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ISTANBUL, Jan 31 (AA/APP): Turkmenistan’s president hosted the chairman of Russia’s State Duma for talks on bilateral relations and inter-parliamentary cooperation in the capital Ashgabat. Serdar Berdimuhamedov and Vyacheslav Volodin, head of Russia’s lower house of parliament, reaffirmed a “mutual desire for further development of […]

Paris, Jan 31 (AFP/APP): Human Rights Watch on Tuesday accused Ukraine of using banned anti-personnel landmines against invading Russian forces, saying almost 50 civilians, including five children, had been wounded. Ukraine’s defence ministry insisted the army upholds its treaty obligations against mines, but will not […]

DHAKA, Jan. 31 (Xinhua/APP) –: In an apparent bid to ease the subsidy burden, the Bangladeshi government has again raised the prices of power at both the wholesale and retail levels. The new rates will come into effect from Feb. 1, 2023, according to a […]

Oslo, Jan 31 (AFP/APP): From NATO’s secretary general to the Ukrainian president, the war in Ukraine dominates the publicly known names submitted by Tuesday’s deadline for the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize. The list of nominees submitted to the committee is kept secret for at least […]

CAIRO, Egypt – January 30 (ONLINE) The US has affirmed its support for Egypt’s economic, social and political development, according to a report issued by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and published it on its website. This comes amid […]

TEHRAN, Iran – January 30 (ONLINE) The Iranian foreign ministry has summoned the Ukrainian charge d’affaires in the country over comments made by a top presidential adviser, who appeared to link a recent drone attack in central Iran to the war in Ukraine. The envoy […]

TUNISIA,Jan 30 (AA/APP):The turnout in the second round of the early general elections held on Sunday in Tunisia was 11.3%, an official said. “The voting process was completed without any problems at all polling stations established across the country. 887,638 out of a total of […]

RIYADH / PARIS – January 29 (ONLINE) Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman held a meeting on Saturday with French Minister of Economy, Finance, and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty Bruno Le Maire in the capital, Riyadh, the state-run SPA news agency reported. […]

PALESTINE – January 29 (ONLINE) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced a series of punitive steps against the Palestinians after a pair of shootings in occupied West Bank that left seven Israelis dead and wounded five others. The controversial measures, announced late on Saturday, […]

ANKARA ,Jan 29 (AA/APP):Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has won the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party’s (MDP) presidential primary election, becoming eligible to contest for another term, the preliminary results showed on Sunday. Preliminary results showed that the MDP was on track to win over two-thirds […]