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UNITED NATIONS, Aug 14 (APP): The world community must step up efforts to urge the Taliban, who are ruling Afghanistan, to adhere to basic human rights principles, a group of rights have said. The future is immensely bleak for Afghans if more is not done […]

BEIJING/XINING, Aug.14 (Xinhua)(APP):A 5.9-magnitude earthquake jolted Zadoi County, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China’s Qinghai Province at 4:20 p.m. Beijing Time on Sunday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC). The epicenter was monitored at 33.14 degrees north latitude and 92.85 degrees east […]

NEW YORK, Aug 14 (APP): Highlighting India’s “brutal” military siege of Jammu and Kashmir, now in its 3rd year, Pakistan’s UN Ambassador Munir Akram has said that Islamabad will continue to raise Kashmir’s call for liberation at the United Nations and in all forums. “We […]

BEIJING, Aug. 14 (Xinhua/APP): A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Sunday said Taiwan’s New Party has made positive contributions to promoting the peaceful development of relations across the Taiwan Strait and advancing peaceful reunification of the motherland. Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office […]

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 13 (APP):A United Nations-chartered vessel should soon arrive at the Ukrainian port of Yuzhny to collect wheat that will help feed millions of hungry people in the Horn of Africa, the World Food Programme (WFP), a Rome-based UN agency, reported Saturday. This […]

Mérida, Venezuela, Aug 13 (AFP/APP): Henry La Cruz jumps off his motorbike, darts to a young man and grabs hold of him just before he leaps from a viaduct. The 42-year-old firefighter who works in the Venezuelan state of Merida, the region of the country […]

Freetown, Aug 13 (AFP/APP):The president of Sierra Leone blamed deadly protests this week on opposition parties, claiming Friday night that his political rivals had attempted to overthrow his government in a “premeditated” insurrection. On Wednesday, a demonstration organised by women to draw attention to inflation […]

MUNICH – August 12 (ONLINE) Dozens of people were injured on a ride at an amusement park in Germany on Thursday, police said. The incident occurred at a Legoland park in Günzburg in Bavaria shortly before 2 p.m. local time, when two trains on a […]

Baghdad, Aug 12 (AFP/APP): Supporters of Iraq’s pro-Iran Coordination Framework began their own Baghdad sit-in Friday in riposte to a sit-in outside parliament by the rival Sadrist movement launched two weeks ago. In a statement read out to thousands of supporters gathered on one of […]

SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Xinhua/APP): South Korea’s state-run power plant operator hit a record operating loss in the first half of this year due to higher fuel costs, the company said Friday. The Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) posted an operating loss of 14.3 trillion won […]