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Al-Qaeda chief Ayman Al-Zawahiri killed in Afghanistan in US drone strike: Joe Biden

ION correspondentAugust 2, 2022August 2, 2022

US President Joe Biden has announced that Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has been killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan capital Kabul. He made the announcement while addressing the nation...

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HHS Expands Availability of Monkeypox Vaccine to More Than 1.1 Million Doses.

ION correspondentAugust 1, 2022August 1, 2022

By, Michael Baruah, Our North America Correspondent. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced plans to allocate an additional 786,000 doses of JYNNEOS vaccine, dramatically...

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Ukraine, Russia sign UN-backed deal to allow export of grain from Black Sea ports

ION correspondentJuly 23, 2022July 23, 2022

Ukraine and Russia have signed an UN-backed deal to allow the export of millions of tonnes of grain from blockaded Black Sea ports. The agreement potentially averted the threat...

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69% Afghans chose India as Afghanistan’s Best Friend

ION correspondentJuly 21, 2022July 21, 2022

Sixty-nine per cent of Afghan people chose India as Afghanistan’s ‘best friend’ country, according to a recent survey. A Brussels-based news website EU Reporter said that in order to gain...

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Ranil Wickremesinghe to be sworn-in as President of Sri Lanka today

ION correspondentJuly 21, 2022July 21, 2022

Ranil Wickremesinghe will take oath as the President of Sri Lanka at the parliament complex today after his victory in a parliament vote to choose a new president for...

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Sri Lankan Parliament meets to announce president’s vacancy post Gotabaya’s registration

ION correspondentJuly 17, 2022July 17, 2022

The Sri Lankan Parliament met in a brief session on Saturday to announce a vacancy in the presidency following the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa. According to the local media...

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Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn-in as interim President of Sri Lanka

ION correspondentJuly 16, 2022July 16, 2022

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as the interim President after Parliament Speaker Mahinda Abeywardena accepted the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Wickremesinghe was appointed as...

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US decides not to impose sanctions against India under its stringent law for purchase of S-400 missiles from Russia

ION correspondentJuly 16, 2022July 16, 2022

In a big relief for India, the US has decided not to impose sanctions under its stringent law Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) for purchasing S-400 missile...

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Saudi Arabia opens airspace to ‘all carriers’ including Israel

ION correspondentJuly 15, 2022July 15, 2022

Saudi Arabia has declared that it will ease restrictions on “all carriers” operating in its airspace. US President Joe Biden who will be visiting the Kingdom soon welcomed the “historic”...

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Amid political crisis Italian PM says he is ready to resign

ION correspondentJuly 15, 2022July 15, 2022

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi on Thursday (July 14) said that he will resign from the post. Amid political crisis, Draghi told his cabinet: “I want to announce that...