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Russian forces ‘occupy’ Ukraine nuclear power station

Posted on March 4, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Kyiv, March 4 (AFP/APP): Russian forces have entered the site of a Ukrainian nuclear power plant that caught fire overnight during clashes, the Ukrainian nuclear inspectorate said Friday. “The territory of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is occupied by the armed forces of the Russian […]

Liberal Russian TV Dozhd halts broadcasts over Ukraine ban

Posted on March 4, 2022 by News Desk

Moscow, March 3 (AFP/APP): Liberal Russian TV Dozhd said Thursday it was stopping work temporarily after being ordered to close by authorities for its broadcasts on Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. “We need strength to exhale and understand how to work further. We really hope that […]

Biden to host Finland’s president at White House

Posted on March 4, 2022 by News Desk

Washington, March 3 (AFP/APP): President Joe Biden will host Finland’s president, Sauli Niinisto, at the White House on Friday to discuss defense issues against a backdrop of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, officials said Thursday. They will “continue their conversations about enforcing our strong bilateral […]

Macron to declare he will stand for new term: campaign sources

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Paris, March 3 (AFP/APP):French President Emmanuel Macron is to declare he is standing for a new term in April elections he is widely expected to win, sources in his campaign said on Thursday. The first round of elections are on April 10, followed by […]

Spain to send ‘military hardware’ to Ukraine: PM

Posted on March 3, 2022 by News Desk

Madrid, March 2 (AFP/APP): Spain will supply weapons directly to Ukraine following Russia’s invasion, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Wednesday, two days after saying Madrid would only contribute via an EU funding mechanism. The move came after pressure on Sanchez’s left-wing coalition government to take […]

UN rights council appoints former ICC prosecutor to lead Ethiopia probe

Posted on March 3, 2022 by News Desk

Geneva, March 2 (AFP/APP):A former chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court will head a UN investigation into a wide range of alleged violations committed by all sides in Ethiopia’s conflict, the UN said Wednesday. Fatou Bensouda of Gambia, who served as ICC chief prosector […]

US grants temporary protected status for Sudanese, extension for SSudanese

Posted on March 3, 2022 by News Desk

Washington, March 2 (AFP/APP):The United States on Wednesday granted “temporary protected status” for Sudanese nationals in the country and extended the same designation for South Sudanese citizens, as the two countries face political upheaval and conflict. “Sudan is currently experiencing political instability and unrest, and […]

Nigeria to airlift hundreds stranded by Ukraine crisis

Posted on March 3, 2022 by News Desk

Lagos, March 2 (AFP/APP): Nigeria’s government on Wednesday planned to start airlifting more than 1,000 citizens stranded in countries neighbouring Ukraine after they fled the Russian invasion. African countries have been scrambling to help citizens living in Ukraine who crossed over borders into Poland, Romania […]

Saudi Arabia says cracking down on illegal Captagon drug

Posted on March 3, 2022 by News Desk

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 2 (AFP/APP):On a table covered in a green sheet, two Saudi officers pour out thousands of white amphetamine pills they have just seized from a neighbourhood in the kingdom’s Red Sea city of Jeddah. An AFP crew accompanied the anti-narcotics agents […]

Baidoa: Crossroads of despair in drought-ravaged Somalia

Posted on March 3, 2022 by News Desk

Baidoa, Somalia, March 2 (AFP/APP):Under the blazing sun, Salado Adan Mohamed puts the finishing touches to her makeshift shelter, cobbled together from branches and fragments of discarded cloth. She has just arrived in the southwestern Somali city of Baidoa, the last refuge for people fleeing […]

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Russian forces ‘occupy’ Ukraine nuclear power station

Liberal Russian TV Dozhd halts broadcasts over Ukraine ban

Biden to host Finland’s president at White House

Macron to declare he will stand for new term: campaign sources

Spain to send ‘military hardware’ to Ukraine: PM

UN rights council appoints former ICC prosecutor to lead Ethiopia probe

US grants temporary protected status for Sudanese, extension for SSudanese

Nigeria to airlift hundreds stranded by Ukraine crisis

Saudi Arabia says cracking down on illegal Captagon drug

Baidoa: Crossroads of despair in drought-ravaged Somalia

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