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Khimki, Russia, Aug 4 (AFP/APP): A Russian court on Thursday sentenced US basketball star Brittney Griner to nine years in prison over drug smuggling as US President Joe Biden called the ruling “unacceptable”. The court “found the defendant guilty” of smuggling and possessing “a significant […]

Goma, DR Congo, Aug 4 (AFP/APP): Rwandan troops have attacked soldiers inside DR Congo and aided the M23 rebel group, according to a report by independent experts for the UN seen by AFP on Thursday. The findings follow months of deepening tensions between the Democratic […]

Leicester, United Kingdom, Aug 4 (AFP/APP): Fifty years ago, dictator Idi Amin announced his intention to expel Uganda’s thriving community of British South Asians. They were given 90 days to leave, or be rounded up into concentration camps. More than 27,000 ethnic Indian and Pakistani […]

Baghdad, Aug 3 (AFP/APP): Powerful Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr, whose bloc won the most seats in Iraq’s elections last year, demanded Wednesday that parliament be dissolved and new elections be called. In the latest political turmoil to strike the oil-rich but war-scarred country, Sadr called […]

BAGHDAD, Aug 3 (XINHUA/APP): Four soldiers were killed and one wounded in an attack by the extremist Islamic State (IS) militants in the province of Diyala in eastern Iraq, a provincial police source said on Wednesday. The attack occurred late on Tuesday night when IS […]

ISLAMABAD, Aug 03 (APP):China Cultural Center (CCC) has launched a month-long activities under the theme titled “Grand Canal Overseas Tourism Promotion Season 2022” on its official Facebook page, Wechat official account, channels and other social media platforms to let the audience enjoy the beauty of […]

Domboshava, Zimbabwe, Aug 3 (AFP/APP): For years, selling eggs was a joyless business for Danai Bvochora, as most of the money she made went to cover minibus fares to the market in a rural area of Zimbabwe. That was until an earth-brown solar-powered electric tricycle […]

Moscow, Aug 2 (AFP/APP): Russia’s foreign ministry on Tuesday accused Washington of destabilising the world after the potential visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan. “Washington is bringing destabilisation to the world. Not a single resolved conflict in recent decades, but many provoked […]

Kramatorsk, Ukraine, Aug 2 (AFP/APP): Collapsed social services, financial woes and fear: only brief snippets filter out of the daily reality for Ukrainians in Russian-occupied territory. Areas seized by Moscow since its invasion in February have been abruptly cut off from the rest of the […]

KYIV, Ukraine – August 1 (ONLINE) A ship carrying grain left the Ukrainian port of Odesa for Lebanon on Monday under a safe passage agreement, Ukrainian and Turkish officials said, the first departure since the Russian invasion blocked shipping through the Black Sea five months […]