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NEW YORK, Aug 15 (APP): Dr Nafis Sadik, a Pakistani medical expert who became the first woman to head the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), a major UN agency, passed away in her sleep Sunday in New York where she had settled after her retirement. […]

Kisumu, Kenya, Aug 15 (AFP/APP): Violent protests erupted in Raila Odinga’s stronghold of Kisumu and parts of Nairobi after he lost his fifth bid for Kenya’s presidency on Monday, with angry demonstrators alleging vote-rigging as police fired tear gas to disperse them. Odinga, 77, a […]

Brasília, Aug 15 (AFP/APP): Openly reviled by President Jair Bolsonaro, Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes may have to show the stuff that earned him the nickname “RoboCop” as arbiter in polarizing, disinformation-plagued elections to decide the far-right incumbent’s fate. A Supreme Court justice — a […]

Washington, Aug 14 (AFP/APP):A man died early Sunday near the US Capitol building after driving his car into a barricade and firing shots into the air before turning his gun on himself, police said. A statement from the US Capitol Police (USCP) did not identify […]

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 […]