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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 […]

Geneva, June 22 (AFP/APP):Rights groups appealed Wednesday for the next UN rights chief to be appointed through a swift, open process, calling for a “courageous” nominee to stand up to powerful countries. More than 60 non-governmental organisations, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the […]

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 22 (APP): Pakistan’s UN Ambassador Munir Akram has called on the world community to rise “above political considerations”, and help Afghanistan in the wake of the deadly earthquake that rocked two provinces in the east of the country early Wednesday morning. “The […]

Sharan, Afghanistan, June 22 (AFP/APP): Bibi Hawa’s face is distorted by tears as she tries to grasp her predicament from a hospital bed in Sharan, capital of Afghanistan’s Paktika province. At least a dozen members of her family were among over 1,000 people killed by […]

Tshumbe, DR Congo, June 22 (AFP/APP): The coffin of slain Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba returned to his home region on Wednesday for an emotionally charged tour and burial, more than six decades after his assassination. A plane took Lumumba’s mortal remains — a tooth […]

TAL AVIV, Israel – June 22 (ONLINE) Israel’s former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who lost power last year, may return to power this fall, a report from The New York Times revealed Wednesday. “My friends and I will form a national government,” Netanyahu said in […]

Kyiv, Ukraine, June 21 (AFP/APP): Moscow on Tuesday warned Lithuania of “serious” consequences over its restriction of rail traffic to Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave, as Kremlin forces made gains in Ukraine’s strategic Donbas region. The row over Lithuania, the arrival of sophisticated German weaponry in Ukraine’s […]