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Bukavu, DR Congo, May 5 (AFP/APP): More than 100 people have died after heavy rains and flooding in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu province, officials said on Friday. Archimede Karhebwa, the assistant administrator of South Kivu’s Kalehe territory — which was hit by […]

Khartoum, May 5 (AFP/APP): Air strikes and gunfire rocked Sudan’s capital on Friday as fighting showed no sign of abating, despite the threat of renewed US sanctions and mounting deaths, including dozens of children. Hundreds have died in nearly three weeks of fighting between forces […]

UNITED NATIONS, May 05 (APP): UN Human rights experts have sounded alarm at widespread mental health issues and accounts of escalating suicides among Afghan women and girls that stem from a systematic crackdown on their rights by the Taliban –- from attending school to working […]

GOA, May 05 (Online): Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has said Pakistan is committed to multilateralism for forging friendly relations among nations and supporting the peaceful settlement of longstanding international disputes. Speaking at the SCO meeting in Goa on Friday, he said unilateral and illegal […]

Riyadh, May 5 (SPA/APP):His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, has sent a cable of congratulation to King Willem-Alexander of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on the anniversary of his country’s Liberation Day. HRH the Crown […]

Bamako, May 5 (AFP/APP): Mali’s ruling junta announced Friday a referendum on a new constitution would be held in the west African nation on June 18. Government spokesman colonel Abdoulaye Maiga read out a decree on state television saying the country was called upon “to […]

UNITED NATIONS, May 04 (APP):The 45th session of the United Nations Committee on Information ended Thursday, with Pakistani envoy Aamir Khan, who presided over it, making a unity call to promote a peaceful, transparent, and inclusive information world for all. In his closing remarks, he […]

Rome, May 4 (AFP/APP): Italy’s foreign minister cancelled a trip to Paris Thursday after a French minister criticized Rome’s migration policy, in a fresh spat over the contentious issue between the two nations. In a radio interview in Paris on Thursday, French Interior Minister Gerald […]

ISLAMABAD, May 05 (APP): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in a state of fire and bloodshed in India due to out of control situation in Manipur had started pumping up further troops to deescalate spiking up protests. According to the sources, Modi’s Hindutva genocidal […]

ISLAMABAD, May 4 (APP): Secretary General of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Zhang Ming called on Minister for Foreign Affairs Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Thursday and discussed matters of mutual interest. During the meeting held on the sidelines of the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers meeting […]