Eight Polio vaccinators killed in Afghanistan

KABUL – February 25 (ONLINE): Eight members of polio vaccination teams working to eradicate the crippling virus in Afghanistan were killed on Thursday in four separate attacks, the United Nations said. Polio teams were frequently targeted by insurgent groups in Afghanistan until the Taliban’s takeover […]

Russia Says Captured Key Water Supply Route to Crimea

MOSCOW – February 25 (ONLINE): Russian forces invading Ukraine said they had taken control of a vital canal to supply water to Moscow-annexed Crimea, which has been suffering from shortages for the past eight years. Crimea received most of its water from Ukraine’s Dnieper River […]

Football: Europa Conference League last-16 draws

Paris, Feb 25 (AFP/APP): Draw for the last 16 of the UEFA Europa Conference League, made on Friday: Marseille (FRA) v Basel (SUI) Leicester City (ENG) v Rennes (FRA) PAOK (GRE) v Gent (BEL) Vitesse Arnhem (NED) v Roma (ITA) PSV Eindhoven (NED) v FC […]

Five MSF workers kidnapped in Cameroon

Yaoundé, Feb 25 (AFP/APP): Five workers with the French medical charity MSF have been kidnapped in Cameroon’s Far North, a region troubled by jihadist insurgents, MSF and a senior local official told AFP on Friday. Armed men in Fotokol, near the border with Nigeria, on […]