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Beijing, June 25 (AFP/APP): Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend a ceremony in Hong Kong celebrating 25 years of the city’s handover to China, state media Xinhua News Agency reported on Saturday. Xi will also attend the inauguration of the next Hong Kong administration, Xinhua […]

DOHA, Qatar – June 24 (ONLINE) Qatar’s ruler will visit Egypt on Friday, his first trip to the country since Egypt and Qatar agreed last year to end a long-running regional feud, diplomatic sources said. Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, who last visited Egypt […]

MOSCOW, Russia – June 24 (ONLINE) An Ilyushin Il-76 military cargo plane crashed and caught fire while landing near Russia’s western city of Ryazan on Friday, killing four of the nine people on board, the RIA news agency reported, citing local authorities. Five people were […]

Washington, June 24 (AFP/APP): The US Supreme Court on Friday ended the right to abortion in a seismic ruling that shreds half a century of constitutional protections on one of the most divisive and bitterly fought issues in American political life. The conservative-dominated court overturned […]

ISLAMABAD, Jun 23 (APP): Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif held a telephonic conversation with Acting Prime Minister of the Interim Afghan Government, Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund on Thursday to express solidarity with him in the wake of devastating earthquake in Afghanistan. The Prime Minister conveyed […]

New York, June 23 (AFP/APP): From the streets of New York to the corridors of Congress, Americans expressed both outrage and delight at the Supreme Court’s striking down of a gun law Thursday, reflecting the country’s bitter divide. New York’s governor Kathy Hochul said the […]

Colombo, June 23 (AFP/APP):Sri Lanka’s parliament has cancelled its remaining sittings for the week to save fuel, officials said Thursday, with a disastrous economic crisis rapidly depleting the island nation’s already scarce petrol supplies. A foreign currency shortage has prevented the import of food, oil […]

Paris, June 23 (AFP/APP): A French court on Thursday convicted eight men for the theft and handling of a Banksy painting paying homage to the victims of the 2015 attack on the Bataclan concert hall in Paris. Three men in their 30s who admitted to […]

Dubai, June 23 (AFP/APP): Veterinarians are called in to inspect the sheep at an abattoir ahead of one of Islam’s major holidays in Dubai, where the municipality is encouraging residents to use smart apps to order the sacrificial animals. Muslims during Eid Al Azha, which […]

Brussels, June 23 (AFP/APP):Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama on Thursday hailed Ukraine potentially joining his country as a candidate for European Union membership but warned against any unreasonable hopes for a speedy process. “North Macedonia is a candidate for 17 years if I have not […]