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WELLINGTON – July 22 (ONLINE) New Zealanders are dying from COVID-19 at record rates as the country battles a new wave of the Omicron strain that is particularly affecting the older population. Deaths from the virus reached 151 in the seven days to July 16, […]

MOSCOW, Russia – July 22 (ONLINE) Greece, Denmark, Slovakia, Slovenia and Croatia have been added to the list of states unfriendly to Russia, the press service of the country’s Cabinet said on Friday. “The government has updated the list of foreign states that commit unfriendly […]

ISLAMABAD, Jul 22 (APP):Aybek Arif Usmanov, Ambassador of Uzbekistan to Pakistan on Friday said that Uzbekistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan’s trilateral railway project will soon be materialized, thus making regional re-connectivity possible. Transit Trade Agreement (TTA) between Pakistan and Uzbekistan will allow the regional countries to expand their trade […]

Almaty, Kazakhstan, July 22 (AFP/APP): Central Asia’s former Soviet states suddenly look vulnerable to political turmoil despite being ruled for decades by strongmen known for keeping a tight lid on their long-suffering populations. Since the beginning of the year, protests have turned deadly in three […]

ISLAMABAD, Jul 22 (APP): The “China’s Grand Canal Overseas Tourism Promotion Season 2022” is officially launched and will continue until August 20. China Cultural Center in Pakistan will host the event online, where each day we will expose you to an intriguing program about China’s […]

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 20 (APP):The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), in a new report released on Wednesday, highlighted human rights abuses since the Taliban takeover of the country in August last year, pointing out they bear responsibility for extrajudicial killings, torture, arbitrary arrests […]

Rome, July 20 (AFP/APP): Italy’s popular Prime Minister Mario Draghi looked out of time on Wednesday after three political parties refused to take part in a confidence vote, foiling efforts to resolve a crisis now expected to lead to his resignation and snap elections. Draghi […]

Paris, July 18 (AFP/APP): France secured promises of new energy supplies from the United Arab Emirates on Monday after talks between President Emmanuel Macron and UAE leader Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan in Paris. The UAE has emerged as a key partner for Western countries […]

RIYADH – July 18 (ONLINE) U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday differed with Saudi Arabia in their account of discussions at a bilateral summit about the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a major point of contention between the two countries. U.S. intelligence agencies […]

COLOMBO, July 18 (ONLINE) Western sanctions introduced against Russia won’t bring it down to its knees, while third world countries will suffer, Sri Lanka’s acting president, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Monday. “Do you think sanctions will help? It will only drag the prices […]