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Brussels, Feb 12 (AFP/APP): Long-serving NATO leader Jens Stoltenberg has no plans to extend his mandate for a fourth time and expects to be replaced in October, the military alliance said Sunday. “The mandate of Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has been extended three times and […]

Nicosia, Feb 12 (AFP/APP): Cyprus went to the polls Sunday for a tightly fought presidential runoff between two career diplomats seeking the top post in the south of the divided Mediterranean island. Polling stations close at 6:00 pm (1600 GMT) in the race to succeed […]

WASHINGTON 11 Feb (Online): A US F-22 fighter jet on Friday shot down an unidentified object flying high over Alaska, US officials said, less than a week after the military brought down a Chinese balloon that had flown across the United States. A Sidewinder missile […]

WASHINGTON 11 Feb (Online): Only 37 percent Democrats want President Joe Biden to seek re-election in 2024 while 70 percent of general voters do not want him to seek a second term. The findings of these recent opinion polls were highlighted in the US media […]

Kano, Nigeria, Feb 9 (AFP/APP):It was just after dawn and tempers were fraying outside the First Bank in the northern Nigerian town of Kano, where scores of customers jostled to get on a waiting list to withdraw money. Long before the branch had opened its […]

Bucharest, Feb 9 (AFP/APP): Moldova’s intelligence service said Thursday that Russia was acting to destabilise the ex-Soviet country, following comments by Ukraine’s president that Kyiv had intercepted a plan by Moscow. “SIS confirms that, both from the information presented by our Ukrainian partner and also […]

ANKARA, Feb 9 (AA/APP): Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and her cabinet members pledged on Thursday to donate one month’s salary to earthquake relief efforts in Türkiye, local media said. Vice President Lai Ching-te, Premier Chen Chien-jen, and Vice Premier Cheng Wen-tsan have also pledged to […]

ISTANBUL, Feb 9 (AA/APP):At least 37 people, including eight children, were rescued by Azerbaijani personnel early Thursday in Türkiye’s Kahramanmaras region, the epicenter of two powerful quakes that jolted the country and the region on Monday. “As a result of the search and rescue operations […]

Brussels, Feb 8 (AFP/APP):Syria on Wednesday made an official plea to the European Union for help after the deadly earthquake that struck it and Turkey this week, the bloc’s commissioner for crisis management said. The European Commission is “encouraging” EU member countries to respond to […]

KAHRAMANMARAS, Feb 8 (AA/APP): A 13-year-old boy was rescued from rubble on Wednesday, 55 hours after devastating quakes hit southern Türkiye. The boy, Berat, was saved in Kahramanmaras, the epicenter of the 7.7 and 7.6 earthquakes, from the rubble after 3-hour-long intense work of the […]