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Moscow, Dec 5 (AFP/APP):A Russian prosecutor on Monday requested a nine-year prison sentence for Kremlin critic Ilya Yashin for denouncing Vladimir Putin’s military intervention in Ukraine. “The prosecutor requested nine years of imprisonment,” said a statement on the Telegram account of Yashin, 39, who is […]

Brussels, Dec 4 (AFP/APP):EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said Sunday the bloc must act to address “distortions” created by Washington’s $430-billion plan to spur climate-friendly technologies in the United States. The European Union must “take action to rebalance the playing field where the IRA […]

Nairobi, Dec 4 (AFP/APP):The commander-in-chief of the Tigray rebel forces said that 65 percent of his forces had “disengaged”, a month after a ceasefire agreement over Ethiopia’s war-torn northern region. “We have started disengagement and relocation of our forces from battlelines… out of our forces, […]

WASHINGTON, Dec 03 (APP):The United States Friday condemned the attack on the Pakistani Embassy in Kabul targeting its head of mission, Ubaid Nizamani, and called for a full investigation. “We offer our sympathies and wish a quick recovery to those affected by the violence,” State […]

Kyiv, Ukraine, Dec 2 (AFP/APP):A number of Ukrainian diplomatic missions in the European Union have received packages containing animal eyes in what Kyiv described Friday as a “well-planned campaign of terror”. The Ukrainian foreign ministry announcement came after a security guard at the embassy in […]

ISLAMABAD, Dec 2 (APP): The interim Afghan government on Friday strongly condemned the attack on Pakstan’s Head of Mission in Kabul Ubaid Nizamani, assuring that a “serious investigation” would be conducted to bring the perpetrators to justice. “The IEA (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) strongly condemns […]

Geneva, Dec 2 (AFP/APP): The UN’s World Health Organization said Friday it still did not have unfettered access to bring humanitarian aid into Ethiopia’s war-torn northern Tigray region, one month after the ceasefire. Restoring aid deliveries to Tigray was a key part of an agreement […]

Islamabad, December 02 (Online): Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif held a telephonic conversation with His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, to convey warm greetings on51st National Day of the United Arab Emirates. Reaffirming the fraternal relations between […]

ANKARA, Dec 2 (AA/APP): Türkiye will never allow the emergence of a “terror corridor” on its border, the country’s national defense minister said on Friday, referring to terrorist groups such as Daesh/ISIS and the PKK/YPG. “We will never in any way allow the formation of […]

Beijing, Dec 2 (AFP/APP): Cities across China further unwound Covid restrictions Friday, loosening testing and quarantine rules in the wake of nationwide protests calling for an end to lockdowns and greater political freedoms. Anger and frustration with China’s hardline pandemic response spilled onto the streets […]