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Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 26 (AFP/APP):Top US officials hosted emergency talks with allies in Germany on Tuesday on supplying Kyiv with more weapons to fend off Russia’s assault, as the UN’s chief headed to Moscow in a bid to avert further escalation of the […]

WASHINGTON – April 25 (ONLINE) U.S. President Joe Biden will visit Israel in the coming months following an invitation from Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Bennett’s office and the White House said on Sunday. The two leaders spoke on Sunday and Bennett briefed Biden on […]

TEHRAN – April 25 (ONLINE) Regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia held a fifth round of “positive” talks in Baghdad last Thursday on normalising bilateral relations, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh confirmed on Monday. Predominantly Sunni Muslim Saudi Arabia and Shi’ite Iran, which are […]

ISLAMABAD, Apr 25 (APP):Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said Indian Prime Minister’s staged visit to Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and laying foundation stones of hydroelectric projects, in contravention of Indus Waters Treaty, was another desperate attempt to project false ‘normalcy’ in […]

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 […]