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Kyiv, Ukraine, March 24 (AFP/APP): A Russian strike on a humanitarian support centre in an eastern Ukraine town killed three people, the emergencies service said on Friday, revising their previous toll of five dead. “The town of Kostyantynivka came under rocket fire during the night […]

WASHINGTON, Mar 23 (APP): A flag hoisting ceremony was held at the Pakistan embassy in Washington D.C. Thursday to mark the 83rd ‘Pakistan Day’. The day is observed with national fervor by members of the Pakistani diaspora, residing in different parts of the United States, […]

Frankfurt, Germany, March 23 (AFP/APP): Transport across much of Germany will be paralyzed Monday as workers strike demanding higher wages to cope with surging inflation, the latest industrial action in Europe’s top economy. Staff at airports, ports, the railways, buses and subways will walk out […]

Paris, March 23 (AFP/APP): Some 1.089 million protesters took part in demonstrations in France on Thursday against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform, the interior ministry said, with 119,000 marching in Paris alone. The number for the capital is the highest since protests against the reform […]

LONDON 23 Mar (Online): A judge in the UK on Wednesday launched an independent probe into allegations of dozens summary killings by British troops in Afghanistan. Speaking to reporters in London, Lord Justice Haddon-Cave, the chair of the inquiry, issued a call for anyone with […]

MOSCOW 23 Mar (Online): A ceremony to mark the Pakistan Day held at the Embassy of Pakistan in Moscow today (Thursday), on 23rd March 2023. The ceremony began with recitation from Holy Quran. Pakistan Ambassador to Russia H.E. Shafqat Ali Khan hoisted Pakistan flag. Pakistan […]

Edinburgh, March 22 (AFP/APP): Twenty-one people were taken to hospital and 12 others were treated for injuries on the quayside on Wednesday after a ship tipped over in high winds at a dry dock in the Scottish capital. Research vessel the Petrel was left listing […]

Oslo, March 22 (AFP/APP): The Nobel Committee in charge of the Peace Prize on Wednesday condemned the legal actions and what it called “unfounded” charges against members of the prize-winning Russian human rights organisation Memorial. “The Norwegian Nobel Committee deplores the arrest of and legal […]

Paris, March 22 (AFP/APP): French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday defiantly vowed to push through a controversial pension’s reform, saying he was prepared to accept unpopularity in the face of sometimes violent protests. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, acting on the president’s instructions, last Thursday invoked […]

London, March 22 (AFP/APP): His hair unusually neat, and avoiding his trademark quips, former British prime minister Boris Johnson exchanged blows with his interrogators in an hours-long battle over the “Partygate” scandal Wednesday. Johnson ambled into the lion’s den of the House of Commons privileges […]