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Kyiv, Ukraine, May 19 (AFP/APP): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet with US President Joe Biden “in the coming days” at the G7 meeting in Hiroshima, his chief of staff said on television. The two leaders will discuss a series of topics including the international […]

Faenza, Italy, May 19 (AFP/APP): Italy received offers of international aid on Friday for floods, described as its worst for a century, which killed 14 people and left thousands stranded in waterlogged homes or in evacuation centres. As some areas began the clean-up following downpours […]

Bogotá, May 18 (AFP/APP): Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Thursday retracted his claim that four Indigenous children missing for more than two weeks after an airplane crash in the Amazon had been found alive. Writing on Twitter, Petro said he had deleted his tweet from […]

ISLAMABAD, May 18th (Online): Pakistan and Iran have agreed to accelerate work on Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries and finalize it at the earliest. This was stated by Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif while speaking to the tribal elders and notables of […]

ISLAMABAD, May 18th (Online): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif along with Iranian President Seyed Ebrahim Raisi inaugurated 100 MW Polan-Gabd electricity transmission line projects from Iran to Gwadar at Mand-Pishin crossing point of Pakistan-Iran border today. The two leaders also inaugurated sustenance marketplace at Mand-Pishin crossing […]

Cesena, Italy, May 17 (AFP/APP): Five people died and thousands were evacuated from their homes after heavy rains caused devastation across Italy’s northern Emilia Romagna region, while this weekend’s Imola Grand Prix was cancelled, officials said Wednesday. “The city is on its knees, devastated and […]

ISLAMABAD, May 17 (APP):Minister for Interior Rana Sanaullah Khan on Wednesday said that Road to Makkah program would be extended to Lahore and Karachi airports next year which would streamline the entire immigration process of pilgrims, ensuring that all necessary requirements were fulfilled at these […]

ISLAMABAD, May 17 (Online): At the United Nations, Pakistan has reiterated its commitment to promote peace and cooperation in its own and adjacent regions. Participating in a debate of the UN General Assembly on the Zones of peace, trust and cooperation of Central Asia, Pakistan’s […]

Belfast, May 16 (AFP/APP): Voters in Northern Ireland head to the polls in local elections on Thursday, with the British province politically paralysed due to a boycott by the biggest pro-UK party. The vote in 11 municipal councils comes 15 months after a walkout by […]

Dresden, Germany, May 16 (AFP/APP): A German court on Tuesday sentenced five members of a criminal gang to up to six years in prison for snatching priceless 18th-century jewels from a Dresden museum in what local media have dubbed the biggest art heist in modern […]