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Caracas, June 29 (AFP/APP): The main bloc of Venezuelan opposition parties said Tuesday that their representatives had met with a visiting US delegation and that they were ready to restart negotiations with President Nicolas Maduro’s government. On Monday, Maduro announced the US delegation had arrived […]

NEW DELHI, India – June 28 (ONLINE) Authorities in India’s capital city of New Delhi on Monday arrested Muslim journalist Mohammed Zubair for a 2018 tweet that allegedly hurt religious sentiments and promoted enmity. Zubair, who is the co-founder of fact-checking website Alt News, has […]

BEIJING, China – June 28 (ONLINE) The Chinese government is calling on NATO to stop trying to destabilize Asia in the wake of the crisis in Europe, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said while commenting on Bloomberg’s report China would be called a “systemic […]

United Nations, United States, June 28 (AFP/APP): The United Nations on Tuesday denounced what it called “excessive force” by authorities on the border between Morocco and Spain and demanded an investigation of the deaths of 23 people when migrants stormed the border. About 2,000 African […]

ISLAMABAD, Jun 28 (APP):Radio Pakistan twitter account has been blocked in India, denying access to information and restricting democratic freedom of expression. The social media handle of Pakistan’s state broadcaster has been withheld mainly for highlighting grave human rights violations in the Indian Illegally Occupied […]

SYDNEY, June 27 (Xinhua/APP): Commuters across Sydney and parts of the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) have been warned to expect delays on public transport due to a strike planned throughout the week. The industrial action, decided on by the nation’s peak transport […]

SEOUL, June 28 (Xinhua/APP): South Korea’s one-person households are estimated to reach nearly 40 percent of the total households in 2050 due to low births and aging population, statistical office data showed Tuesday. The proportion of one-member households is forecast to advance from 31.2 percent […]

Brussels, June 27 (AFP/APP): Finnish and Swedish leaders will discuss their stalled NATO bids with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday in a push to convince him at the start of a summit in Madrid. But Ankara said the four-way meeting, which will also […]

SCHLOSS ELMAU, Germany – June 27 (ONLINE) US President Joe Biden told allies “we have to stay together” against Russia on Sunday as G7 leaders gathered for a summit dominated by war in Ukraine and its impact on food and energy supplies and the global […]

ANKARA, Turkey – June 27 (ONLINE) Turkey will not join the West’s anti-Russian sanctions over the Ukrainian crisis, Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin said on Sunday. “We are conducting a well-balanced policy in respect of Russia. <…> We are not imposing sanctions and will not […]