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Istanbul, May 4 (AFP/APP): President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday launched a new attack against Turkey’s LGBTQ community in a bid to rally his conservative voters in the run-up to tight May 14 polls. Turkey’s longest-serving leader has campaigned tirelessly since bouncing back from a […]

ANKARA 04 May (Online): Sweden’s parliament has approved a new anti-terrorism law, which is seen as an important step in getting Türkiye to approve the Nordic country’s membership in NATO. Wednesday’s legislation is set to enter into force on June 1, and will give authorities […]

SRINAGAR 04 May (Online): An Indian army helicopter made a “hard landing” in a remote part of Indian Kashmir on Thursday injuring the two pilots and a technician on board, the army said. The indigenously produced Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) reported a technical fault to […]

GAZA 04 May (Online): Israeli forces on Thursday killed two Palestinian gunmen who had allegedly shot dead a British-Israeli mother and her two daughters in April in the occupied West Bank, Israel’s domestic security service said. British-Israeli Lucy Leah Dee and her two daughters Maia […]

Copenhagen, May 4 (AFP/APP): Denmark’s government said Thursday it would invest an additional 38 billion kroner ($5.6 billion) into the country’s defence over 10 years to address “accumulated challenges” following the war in Ukraine. “Approximately 27 billion kroner will go to defence materiel, buildings, IT […]

Washington, May 3 (AFP/APP): The United States on Wednesday announced a new $300 million military aid package for Ukraine that features a slew of ammunition ahead of a planned offensive against invading Russian forces. The package “includes additional ammunition for US-provided HIMARS (rocket launchers), additional […]

Khartoum, May 2 (AFP/APP): Warring generals in Sudan have agreed “in principle” to a seven-day ceasefire, the government of neighbouring South Sudan said Tuesday, after regional envoys denounced repeated violations of previous truces. Diplomatic efforts have intensified to end more than two weeks of war […]

UNITED NATIONS, May 03 (APP): Disinformation, hate speech and deadly attacks against journalists are threatening freedom of the press worldwide, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday, calling for greater solidarity with the people who bring us the news. The appeal comes in his message ahead […]

ISLAMABAD, May 2 (APP): World Press Freedom Day will be celebrated on Wednesday (today) to create awareness about the importance of press freedom and the role of journalists in promoting democracy and defending human rights. The day is celebrated annually on May 3 to raise […]

Athens, May 2 (AFP/APP): Greece’s Supreme Court on Tuesday banned a party linked to the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn group from contesting the May 21 general election, a legal source said. The far-right Hellenes party of Ilias Kasidiaris, a convicted leader of the now disbanded Golden […]