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Paris, Feb 7 (AFP/APP):Opponents of France’s controversial pension reform plan sought to keep up the momentum on a third day of protests and strikes, but the numbers taking to the streets were down on the previous week. President Emmanuel Macron’s bid to raise the retirement […]

TEHRAN, Iran – February 6 (ONLINE) Iranian activists on Sunday dismissed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s decree reportedly ordering amnesty or a reduction in prison sentences for “tens of thousands” of people detained amid nationwide anti-government protests shaking the country, acknowledging for the first time the […]

MOSCOW / BAGHDAD – February 6 (ONLINE) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Iraqi counterpart discussed unpaid bills owed to Russian oil companies because of US sanctions over the Ukraine conflict. “The sanctions should not be imposed on Iraq because its cooperation continues with […]

Geneva, Feb 6 (AFP/APP):UN human rights chief Volker Turk on Monday slammed Mali’s expulsion of the top rights representative in the troubled West African country, saying the work there was “more crucial than ever.” Mali’s ruling junta said Sunday that it was expelling the head […]

Jandairis, Syria, Feb 6 (AFP/APP):In the quake-devastated town of Jandairis in northern Syria, a dazed father cradles the body of his lifeless baby, saying over and over again, “Wake up, my boy, wake up.” “Ya Allah, ya Allah (My God, my God…)” he sobs, kissing […]

ANKARA, Feb 6 (AA/APP): Türkiye has experienced the “biggest disaster” in the last century after the 1939 Erzincan earthquake, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after a strong earthquake hit southern provinces on Monday morning, claiming the lives of at least 912 people. “Tonight at 04:17, […]

Beirut, Feb 6 (AFP/APP): Dozens of people were killed and hundreds injured in rebel-held areas of Syria after an earthquake rattled neighbouring Turkey on Monday, rescue workers said. The 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck before dawn near the Turkish city of Gaziantep, about 40 kilometres from […]

DAR ES SALAAM, Feb. 6 (Xinhua/APP): The death toll from northern Tanzania’s road accident has risen to 21, an official said Sunday. Seventeen people were killed and 12 others injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a mini-bus in Tanzania’s northern district of […]

BEIRUT, Feb 6 (SPA/APP):An earthquake left more than 100 people dead and hundreds more wounded in northern and western Syria early on Monday, state television said, calling on citizens to help shuttle victims to hospitals in their cars, Reuters reported. A health official in Syria’s […]

ISLAMABAD, 02 February (Online): UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today launched a one-time cash assistance scheme for some 1.3 million Afghan refugees in Pakistan affected by devastating 2022 floods as well as the prevailing economic situation. The assistance is being provided, in collaboration with the […]