World

Moscow, July 7 (AFP/APP): President Vladimir Putin on Thursday challenged the West to try and defeat Russia “on the battlefield” and said Moscow’s intervention in Ukraine marked a shift to a “multi-polar world.” Delivering one of his strongest speeches since he sent troops to Ukraine […]

MOSCOW, July 07 (ONLINE) No meeting is planned between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of a G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting in Indonesia, Russia’s deputy foreign minister, Sergey Ryabkov, said on Thursday. “Nothing is being planned,” […]

TEHRAN, Iran – July 07 (ONLINE) Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have detained several foreigners, including Britain’s second most senior envoy in Tehran, for alleged acts of spying such as taking soil samples in restricted areas, state television reported on Wednesday. It did not elaborate on when […]

WASHINGTON, US – July 06 (ONLINE) A man accused of opening fire on a Fourth of July parade near Chicago has been charged with seven counts of murder, officials say. Robert Crimo, 21, would be punished “for the killing spree he has unleashed against our […]

Nukus, Uzbekistan, July 6 (AFP/APP): Uzbek builder Salamat Khalilov does not know exactly what blew off his left leg when he was on the fringes of a protest that shook Nukus, the capital of Uzbekistan’s autonomous Karakalpakstan region. The 46-year-old is one of thousands injured […]

ISLAMABAD, Jul 6 (APP):Three hundred persons with disabilities arrived at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah to perform the Hajj. Their arrival is part of the national initiative launched by the Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, for the second consecutive year, targeting persons […]

Kinshasa, July 6 (AFP/APP): The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have agreed to a “de-escalation process” following weeks of rising tensions over rebel fighting in eastern DRC, the Congolese presidency said Wednesday. It said a “roadmap” had been established towards normalising diplomatic ties, including […]

UNITED NATIONS, Jul 06 (APP): Pakistan has called for an urgent “plan of action” to grapple with poverty and hunger that have been made more acute by the current geo-political tensions, especially for the peoples facing war and occupation for decades. “The consequence of current […]

Mecca, Saudi Arabia, July 6 (AFP/APP): The biggest hajj pilgrimage since the Covid pandemic began kicked off Wednesday, with hundreds of thousands of mostly maskless worshippers expected to circle Islam’s holiest site in Saudi Arabia’s Mecca. One million fully vaccinated Muslims, including 850,000 from abroad, […]

Canazei, Italy, July 5 (AFP/APP): Emergency services at the scene of a deadly avalanche in the Italian Dolomites recovered what body parts they could on Tuesday, with the dangers of venturing under the partially collapsed glacier slowing the search. Rescue teams sent helicopters and drones […]