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Mykolaiv, Ukraine, Aug 30 (AFP/APP): Intense fighting was raging on Tuesday across the southern Ukrainian region of Kherson occupied by Russia, Kyiv’s presidency said, as its troops pressed counter-offensives “in various directions”. Most of region of Kherson bordering the Black Sea — and its provincial […]

Luanda, Aug 29 (AFP/APP): A senior military officer who became a graft buster and turned on his political patron upon seizing power, Angolan President Joao Lourenco has won a second term, but the victory was not a walk in the park. The 68-year-old secured a […]

Moscow, Aug 29 (AFP/APP): The Russian army on Monday said it had thwarted Ukrainian offensives in the southern regions of Kherson and Mykolaiv and inflicted “heavy losses” on Kyiv’s forces. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ordered his troops to launch attacks in three directions, but “this […]

Baghdad, Aug 29 (AFP/APP):Two protesters were killed and Iraq declared a nationwide curfew after supporters of Moqtada Sadr stormed the government palace in Baghdad’s Green Zone Monday following the powerful Shiite leader’s declaration that he was quitting politics. Shots were fired in the fortified area […]

WASHINGTON 28 Aug (Online): Two US Navy warships sailed through international waters in the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, the first such operation since a visit to Taiwan by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi enraged China which regards the island as its territory. The US Navy, […]

NEW YORK: Russia on Friday prevented the adoption of a joint declaration following a four-week UN conference on a nuclear disarmament treaty, with Moscow denouncing what it said were “political” aspects of the text. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which 191 signatories review every five […]

Washington, Aug 28 (AFP/APP): Roland Mesnier, the French-born longtime pastry chef at the White House whose whimsical confections served five American presidents, has died at age 78, relatives told AFP Sunday. The culinary master — who joined the presidential mansion’s staff in 1979 under Jimmy […]

Tripoli, Aug 28 (AFP/APP): Libya’s rival premiers on Sunday traded accusations over deadly clashes in Tripoli — the worst in the capital since a landmark 2020 ceasefire and which sparked fears of a major new conflict. The health ministry said 32 people were killed and […]

BEIJING, Aug. 28 (Xinhua/APP): China has accelerated the renovation of old urban residential communities in an effort to improve people’s quality of life. Some 44,300 old urban residential community renovation projects saw construction begin in the first seven months of this year, data from the […]

ISTANBUL 27 Aug (Online): Turkiye’s fin¬a¬nce minister on Friday dismissed as “meaningless” con¬cerns among Turkish businesses over a US Trea¬sury warning that they risked being penalised if they maintained commercial ties with Russians under sanctions. Nato-member Turkiye has sought to strike a balance between Moscow […]