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Moscow, Sept 28 (AFP/APP): Authorities in North Ossetia ordered a restriction of car travel to the Russian republic that neighbours Georgia on Wednesday, after tens of thousands fled over the border to escape the Kremlin’s mobilisation drive. The head of North Ossetia, Sergei Menyaylo, wrote […]

Moscow, Sept 28 (AFP/APP): The pro-Moscow leaders of Ukraine’s Lugansk and Kherson regions called on President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday to formally annex the territories into Russia, claiming residents had backed the move in a referendum. The Kremlin-backed leader of the breakaway Lugansk region, Leonid […]

UNITED NATIONS, Sep 27 (APP):The United Nations and its partners are scaling up relief operations in Pakistan’s flood-affected regions, as vector-borne and water-borne diseases spread in the underwater areas of Sindh and Balochistan provinces, a UN Spokesperson said Tuesday. Responding to a question at his […]

Copenhagen, Sept 27 (AFP/APP): Leaks on the Nord Stream pipelines near a Danish island in the Baltic Sea are due to sabotage, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said Tuesday. “The clear advice from the authorities is they were deliberate acts. We are not talking about […]

Riyadh, Sept 27 (AFP/APP): Saudi Arabia’s powerful crown prince has been named prime minister, a post traditionally held by the king, in a government shuffle announced Tuesday night. Mohammed bin Salman, who has been the kingdom’s de facto ruler for several years, was previously serving […]

MOSCOW – September 26 (ONLINE) Kazakhstan, one of Russia’s close ex-Soviet partners, will not recognise the possible annexation of Ukraine’s eastern regions by Russia through referendums held there, the Central Asian nation’s foreign ministry said on Monday. “As for the holding of referendums … Kazakhstan […]

Istanbul, Sept 26 (AFP/APP):Ankara on Monday summoned the Greek ambassador and protested to Washington after accusing Greece of deploying US armoured vehicles on two Aegean islands near the Turkish coast. Greece branded the move as “completely unfounded and incompatible with international law”, and accused Ankara […]

Tunis, Sept 26 (AFP/APP): Tunisian police on Monday briefly detained the mayor of a town where a fruit seller committed suicide after his scales were seized by council officials, sparking protests, a judicial spokesman said. Mohamed Amine Dridi, 25, hanged himself on Saturday two days […]

Rome, Sept 26 (AFP/APP):Italy took a sharp turn to the right Monday after Giorgia Meloni’s Eurosceptic populist party swept to victory in general elections, putting the one-time Mussolini admirer on course to become the first woman to lead the country. Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party, […]

BEIJING, Sept 25 (APP): Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) donated relief and rehabilitation assistance worth RMB 125 million for the flood victims of Pakistan at a special ceremony held here. Sharing his grief and condolences with the bereaved families, President of […]