The Russian Foreign Ministry has said that Moscow would retaliate against Washington's latest package of sanctions, adding that the response would not necessarily be symmetrical. ....

India abstained on a General Assembly resolution that was passed on Thursday suspending Russia from the UN Human Rights Council. ....

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif has said that restoring the dignity of the Parliament and holding transparent elections are important for the country, Dunya News reported. ....

Going by the trends so far, there is nothing surprising about the discovery of the new XE variant. XE variant is a slightly tuned up version of Omicron, not an all-new variant, Rajeev Jayadevan, Co-Chairman National IMA COVID task force, told IANS on Thursday. ....

The Pakistan Punjab Assembly was sealed on Wednesday, with barbed wires installed atop its boundary walls and the building's main gate locked, amid confusion over the scheduling of a crucial session for the election of the province's new chief minister, Dawn reported. ....

The President of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Shehbaz Sharif, on Wednesday rejected the name of former Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP), Gulzar Ahmed, for the post of caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan, Dunya News reported. ....

At least six people were injured in a hand grenade explosion inside a mosque in Kabul on Wednesday, sources said. ....

Two people were killed after a small plane crashed in US's Texas, authorities said. ....

With a majority support in doubt in Parliament, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Tuesday late night revoked the state of Emergency which he had imposed amid violent street protests demanding him to quit. ....

Ukraine has figured in US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's talks with India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar ahead of the ministerial-level meeting of the defence and foreign affairs leaders of the two countries in Washington on Monday, according to State Department Spokesperson Ned Price. ....