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UNITED NATIONS, Apr 25 (APP): Alarmed by the critical humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, UN human rights experts Monday called for the United States to end its freeze on the war-torn country’s foreign assets. The ‘Da Afghanistan Bank’ has more than $7 billion in blocked reserves […]

Chisinau, April 22 (AFP/APP): Moldova on Friday summoned Russia’s ambassador after a senior Russian commander said Moscow sought “control over the south of Ukraine” that could provide access to Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria. “Moldova’s foreign ministry views these statements as unfounded and contradicting Russia’s […]

ISLAMABAD, Apr 22 (APP): Pakistan Friday strongly condemned use of tear gas by drones against innocent worshippers in Al-Aqsa Mosque by Israeli Occupation Forces. In a tweet on social media platform Twitter, the Foreign Office Spokesperson said, “such actions especially in Ramadan are reprehensible & […]

New York, April 22 (AFP/APP): Ex-Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez made his first appearance before a US judge Friday following his extradition to America to face drug trafficking charges. The 53-year-old appeared in a New York federal court via video-link after he was brought to […]

Greifswald, Germany, April 22 (AFP/APP): Two months ago, Roksana Panashchuk was working as a freelance journalist in Ukraine. Now, she’s a refugee in Germany, closely watching events back home from the northeastern city of Greifswald. “The situation is tough, of course, but everyone is doing […]

PARIS – April 22 (ONLINE) French President Emmanuel Macron said that it is necessary to continue negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, he told the France Inter radio station on Friday. “I think it is our duty to continue negotiations with President Putin. There is […]

KYIV – April 22 (ONLINE) One person was killed and two were injured when a Ukrainian AN-26 transport plane crashed during a “technical flight” in the Zaporizhzhia region of southern Ukraine on Friday, local authorities said. The Zaporizhzhia regional administration said that, according to preliminary […]

SEOUL, Apr 21 (XINHUA/APP): South Korea on Thursday expressed regret over Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida sending a ritual offering to the notorious war-linked Yasukuni Shrine, seen as a symbol of the militaristic and colonial past of Japan. The South Korean foreign ministry said in […]

Moscow, April 21 (AFP/APP): Six people died Thursday when a fire engulfed a Russian military research institute involved in developing air defence systems in the northwestern city of Tver, local officials said. Russian television showed thick black smoke rising from inside the yellow four-storey building […]

COLOMBO – April 20 (ONLINE) Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said on Wednesday he expects the police to properly investigate clashes with anti-government protesters that led to the first death in weeks of civil unrest over an economic crisis. Police fired live ammunition to […]