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Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Jan 12 (AFP/APP):Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said fighting is still raging in a key eastern frontline city that a Russian mercenary group earlier said it controlled, as Moscow announced a new military commander in Ukraine. The fate of Soledar in eastern Ukraine […]

Sydney, Jan 11 (AFP/APP): Cardinal George Pell, a senior figure in the Catholic Church who was convicted and later cleared of sexual abuse in Australia, has died in Rome aged 81, a church official confirmed Wednesday. From humble beginnings in regional Australia, Pell climbed the […]

Washington, Jan 11 (AFP/APP): The United States on Wednesday holds talks on ways to “modernize” its alliance with Japan, which plans to ramp up its defences. The Japanese foreign and defence ministers were in Washington for talks with their counterparts two days before a visit […]

SYDNEY,Jan 11 (Xinhua/APP): Authorities of Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW) will take measure to reduce bushfire risks as the country enters hot summer. Julieanne Doyle, team leader of the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), said on Wednesday that the […]

COLOMBO, Jan. 11 (Xinhua/APP) –: Sri Lanka on Wednesday raised strong objections with Canada over a decision to impose sanctions on two former Sri Lankan presidents. Foreign Minister Ali Sabry told the media that he raised Sri Lanka’s concerns at a meeting with Canada’s acting […]

Riyadh, Jan 10 (SPA/APP): The Ministry of Investment yesterday signed three memorandums of understanding with Kidana, Lifestyle and Josour Al-Khaleej companies at the 2023 Hajj and Umrah Expo Conference, which is being organized by the Ministry of Hajj and Umrah between January 9 and 12 […]

ISTANBUL, Jan 10 (AA/APP): Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko said that Moscow’s growing relations with Asia is a “nightmare” for the West and its “anti-Russian policy.” “The main political and economic nightmare for the West within its strategic anti-Russian line … is our dynamically […]

ALGIERS, Algeria – January 8 (ONLINE) Algerian poet Azzedine Mihoubi, a former minister and presidential candidate, has announced he is quitting politics, denying claims he will challenge President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s re-election bid in 2024. “My name has been cited by several publications … alongside speculation […]

BEIJING, China – January 8 (ONLINE) A traffic accident in southern China has killed 19 people and injured 20 others as the annual Lunar New Year holiday travel rush got underway, authorities said. The accident occurred early Sunday outside the city of Nanchang in Jiangxi […]

Sälen, Sweden, Jan 8 (AFP/APP):Turkey, which has for months blocked NATO membership bids by Sweden and Finland, has made some demands that Sweden cannot accept, Sweden’s prime minister said on Sunday. “Turkey has confirmed that we have done what we said we would do, but […]