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UNITED NATIONS, Mar 02 (APP): As food rationing begins for Myanmar’s Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, a top UN rights expert on Thursday urged the international community to step in and reverse the policy as “a matter of life and death”. The development follows the announcement […]

Steccato di Cutro, Italy, March 1 (AFP/APP):It was 4:30 on Sunday morning when Italian fisherman Vincenzo Luciano got a phone call from a friend — something bad had happened in the water. When the 50-year-old arrived at the beach near his home in the southern […]

Budapest, March 1 (AFP/APP): Hungarian lawmakers on Wednesday started debating the NATO bids of Finland and Sweden, with the ruling party voicing concerns ahead of a vote expected this month. The parliamentary voting was officially scheduled for March 6-9, but parliament’s website on Wednesday showed […]

Dakar, March 1 (AFP/APP): Mali’s junta has issued a strongly worded warning to international partners about threats to a major peace deal with armed groups in the country’s north, fuelling fears of renewed hostilities. Colonel Major Ismael Wague, one of the junta’s strongmen, recently wrote […]

Larissa, Greece, March 1 (AFP/APP):Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday said a “tragic human error” was likely responsible for a train collision that has left at least 38 dead in the country’s worst rail tragedy. Two carriages were crushed and a third engulfed in […]

Kyiv, Ukraine, Feb 28 (AFP/APP):Ukraine said Tuesday its forces were under pressure in Bakhmut, a nearly-destroyed city in the eastern Donetsk region that Russia has been trying to seize for months. “The situation around Bakhmut is extremely tense. Despite taking significant losses, the enemy has […]

Astana, Kazakhstan, Feb 28 (AFP/APP):Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday vowed US support for Kazakhstan’s independence as he sought greater engagement in Central Asia, where traditional alliances with Russia have been rattled by the Ukraine invasion. Blinken will also visit Uzbekistan and meet foreign […]

ANKARA, Feb 28 (APP):Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Tuesday met UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell in the capital Ankara for talks. Thanking Russell for her solidarity visit, Cavusoglu said on Twitter: “Grateful for support of international community during our difficult times.” Russell’s visit comes […]

Paris, Feb 27 (AFP/APP): President Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday a “noticeable reduction” of France’s troop presence in Africa following a withdrawal from Mali and Burkina Faso after years of fighting militants there. “The change will happen in the coming months with a noticeable reduction […]