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Sloviansk, Ukraine, April 14 (AFP/APP): Russian shelling of a residential building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk killed at least five people on Friday, the local governor said, warning that others could be buried in the rubble. Sloviansk lies in a part of the […]

PESHAWAR, Apr 14 (APP): Animal lovers and right activists have shown deep concern and anguish over ear cropping of cute dog puppies for business and other motives and made a passionate appeal for action to prevent this cruelty. Expressing reaction over some reports appearing on […]

Brussels, April 14 (AFP/APP): Greek MEP Eva Kaili, who has been charged with corruption as part of the so-called Qatargate inquiry, was released from prison and placed under house arrest on Friday. Kaili left Brussels’ Haren prison in her lawyer’s car and was driven straight […]

RIYADH 13 April (Online): Saudi Arabia and Syria have pledged to seek a political solution to the crises besetting the latter, according to a joint statement released after a meeting between the two countries’ foreign ministers in Jeddah on Wednesday. Saudi’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal […]

ISLAMABAD 13 April (Online); North Korea on Thursday conducted its first intercontinental ballistic missile launch in a month, possibly testing a new type of more mobile, harder-to-detect weapons system, its neighbours said, in an extension of the North’s provocative run of missile tests. The launch […]

ISLAMABAD, Apr 13 (APP): The second meeting of the Quadrilateral Group on Afghanistan was held in Samarkand on Thursday to discuss peace, security, economic and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan The consultative group includes Pakistan, Iran, Russian Federation and China. The consultations were led by respective […]

Paris, April 13 (AFP/APP): Hundreds of thousands marched across France on Thursday against President Emmanuel Macron’s pensions overhaul, but turnout fell during the final day of protests before a key court decision on the legislation. There were new violent clashes between police and protesters in […]

Riyadh, April 12 (AFP/APP): Syria’s foreign minister arrived in Saudi Arabia Wednesday, a Saudi statement said, on the first such trip since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011. Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad flew into Jeddah after an invitation from his Saudi counterpart, […]

Goma, DR Congo, April 12 (AFP/APP): Fresh clashes with M23 rebels erupted Wednesday near the eastern DR Congo city of Goma, according to officials, rupturing weeks of relative calm in the troubled region. A Tutsi-led group, the M23 has won a string of victories against […]

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 12 (APP): The United Nations Trade and Development Conference (UNCTAD) has warned that developing countries are facing years of difficulty as the global economy slows down amid heightened financial turbulence. In its latest Trade and Development report, released Wednesday, UNCTAD, a Geneva-based […]