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Kyiv, Ukraine, Sept 15 (AFP/APP): EU chief Ursula von der Leyen said Thursday that war-torn Ukraine would have Europe’s support for “as long as it takes”, as she visited Kyiv for talks on closer integration with the bloc. Her trip coincided with a meeting between […]

Samarkand, Uzbekistan, Sept 15 (AFP/APP): Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met for their first face-to-face talks since the start of the conflict in Ukraine on Thursday, hailing their strategic ties in defiance of the West. Sitting across from each other at […]

Washington, Sept 15 (AFP/APP): The White House on Thursday slammed Republican governors for headline-grabbing transfers of undocumented migrants into Democratic-led areas as “cruel” and “shameful.” The use of migrants as “political pawns” in the debate over illegal immigration ahead of November midterm elections is a […]

Paris, Sept 14 (AFP/APP): France has rejected a request from a visiting delegation of Canadian Inuit to extradite a priest accused of sexual assault on young members of the Indigenous minority in the 1960s. The justice ministry said that in a meeting late Tuesday, the […]

Tehran, Sept 14 (AFP/APP):The crew of one of two Greek oil tankers seized by Iranian armed forces in May have been replaced by their company, Iran’s foreign ministry said Wednesday. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized the ships in the Gulf days after Greece said […]

BISHKEK 14 Sep (Online): Kyrgyz and Tajik border guards have exchanged fire after a dispute over the border between the two Central Asian nations, officials on both sides said. The clash on Wednesday, which took place on the eve of a regional security body meeting […]

WASHINGTON 14 Sep (Online): American spokesperson Ned Price said that the government has notified congress about the F-16 program on the provision of Jets’ spare parts. During the media briefing Ned Price told that the step will help in to counter terrorism. According to international […]

BAKU 14 Sep (Online): Armenia fired mortars and artillery fire towards border districts of Kalbajar and Lachin and the Azerbaijani army took “sufficient” retaliatory measures, Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said on wednesday. In official statement, Azerbaigan’s Defense ministery accused that Mortar and artillery fir landed in […]

Geneva, September 14 (ONLINE): Pakistan has urged the United Nations Human Rights Council not to remain a passive bystander as India intensifies the suppression of fundamental rights and freedoms of the people of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan’s permanent representative to the UN […]

Leiria, Portugal, Sept 13 (AFP/APP): Five years after Portugal’s deadliest wildfire, which claimed 63 lives, a court on Tuesday acquitted 11 people accused of negligent homicide over the tragedy. The fires broke out in the central Leiria region during a heatwave in June 2017 and […]