Street fighting erupts in battle for Ukraine’s capital Kyiv

KYIV – February 26 (ONLINE): Russian troops stormed toward Ukraine’s capital early Saturday, and street fighting broke out as city officials urged residents to take shelter. The country’s president refused an American offer to evacuate, insisting that he would stay. “The fight is here,” he […]

Plane with 14 people on board crashes in the Comoros

Moroni, Comoros, Feb 26 (AFP/APP): Rescuers in the Comoros on Saturday scrambled to find survivors and the wreckage of a plane carrying 14 people that crashed in the Indian Ocean archipelago on Saturday. Airline AB Aviation said its small Cessna plane disappeared from the radar […]

Two Danish journalists suffer gunshot wounds in Ukraine

Copenhagen, Feb 26 (AFP/APP): Two Danish journalists sustained gunshot wounds after unknown gunmen targeted their car in Ukraine Saturday, their employer said, on the third day of a Russian assault on the country. Reporter Stefan Weichert and photographer Emil Filtenborg Mikkelsen “were rapidly taken to […]

PDM a winter disease that ends in summer: Asad Umar

  ISLAMABAD, Feb 26 (APP): Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar Saturday said no matter how hard the Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) tried but it would not succeed in its attempt to dislodge the government. There was no threat to Prime Minister Imran Khan […]

Germany approves weapon deliveries to Ukraine: Govt source

Berlin, Feb 26 (AFP/APP): Germany has approved the deliveries of 400 anti-tank rocket launchers to Ukraine, a government source said Saturday, in a U-turn from its longstanding policy of banning weapon exports to conflict zones. “Given the Russian attack on Ukraine, the government is prepared […]