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UNITED NATIONS, Apr 05 (APP):UN Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland on Wednesday appealed for Israeli and Palestinian leaders to exercise restraint following the latest violence that followed the storming of Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque by Israeli forces who also arrested more than 350 people. The raids […]

Rio de Janeiro, April 5 (AFP/APP): A 25-year-old attacker burst into a preschool in southern Brazil and killed four children Wednesday with a hatchet-like weapon before turning himself in to police, authorities said. Police and government officials in the state of Santa Catarina said the […]

Moscow, April 5 (AFP/APP): President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday accused Western security services of having helped Kyiv stage “terror attacks” in Russia, after giving an icy welcome to the new US and EU ambassadors. His Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky meanwhile made a rare foreign visit […]

Stockholm, April 4 (AFP/APP): While Finland Tuesday became a full NATO member, Sweden’s membership bid remains blocked, an “embarrassing” delay if short-lived but which could make Sweden more vulnerable and create problems within NATO if it drags on, experts told AFP. Finland became the 31st […]