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Paris, April 3 (AFP/APP):The trial of a 69-year-old Lebanese-Canadian charged over a fatal 1980 bomb attack outside a Paris synagogue opened on Monday after more than four decades of legal wrangling. Canada-based Hassan Diab, who denies any involvement in the attack which killed four and […]

Nairobi, April 2 (AFP/APP): Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga announced on Sunday he was calling off a protest on Monday and would embark on dialogue with the government after two weeks of chaotic street demonstrations. Three people have died and properties and businesses have been […]

Helsinki, April 2 (AFP/APP): Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s Social Democrats were tied with the centre-right National Coalition in the first partial results from Sunday’s general election, with the far right trailing in third place. Marin, who became the world’s youngest prime minister in 2019 […]

Afghanistan, Apr 2 (Xinhua/APP):Afghan national police have rescued a businessman from kidnappers’ clutch in Mazar-i-Sharif city, the capital of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province, said a statement of the country’s Ministry of Interior on Sunday. The businessman was kidnapped one month ago in Police District 1 […]

BEIJING/ WASHINGTON 01 April (Online): China on Thursday called remarks by US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen “irresponsible” and “unreasonable” after Yellen said Beijing’s lending activities leave developing countries “trapped in debt.” Yellen on Wednesday said she was concerned by some of China’s activities globally, particularly […]

DHAKA 01 April (Online): Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday urged Bangladesh to suspend plans to repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar warning conditions there would not be safe for the persecuted and stateless minority. Bangladesh is home to around a million Rohingya, most of whom […]

Rome, April 1 (AFP/APP): A jovial Pope Francis joked with well-wishers on Saturday as he left hospital after a three-night stay for bronchitis, and headed back to the Vatican to prepare for Christianity’s most important week. The 86-year-old pontiff, who was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli […]

PESHAWAR, Apr 01 (APP):A meeting of the Pak-Afghan liaison committee held to discuss different issues causing impediments in smooth sailing of bilateral trade and promotion of commercial activities in the region The meeting was held at Model Custom Collectorate Peshawar with Director Directorate of Transit […]

Geneva, March 31 (AFP/APP): Several people have been hurt in two separate train derailments that happened in quick succession in bad weather in northwestern Switzerland, police said Friday. The incidents took place about 30 kilometres apart, north of the Swiss capital Bern, and rescue operations […]

GENEVA, Mar 31 (APP): The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has, at a meeting of the Human Rights Council, called the recent acts of desecration of the Holy Quran as not just a provocation to Muslims, but a step to sabotage inter-faith harmony and peace. […]