human rights record. Imran Khan has frittered away his goodwill by mollycoddling extremist groups like…

PALM BEACH: As a raging band of his supporters scaled walls, smashed windows, used flagpoles to beat police and breached the US Capitol in a bid to overturn a free and fair election, Donald Trump's excommunication from the Republican…

LOS ANGELES - California is struggling to staff hospitals and classrooms as an astonishing spike in coronavirus infections sweeps through the state. The fast-spreading omicron variant of Covid-19 is sidelining exposed or infected health…

MADRID: A woman accused by her ex-husband of kidnapping their two boys to prevent them from being vaccinated against Covid-19 turned herself into the authorities on Wednesday, officials said. The 46-year-old woman was wanted for…

ALMATY, Kazakhstan: Police in Kazakhstan killed "dozens" of protesters who tried to storm administrative buildings overnight in the country's biggest city Almaty, police told local media on Thursday. "Last night, extremist forces tried…

VILNIUS: Taiwan said Wednesday it would set up a fund with $200 million (176 million euros) to invest in Lithuania, as businesses there complain of losses from a China-Lithuania row. Lithuania allowed Taiwan to open a representative…

SEEOUL: North Korea claimed Thursday to have conducted the second successful test flight of a hypersonic missile, days after leader Kim Jong Un vowed to bolster his military forces despite pandemic-related difficulties. Wednesday's…