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Pakistan knows where US stands on Ukraine issue, US State Department

Posted on February 26, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Washington: February 26 (ONLINE): US State department said that Pakistan knows where US stands on Ukraine issue as Pakistan has been briefed about our position before and during attack of Russia on Ukraine . Spokesperson US State Department Ned price said while addressing the media […]

Rights groups condemn Texas governor order on transgender youth medical care

Posted on February 26, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Washington, Feb 26 (AFP/APP):”Unethical,” “scary” and “maddening” — human rights groups have reacted with fury to a Texas order that a state agency should investigate cases of transgender children receiving gender-affirming medical care as child abuse. Earlier this week, Republican Governor Greg Abbott sent […]

Eight Polio vaccinators killed in Afghanistan

Posted on February 26, 2022 by News Desk

KABUL – February 25 (ONLINE): Eight members of polio vaccination teams working to eradicate the crippling virus in Afghanistan were killed on Thursday in four separate attacks, the United Nations said. Polio teams were frequently targeted by insurgent groups in Afghanistan until the Taliban’s takeover […]

‘Rooted in NATO’: Iran responds to Russia’s Ukraine attack

Posted on February 26, 2022 by News Desk

TEHRAN – February 25 (ONLINE): While Iran says it is opposed to war in Ukraine, it will not outright denounce Russia’s military operation, instead blaming the West for NATO’s presence in the region. Iran’s foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, said in his first reaction on Thursday […]

Five MSF workers kidnapped in Cameroon

Posted on February 26, 2022 by News Desk

Yaoundé, Feb 25 (AFP/APP): Five workers with the French medical charity MSF have been kidnapped in Cameroon’s Far North, a region troubled by jihadist insurgents, MSF and a senior local official told AFP on Friday. Armed men in Fotokol, near the border with Nigeria, on […]

W.African envoy leaves Mali after inconclusive democracy talks

Posted on February 26, 2022 by News Desk

Bamako, Feb 25 (AFP/APP): An envoy from West Africa’s regional bloc left Mali on Friday, officials said, after inconclusive talks with the military junta over restoring civilian rule in the fragile Sahel state. Former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan, representing the 15-nation Economic Community of West […]

Greece fire ferry death toll climbs to eight

Posted on February 26, 2022 by News Desk

Athens, Feb 25 (AFP/APP): Greece’s coastguard on Friday raised the death toll from an Italian-flagged ferry that caught fire last week to eight, with three truck drivers still missing. The blaze ripped through the Euroferry Olympia last week near the Greek island of Corfu after […]

Belarus leader says his army not taking part in Ukraine invasion

Posted on February 24, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Moscow, Feb 24 (AFP/APP): Belarus’s leader Alexander Lukashenko said Thursday that his military is not taking part in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, state media reported. “Our armed forces are not taking part in this operation,” Lukashenko, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said. […]

Iran says decisions needed from West to seal nuclear deal

Posted on February 24, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Tehran, Feb 24 (AFP/APP): Iran’s chief negotiator called on Western governments Thursday to take the necessary decisions to seal a deal at talks in Vienna on reviving a landmark 2015 nuclear agreement. “No matter how close we are to the finish line, there is […]

Russian ground forces cross into Ukraine: border guards

Posted on February 24, 2022 by Tuba Zafar

Kyiv, Feb 24 (AFP/APP): Russia’s ground forces on Thursday crossed into Ukraine from several directions, Ukraine’s border guard service said, hours after President Vladimir Putin announced the launch of a major offensive. Russian tanks and other heavy equipment crossed the frontier in several northern regions, […]

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Pakistan knows where US stands on Ukraine issue, US State Department

Rights groups condemn Texas governor order on transgender youth medical care

Eight Polio vaccinators killed in Afghanistan

‘Rooted in NATO’: Iran responds to Russia’s Ukraine attack

Five MSF workers kidnapped in Cameroon

W.African envoy leaves Mali after inconclusive democracy talks

Greece fire ferry death toll climbs to eight

Belarus leader says his army not taking part in Ukraine invasion

Iran says decisions needed from West to seal nuclear deal

Russian ground forces cross into Ukraine: border guards

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