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UNITED NATIONS, Apr 07 (APP):The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday voted to adopt a US-backed resolution to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council over reports of “gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights” during the Russian military offensive against Ukraine. […]

ISLAMABAD, Apr 7 (APP): On the eve of Baisakhi celebrations, the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi had issued over 2200 visas to Sikh pilgrims from India to participate in the annual festival scheduled to be held in Pakistan from April 12 to 21. The […]

Riyadh, April 7 (AFP/APP): Yemen’s president announced Thursday he is handing his powers to a new leadership council, in a major shake-up in the coalition battling Huthi rebels as a fragile ceasefire takes hold.   “I irreversibly delegate to this presidential leadership council my full […]

Nairobi, April 6 (AFP/APP): Security forces and their allies in a disputed part of conflict-hit northern Ethiopia committed abuses against Tigrayans that amounted to war crimes and crimes against humanity, two rights groups said Wednesday. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tigrayan civilians […]

Lima, April 6 (AFP/APP): A farm worker who took part in a road block protest in Peru died Wednesday following clashes with police while several others were injured, a hospital said. The violence came a day after President Pedro Castillo called off a curfew in […]

Conakry, April 6 (AFP/APP): A former Guinean prime minister and three ex-ministers were detained on embezzlement charges Wednesday, one of their lawyers said, in the latest probe targeting prominent figures since last year’s military coup. Guinea’s military junta, led by Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, deposed elected […]

ISLAMABAD, Apr 6 (APP):Urban parks in Beijing saw a visitor boom during the Tomb-sweeping Day holiday, as they are favored for short-distance travel by residents in compliance with authorities’ health tips of staying put to block the COVID-19 spread. Major parks and scenic spots in […]

Lima, April 6 (AFP/APP): Peruvian President Pedro Castillo on Tuesday announced the end of a curfew in the capital Lima aimed at containing protests against rising fuel prices following crisis talks with Congress. “We will with immediate effect remove this immobility (curfew). We call on […]

JAKARTA, April 6 (Xinhua/APP): The Indonesian government has re-imposed a visa-free visit policy for citizens of fellow ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) member countries, the Ministry of Law and Human Rights said on Tuesday. “With this new policy, foreigners from nine other ASEAN […]

Moscow, April 5 (AFP/APP): The Russian army said Tuesday it had shot down two Ukrainian helicopters trying to evacuate the leaders of a nationalist battalion defending the embattled port of Mariupol. “This morning, April 5, around Mariupol, a new attempt by the Kyiv regime to […]