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 […]

W.African envoy leaves Mali after inconclusive democracy talks

Bamako, Feb 25 (AFP/APP): An envoy from West Africa’s regional bloc left Mali on Friday, officials said, after inconclusive talks with the military junta over restoring civilian rule in the fragile Sahel state. Former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan, representing the 15-nation Economic Community of West […]

Pak, Afghan Commerce Ministers meet on Feb 28 at Torkham border

ISLAMABAD, Feb 25 (APP): A high powered delegation led by Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce, Textile, Industry and Production, and Investment, Abdul Razak Dawood, accompanied by Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq, is scheduled to meet Afghan Minister of Commerce and his […]

Greece fire ferry death toll climbs to eight

Athens, Feb 25 (AFP/APP): Greece’s coastguard on Friday raised the death toll from an Italian-flagged ferry that caught fire last week to eight, with three truck drivers still missing. The blaze ripped through the Euroferry Olympia last week near the Greek island of Corfu after […]

Profits of $7.4 bn for Chile copper company

Santiago, Feb 25 (AFP/APP): Chile’s state-owned Codelco, the world’s largest copper-producing company, on Friday reported profits for 2021 of nearly $7.4 billion — an increase of 256 percent over 2020 thanks largely to higher prices. The good results were also due to the company managing […]

Three killed in Dadu traffic accident

DADU, Feb 25 (APP): Three persons were killed in a road accident that occurred near Chodghi of Makhdoom area, Dadu district of Sindh province, Rescue sources reported on Friday. According to details, a rashly driven passenger van hit the two-wheeler, passing through Chodghi area of […]

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