Lavrov blasts ‘arrogant’ West

MOSCOW – March 16 (ONLINE) Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday the ‘arrogant’ US-led West ignored Moscow’s proposed security guarantees following many years of admonitions and exhortations from the Russian side regarding NATO’s steady eastward expansion. “Once the Warsaw Pact dissolved, and even […]

Two British Iranians fly back to UK after Tehran release

London, March 16 (AFP/APP):Two British-Iranians flew home on Wednesday after being released from years of detention in Iran, as the UK government confirmed it had paid a longstanding debt over a cancelled defence contract. “Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori will return from Iran today,” British […]

Uzbekistan lifts COVID-19 restrictions on foreign tourists

TASHKENT, March 16 (Xinhua/APP): Uzbekistan cancelled some COVID-19 restrictions starting from Wednesday and will resume issuing electronic visas for foreigners to open the country to tourists, said the Uzbek special commission on COVID-19. Foreigners arriving in Uzbekistan are still required to hold a vaccination certificate […]

Turkish FM to hold ceasefire talks in Russia, Ukraine

Istanbul, March 15 (AFP/APP): Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will fly to Russia and Ukraine this week as Ankara facilitates ceasefire talks between the two warring sides, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday. “We are sending our foreign minister to Russia today. He will […]

Two employees stabbed inside New York museum

NEW YORK – March 13 (ONLINE) Two female employees were stabbed inside New York’s prestigious Museum of Modern Art on Saturday, allegedly by an angry patron, police said, causing the museum to be evacuated. The women were injured “in the back, in the collarbone, in […]

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