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SEOUL – October 31 (ONLINE) At least 154 people are known to have died in Saturday’s tragic Halloween crush in a popular nightlife district of the South Korean capital, Seoul. Most of the victims were in their 20s and there were more women among the […]

ANKARA – October 31 (ONLINE) Türkiye will continue its efforts to find a solution to the global food crisis, as it has done so far, despite Russia’s withdrawal from a UN-backed deal, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. “With the joint mechanism that we have ensured […]

Bogotá, Oct 31 (AFP/APP): The leaders of Colombia and Venezuela will hold talks in Caracas Tuesday, the first meeting at presidential level since the neighbors reestablished diplomatic ties after a three-year break, the presidency in Bogota said. Colombia’s leftist new president Gustavo Petro will meet […]

ISLAMABAD, Oct 31 (APP): UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif in a message on 2022 World Cities Day ‘Act Local to Go Global’ said that Cities and communities have the power to help Governments translate policy into practice. Sometimes the solution to the challenges we […]

TEHRAN – October 30 (ONLINE) Iranian students defied warnings from the feared Revolutionary Guards and Basij militia that nationwide protests must end by Sunday, prompting a fierce response from riot police and militia, videos on social media showed. Iranians from all walks of life have […]

SEOUL – October 30 (ONLINE) Foreign leaders expressed condolences over the deadly crowd surge in Seoul’s Itaewon district, with at least 20 foreign nationals from as many as a dozen countries among those killed in the crush in a popular nightspot. South Korea’s President Yoon […]

Nairobi, Oct 30 (AFP/APP): The African Union on Sunday said it was extremely concerned by the deteriorating security situation in the troubled eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where rebels have made fresh gains. In a joint statement, AU chairman Macky Sall and AU Commission chair […]

London, Oct 29 (AFP/APP): UK opposition politicians called for an investigation Saturday after a newspaper reported that suspected Kremlin agents had hacked ex-Prime Minister Liz Truss’s cell phone when she was foreign minister. In an unconfirmed report, The Mail on Sunday cited unnamed security sources […]

MOSCOW, Russia – October 28 (ONLINE) Russian President Vladimir Putin said on the age of Western global dominance is rapidly becoming a thing of the past, and the world has the most important decade since the end of World War II ahead. In his speech […]

Nairobi, Oct 28 (AFP/APP):In a landmark decision, Kenyan prosecutors said on Friday they would charge police officers with crimes against humanity over a deadly crackdown on post-election protests in 2017. The charges cover rape, murder and torture and include the case of a six-month-old baby […]