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UNITED NATIONS, Jul 20 (APP):The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), in a new report released on Wednesday, highlighted human rights abuses since the Taliban takeover of the country in August last year, pointing out they bear responsibility for extrajudicial killings, torture, arbitrary arrests […]

Rome, July 20 (AFP/APP): Italy’s popular Prime Minister Mario Draghi looked out of time on Wednesday after three political parties refused to take part in a confidence vote, foiling efforts to resolve a crisis now expected to lead to his resignation and snap elections. Draghi […]

Paris, July 18 (AFP/APP): France secured promises of new energy supplies from the United Arab Emirates on Monday after talks between President Emmanuel Macron and UAE leader Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan in Paris. The UAE has emerged as a key partner for Western countries […]

RIYADH – July 18 (ONLINE) U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday differed with Saudi Arabia in their account of discussions at a bilateral summit about the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a major point of contention between the two countries. U.S. intelligence agencies […]

COLOMBO, July 18 (ONLINE) Western sanctions introduced against Russia won’t bring it down to its knees, while third world countries will suffer, Sri Lanka’s acting president, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Monday. “Do you think sanctions will help? It will only drag the prices […]

JEDDAH 17 July (Online): Leaders of Arab countries have vowed to keep the Gulf region free of mass destruction weapons and preserve regional and international stability and security. The resolve was expressed at a joint communique at the conclusion of Jeddah Security and Development Summit, […]

Kyiv, Ukraine, July 17 (AFP/APP): The European Union will discuss tightening sanctions against Russia on Monday, as Moscow is accused of using the continent’s largest nuclear power plant to store weapons and launch missiles on the surrounding regions of southern Ukraine. The situation at the […]

Banjul, Gambia, July 17 (AFP/APP): When Muhammed Sandeng first learned that his father, political activist Ebrima Solo Sandeng, had been tortured to death at the Gambian national spy agency’s headquarters, he felt one emotion above all else. “It was all fear — fear, fear, fear […]

RYADH: Saudi Arabia and United States have affirmed the importance of resolving international disputes through peaceful and diplomatic means. US President Joe Biden who is on an official visit to Saudi Arab held meeting with King Salman Bin Abdulaziz and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. […]

COLOMBO 16 July (Online): Sri Lanka’s ousted president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled overseas this week to escape a popular uprising against his government, has said he took “all possible steps” to avert the economic crisis that has engulfed the island nation. Over 100 police and […]