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Mogadishu, April 11 (AFP/APP): Visiting UN chief Antonio Guterres appealed Tuesday for significant international support for Somalia as it battles a desperate humanitarian crisis caused by “a perfect storm” of drought and protracted armed conflict. Guterres said at a press conference with President Hassan Sheikh […]

BEIJING, Apr 10 (APP): China on Monday firmly opposed a visit by India’s interior minister to Arunachal Pradesh and views his activities in the area as violating Beijing’s territorial sovereignty and it is not conducive to peace and tranquility in the border area. “Southern Tibet […]

Damascus, April 9 (Online): Israel struck multiple military targets in Syria after rockets were fired into territory it controls overnight, the Israeli military has said. Israeli artillery and drones were used to hit a Syrian army compound and rocket launchers after six rockets were fired […]

Paris, April 9 (AFP/APP): An avalanche on Sunday near Mont Blanc in southeastern France swept four people to their deaths and left two more missing, the officials said. Among the dead were two mountain guides caught by the snow tumbling down the Armancette glacier, the […]

Rome, April 8 (AFP/APP):Pope Francis, who is recovering from bronchitis and last week spent three nights in the hospital, did not attend the traditional “Way of the Cross” prayer service on Good Friday, the Vatican said. Some 20,000 people took part in the ceremony at […]

London,April 8 (AA/APP):- Hundreds gathered Friday at the iconic Royal Albert Hall in London as part of an open iftar — a community event during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. About 450 people gathered for the fast-breaking meal hosted by the Ramadan Tent Project, […]

BEIJING 08 April (Online): China will continue to work hard to promote early and proper settlement of the Palestinian issue, its foreign ministry quoted China’s special envoy for Middle East affairs as saying on Friday. China is deeply concerned about the heightened conflict that Israel […]

Jerusalem, April 7 (AFP/APP): Israel launched air strikes before dawn on Friday in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, saying it was targeting Hamas in retaliation for several dozen rockets fired at Israel from both territories. The strikes were launched around 4:30 am Israeli time (0130 […]

Ankara, April 6 (AFP/APP): Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Turkey on Thursday, a Turkish official told AFP, for talks that include the future of a key deal that allows grain exports from Ukrainian ports through a safe corridor in the Black Sea. Lavrov […]

Paris, April 5 (AFP/APP): French unions said last-ditch talks with the prime minister on Wednesday had failed to ease tensions over a divisive pension reform and called for record turnout at protest rallies the next day. President Emmanuel Macron is facing the biggest challenge of […]