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Moscow, April 5 (AFP/APP): President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday accused Western security services of having helped Kyiv stage “terror attacks” in Russia, after giving an icy welcome to the new US and EU ambassadors. His Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky meanwhile made a rare foreign visit […]

Stockholm, April 4 (AFP/APP): While Finland Tuesday became a full NATO member, Sweden’s membership bid remains blocked, an “embarrassing” delay if short-lived but which could make Sweden more vulnerable and create problems within NATO if it drags on, experts told AFP. Finland became the 31st […]

New York, April 4 (AFP/APP): Hoards of reporters, police and barriers greeted Donald Trump when he arrived at his Manhattan residence Monday — but only a small group of supporters. Just before midday, authorities closed off Trump Tower to the public, as a heavy police […]

BEIJING, Apr 4 (APP): Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Prof Dr Ahsan Iqbal Tuesday said efforts were being made to resume the bus service between Pakistan and China through the Khunjerab Pass to provide economical means of transportation to Pakistani students studying in […]

Moscow, April 4 (AFP/APP): The son of a Siberian governor arrested in Italy at Washington’s request announced on Tuesday that he had escaped house arrest in Milan and was back in Russia. Artyom Uss, the son of Krasnoyarsk Governor Alexander Uss, was arrested at Milan’s […]

HELSINKI, Apr 5 (Xinhua/APP):Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin announced on Wednesday she will step down as the chair of the Social Democratic Party but will remain in the position until the scheduled party convention in September. […]

THE HAGUE, April 4 (Xinhua/APP):At least one person was killed and 30 were injured after a passenger train derailed on Tuesday morning in Voorschoten, a small town in the western Dutch province of South Holland following a collision with a construction crane. The accident occurred […]

Tunis, April 3 (AFP/APP): Tunisian President Kais Saied appeared in a video posted Monday on his official Facebook page, dismissing “mad” reports over his health following almost two weeks with no public engagements. The North African country’s main opposition coalition had pressed the government earlier […]

Paris, April 3 (AFP/APP):The trial of a 69-year-old Lebanese-Canadian charged over a fatal 1980 bomb attack outside a Paris synagogue opened on Monday after more than four decades of legal wrangling. Canada-based Hassan Diab, who denies any involvement in the attack which killed four and […]

Nairobi, April 2 (AFP/APP): Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga announced on Sunday he was calling off a protest on Monday and would embark on dialogue with the government after two weeks of chaotic street demonstrations. Three people have died and properties and businesses have been […]