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Washington, July 23 (AFP/APP):Donald Trump and his ex-wingman Mike Pence, who went from White House partners to bitter rivals, held dueling rallies Friday in Arizona, where an upcoming Republican primary election offers an early test of their potential 2024 showdown. The convergence of campaign events […]

London, July 22 (AFP/APP): British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Friday urged Paris to act to ease “unacceptable” delays at the English Channel port Dover, where officials blamed French border force understaffing for “ruining” summer getaways with hours-long queues. Bosses at the port — the […]

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 […]